NervGS
Well-known member
Hi all,
Kind of a foolish question.
I was in the process of doing an ALH to AHF (more or less an ALH) swap to my '01 Golf..... I ran into an issue where I personally cannot complete it anymore, and will have to have it done professionally. I have friends that run a garage, but they work pretty much on only gasoline cars. They're very, very experienced, and I trust them 100% to do any work, which is why I am going to them. Anyway, they don't have any experience working on TDIs & diesels, but this will pretty much be an engine swap, to the point where it just needs to start up - would it be that simple for an experienced shop to do the labor? In addition to the engine, they will be swapping over the clutch/flywheel, injectors, installing a rear main seal, and whatever little parts that are on the existing engine and not on the new one.
Since I did a timing belt job while the block was on a stand, I'll have to buy a VAG com and we are all going to have to learn to work on the timing there I assume, or should it be easy enough for them to do it?
Thanks,
-glenn
Kind of a foolish question.
I was in the process of doing an ALH to AHF (more or less an ALH) swap to my '01 Golf..... I ran into an issue where I personally cannot complete it anymore, and will have to have it done professionally. I have friends that run a garage, but they work pretty much on only gasoline cars. They're very, very experienced, and I trust them 100% to do any work, which is why I am going to them. Anyway, they don't have any experience working on TDIs & diesels, but this will pretty much be an engine swap, to the point where it just needs to start up - would it be that simple for an experienced shop to do the labor? In addition to the engine, they will be swapping over the clutch/flywheel, injectors, installing a rear main seal, and whatever little parts that are on the existing engine and not on the new one.
Since I did a timing belt job while the block was on a stand, I'll have to buy a VAG com and we are all going to have to learn to work on the timing there I assume, or should it be easy enough for them to do it?
Thanks,
-glenn