whats the best engine to look out for when buying a mk5

[FADMUKER]

I am looking for a mk5,
whats the best engine to look out for when buying ?
I live in manchester and I am looking locally,any out there??

as I am already wazed off with going to look at "its mint mate" vans,
only to get there and find its the sh*t thats holding it together!!

I think I will put an ad in the trader asking for
a batered van with a dint in every panel and each panel out of alignment, must have an oil leak,
with dried and split bushes,
bald tyres, and the spares been stolen by some bag head to feed his habit!
copious amounts of bog on every arch,
the doors must be like burnt parchment on the bottoms,
and a chip in the windscreen,
not forgetting the seat rips, wing mirrors smacked in,
and smells like bernard mannings underpants! "god rest his soul"

and if I see one more "very clean inside and out" van with three gallon of paint pissed up the inside and out the back doors I'm gonna end up doin a long lie down in strangeways for murder

[hdegroot]

The best engine for the mk5 is the rare TCI115PS but any turbo mk5 is a good drive, the 85/100ps turbo is good

70/76ps bana non turbo is gutless and worthless to drive

[baby stepside]

there used to be a van auction at a small auction venue in belle vue on fridays i think,has that place gone now then?
As far as engines go i have a mk5 with the basic weasel engine and it does everything i want,im not really interested in turbos and ecu"s on a work vehicle

[Guy88]

No matter what people say the 70ps is a good engine

If you want a good reliable bombproof engine then go for a 70ps. be warned you will not get a speending ticket and hills may be a problem.

If you want all out power then go for a turbo but beware of the EPIC

[FADMUKER]

PLEASE FORGIVE MY NUMPTYNESS! whats the EPIC

[Guy88]

PLEASE FORGIVE MY NUMPTYNESS! whats the EPIC

lucas sh1t atempt at ECU control

andyg will be upset now

[Luke]

No matter what people say the 70ps is a good engine

If you want a good reliable bombproof engine then go for a 70ps. be warned you will not get a speending ticket and hills may be a problem.

this is true the 70ps Di (like mine ) is one of the most reliable engines ever also i get 30+mpg

yeah its slow but in todays traffic you dont notice as much

[Guy88]

No matter what people say the 70ps is a good engine

If you want a good reliable bombproof engine then go for a 70ps. be warned you will not get a speending ticket and hills may be a problem.

this is true the 70ps Di (like mine ) is one of the most reliable engines ever also i get 30+mpg

yeah its slow but in todays traffic you dont notice as much

My 70 ps was spot on. i just got bored of changing gear at any sign of a hill

[AndyG]

PLEASE FORGIVE MY NUMPTYNESS! whats the EPIC

lucas sh1t atempt at ECU control

andyg will be upset now

UPSET That's an understatement

HOW VERY DARE YOU


















Just kiddin'

An odd ball ECU / Pump set up, that most garages can't be bothered to invest in the correct POD to be able to read any possible fault codes.
That's all
They sit there guessing as to what's wrong and simply point to this Lucas E lectronically P rogrammed I njection C ontrol, saying it's pants

It's no different to any other system on the market, apart from the fact it can't be diagnosed by just "anybody" with a code reader




I went from a 70PS to a turbo There is NO looking back

[Guy88]

I went from a 70PS to a turbo There is NO looking back

I agree there. But no EPIC on mine

[AndyG]

i just got bored of changing gear at any sign of a hill

And I cured that problem too

Now have the best of all worlds Eat cake