It's as much of a "ground up" diesel as the Vanagon diesel was a ground
up diesel.  The 1.8 TDI NBs (New Beetles) came that way from the factory
and the engine is a diesel no matter what it's put into.

The NB TDI owners I know swear by them (I have a 2000 NB 2.0 gas model).

Mike
Houlton, Maine

Wil Haslup wrote:
> I looked at a new Beetle diesel with the 1.8 TDI engine the other day.
>
> Is this a gas converted to diesel or a "ground up" diesel?
>
> They put this engine into the Jetta and Passat and I haven't seen any
> bad press on it.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on it or how it compares to old school diesels
> in VWs?
>
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> Wil
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