Karl Mullendore <groups@WESTYVENTURES.COM> writes:

> You might be confused: the VW diesel block, while SIMILAR in
> appearance, is not a 'converted gasser block'. The diesel block is
> quite a bit stronger.

OK, I had heard otherwise, not talking about the TDI but the diesels
they put in the Jettas and Golfs in the '80s and early '90s.  I recall
hearing or reading that they were fundamentally a gasoline engine
block that had been converted to diesel.  But, I will admit that I
can't cite the source of this, nor do I know that it was reliable.

Has anyone ever successfully transplanted an MB diesel into a Vanagon?
I'd guess they would be too tall.

Allan