Make sure the vents on the front dif.  and the transmission are
out of the water, and to the best of my knowledge,
as long as the engine doesn't stop the roof is the limit.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, David Marshall wrote:

> I am at the finishing up of my engine swap in my Syncro Double Cab.  I must
> admit this was more diffucult that I thought it would be seeing how I had
> to invent a lot of it as I go.  The next one should be a snap!
>
> At any rate I was standing back and admiring how clean the engine bay looks
> now with a total lack of hoses and wires that was found on the old
> wasserboxer. Then I got to thinking that everything is now higher up on the
> Rabbit engine that it was in the wasserboxer. I figure that there is about
> 5 to 6 more inches in difference to where the alternator and spark plugs
> were - if not a little more.  Was there an "official" depth the Syncro
> could go before you could get in trouble?  What is the practical depth one
> should take?  I've seen some of the previous posts about wet O2 sensor
> causing the engine to run bad, but I have none right now so the lowest
> thing electrical to get wet is the distributor.  Now with a bit of silicon
> to seal it to the block and some sealant on the plug wires the next thing
> to get in trouble is the spark plugs again silicon sealant of some sort.
> The air intake is all sealed - I would have to totally submerge the engine
> before water went in the intake system.  The only weak spot I can see is
> the alternator followed by the coil.  Anyone turn their wasserboxers into
> wasserratten yet?
>
> -- David Marshall, Quesnel BC,  david@volkswagen.org --
> -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ  --
> -- 85 1.8L VW Cabrio, 88 1.6L VW Syncro Double Cab   --
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