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Subject:Re: vw 1.9 ltr TDI bolted to Audi 5000 quattro transmission
From:David Marshall
Date:Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:59:50 -0800

No.  Different bolt pattern on the bell housing and flywheel.

At 02:34 02/03/1999 EST, Michael Modl wrote:
>In a message dated 3/1/99 8:40:01 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>POSTMASTER@usatpoe.gannett.com writes:
>
><< Does anybody know if the VW TDI 1.9 ltr will fit on a 87 Audi 5000 Quattro
> trans. I've been bitching for years to VW for not sending us any of the same
>4
> wheel drive VW's available in Germany, like Golf's, Jetta's and Passat's.
>I've
> told VW to send me a new Passat TDI with 4 wheel drive, or even the AWD
>Golf's
> and Jetta's. I'm tired of waiting. So when my 5 cyl motor quits, I'm
> installing the 1.9 ltr TDI. With a 21.5 gallon tank in the Audi, I'll be
able
> to go 1000 miles on a tank of gas, pretty cool huh.  Current Passat TDI
>owners
> are getting 800 miles to a tank with a 18 gal. tank. Is there an adapter
>plate
> available?  Thanks, Michael.
>  87 syncro
>  87 quattro >>
>
>

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