Hello,
I need a new starter, but I'm not sure which one to buy. On the yellow
sticker under the hood, it says engine type 1.8V6FAAX .
I assume this is 1.8L, but there still seem to be a couple of options with
respect to kilowatts.
The starter that I pulled doesn't have a kw rating printed on it.
Can anybody help me with this?
Thanks,
Fred

why not tell the parts man you year & engine & which trans is in the car?
May also be a good idea to inform us too?


Higher Kw ratings are usually for diesels.


"Fred Mann" <fredmann (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote

'cause I'm an idiot!
I don't know how to check which transmission it is (unless you mean
manual -- which it is). But am I correct in assuming this is a 1.8L engine?
On parts4vws.com they want to know if it's 1.8 16V or 1.8 8V, and I don't
know what that second part is referring to.
I already got one starter from Autozone and it was either bad or incorrect.
The body was a half-inch shorter than the one I pulled.
Anyway, now I'm going to Advance Auto to try again, but they had two totally
different starters listed for my car -- one was 1.4 kilowatt and one was .8
kilowatts(or "kilometers" as read by the parts guy -seriously)


"Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1 (AT) wildblue (DOT) net> wrote

Am guessing Rabbit GTI. 8 valve, 1.8L. Early 80s.

Maybe an incorrect guess will tweak the information from the poster?

--
Noncompliant

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"Lost In Space/Woodchuck" <newsgroupmail1 (AT) wildblue (DOT) net> wrote

Oops. Yes '83 Rabbit GTI. Not sure how many valves though.

"Noncompliant" <spamyourself (AT) blackworm (DOT) net> wrote

then it's a 8 valve engine and I presume it's a 5 speed trans. Now should be
easy to find a starter, but before you do make sure it is the starter and
not something like the ignition switch, poor grounds, etc


"Fred Mann" <fredmann (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote

I also have a 79 Rabbit (not GTI). Do you think I could use that starter in
the 83 GTI? It looks the same and even has the same VW part number printed
on it, but it has an extra terminal.
I would have tried it already, but I want to make sure I'm not going to
damage the starter from the '79 rabbit.
Thanks for all the help!!!!
Fred


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