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Volkswagen question

  • 22-02-2006 5:30pm
    #1
    Táck
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    have a volkswagen beetle (2001) and on the engine is reads 1.6 SR

    what does the SR mean? Is it a 16 valve?

    all help greatly appreciated


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,362 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    T&#225 wrote: »
    have a volkswagen beetle (2001) and on the engine is reads 1.6 SR

    what does the SR mean? Is it a 16 valve?

    all help greatly appreciated

    The Beetle uses the same platform as the MkIV Golf so I would assume that it uses the same 1.6 litre engine which is found in the Golf, that was an 8 valve 102bhp unit. The same unit is still made by VW today. The 1.4 litre 75bhp unit which appeared in the Beetle from around 2002 is a 16 valve unit alright.


  • #3
    lomb
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    I believe the sr is a 16valve engine. vw went back to 8valves in the mark 5:rolleyes:


  • #4
    bazz26
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    lomb wrote:
    I believe the sr is a 16valve engine. vw went back to 8valves in the mark 5:rolleyes:

    Well according to the Beetle specification on http://www.volkswagen.ie the only 1.6 litre available is the 102bhp 8 valve unit.


  • #5
    lomb
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    bazz26 wrote:
    Well according to the Beetle specification on http://www.volkswagen.ie the only 1.6 litre available is the 102bhp 8 valve unit.

    Aye madness isnt it! i think this is the new 06 model year beatles, a friend of mine bought a new golf 1.6 in 2001 and it was a 16 valve for sure, at some point vw switched back to 8valves. from another post im led to believe the unit labelled sr is indeed a 16valve.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054891954


  • #6
    Henry Ford III
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    bazz26 wrote:
    The 1.4 litre 75bhp unit which appeared in the Beetle from around 2002 is a 16 valve unit alright.

    I don't think a modern 1.4 Beetle was ever made :confused:


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  • #7
    bazz26
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    Henry Ford III wrote:
    I don't think a modern 1.4 Beetle was ever made :confused:

    Check out http://www.volkswagen.ie and http://www.carzone.ie. The 1.4 has been available in Ireland since around the middle of 2002. The new Beetle uses the MkIV Golf running gear so it uses most of the same engines.


  • #8
    Táck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,744 ✭✭✭Táck


    thanks y'all, i think i heard it is the same engine and gear box as a golf mark IV not sure about the new beetles.

    you'd imagine that if it was a 16v then they would mention it, unless SR is their way of stating it.


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