90 or 110

[1613gary]

hi all
i have a tdi mk1 leon not sure if its 110 0r 90 bhp its a y reg registered in jan 02
its on log book as 110 goes like a 110 it has elec mirrors and 4 elec windows as its the
se model but no air con or climate.
heres my doubts on auto data gives my eng code ahl as a 90
i was on ebay looking for a gearbox and mine is the same as a 90 bhp golf (egr)
any ideas!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[downrodeo]

That's weird, for a start SE is supposed to have climate control and aircon. And isn't Y reg 2001?

 

[Muttley]

Y reg is 2000-2001.

ALH (not ahl, ahl is a 1600 petrol engine found in VW Passats) is a TDI 90 engine with a variable-geometry turbo, like the TDI 110's. My guess would be that it is only the ECU map that makes it 90 bhp rather than 110. EGR gearbox is associated with it.

 

[Skint]

Does it have the 'tdi' badge remaining on the boot?
If so, if the 'i' is in red it'll be a 110, if the 'i' is silver like the 'td' its a 90.

 

[Fl@pper]

AHU = 90bhp

EGR = fitted to a 90bhp motor

 

[downrodeo]

Y reg is 2000-2001.

ALH (not ahl, ahl is a 1600 petrol engine found in VW Passats) is a TDI 90 engine with a variable-geometry turbo, like the TDI 110's. My guess would be that it is only the ECU map that makes it 90 bhp rather than 110. EGR gearbox is associated with it.

Don't think it's just the map, although there are a lot of similarities between the two. My reaeson is that a remap of the two comes up with siginifactly different results in power.

 

[FSiLeonMike]

AHU = 90bhp

EGR = fitted to a 90bhp motor

Not all 90bhp are AHU, mines an ALH, acording to engine no., sticker in service boot and sticker in boot

Aren't AHU and ALH almost the same, diffrence between 90 and 110 is the turbo, fixed geometry in the 90, variable in the 110

Also a slightly different map

 

[Fl@pper]

thats why i listed that way round, there are more codes for both engines and trans just taking 2003 for example

:90bhp:
AGR
ALH

:110bhp:
AHF
ARL
ASV

:130bhp:
ASZ

 

[FSiLeonMike]

thats why i listed that way round, there are more codes for both engines and trans just taking 2003 for example

:90bhp:
AGR
ALH

:110bhp:
AHF
ARL
ASV

:130bhp:
ASZ

Sorry old bean, misunderstood your post

 

[Muttley]

TDiLeonMike wrote

Aren't AHU and ALH almost the same, diffrence between 90 and 110 is the turbo, fixed geometry in the 90, variable in the 110

ALH is different to the other TDI 90 engines in that it also has the variable geometry turbo, just like the TDI 110. Maybe there was a need to keep building TDI 90 cars for marketing reasons, or to use up the other components: the gearbox, for instance, is not the same as that found on the TDI 110.

 

[Fl@pper]

Sorry old bean, misunderstood your post

hey less of the old mind you it;s more me being lazy tbh, after typing it in one way or another for nigh on 8 years the shorthand version gets easier to use

 

[FSiLeonMike]

TDiLeonMike wrote

Aren't AHU and ALH almost the same, diffrence between 90 and 110 is the turbo, fixed geometry in the 90, variable in the 110

ALH is different to the other TDI 90 engines in that it also has the variable geometry turbo, just like the TDI 110. Maybe there was a need to keep building TDI 90 cars for marketing reasons, or to use up the other components: the gearbox, for instance, is not the same as that found on the TDI 110.

Well, I have an ALH engine, and if I have a variable geometry turbo, might explain why i've wrung nearly 135bhp out of my 90