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VW Jetta 2005 engine indentification needed

My dealer has the engine on my VW Jetta 2005 TDI coded as "ALH". From what I can find on the internet using the VIN code, 8th digit of "M", the engine code should be "BEW". A friend of mine has a engine coded "ALH" and that engine has the injectors installed from outside the engine block and a fuel pump/injector where my engine the injectors are inside the head of the engine and only a fuel pump on one end of the engine. I am just trying to verify the correct engine in my Jetta. Thanks

  • cyberdean Oct 17, 2008

    I understand the manufacturer's computer data, but when you set a "ALH" engine beside my Jetta, compare the two engines and they do not match physically, I do not believe they are the same engines. I can not install the fuel pump/injector from the "ALH" engine onto my engine, and the injectors on the "ALH" engine are removed from the front of the block of the engine from outside the engine, on my engine to get to the injectors you must remove them from within the head of the engine under the valve springs. To me the two engines are not the same. If it will help I can take photos of my engine, just let me know where to send them. Thanks for any help.

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The dealer gets there build info via computer link to the manufacturer data base for paticular car, you can be 99.99% it is correct.

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