Well it looks like this we have to change something

JX reworks will not be come out as planned. JX is an engine type by Volkswagen, which was built in VW rabbit/Golf MkII (as id CY/JR), Passat/Quantum Mk2 (also id CY), VW Vanagon / Type 2 T3 (as id JX), Jetta (as id CY/JR) and Audi 80 (CY). Mine is a modified Passat CY, only retrofitted with bus parts (a "JX"). After weeks of gasket exchanges and other stuff, we wanted to start this car and... it stalled every time. We have applied start pilot and violá it starts but with bad exhaust (grey fumes). Brought this car into a garage, the mechanic says: "Replace it! There is not enough underpressure for getting a Diesel started." After twenty years of service at several German community services, the engine has more that 100,000 km clocked. The pistons are maximum size and the holes in the piston head are also trilled up to max size. In other words: We need another engine. Too much cracks in the head between the pistons are making it impossible to build up underpressure.

I've driven with it the multiply distance from Frankfurt to San Francisco, if you calculate it. Pretty hard for an engine. People are saying that this engine can bear up to 300,000 km before complete replacement. Did you hear: 300,000 km!

There are multiply possibilities. First: Get another JX/CY/JR engine and retrofit it. Hey! Far too expensive.
Second: Get a AAZ-engine (from a Golf/Rabbit Mk3) and reengine your car. advantages : More power. Fuel economy is the same as JX. The difference is: The JX is 1.6litres turbocharged. The AAZ is 1.9litres and also turbocharged. Would be a better choice.
Third: Leave Volkswagen and get a third party engine from Subaru or Mitsubishi. Who pays for such an engine? My car came as an original and it should have an "original" engine. Not a Japanese engine.

So there will be a video with an engine replacement and another one with the JX engine. That's for sure.

So the future title will be... JX reworks and engine replacement.

Due to the lack of footage, we can't publish any work on the engine. I've made a video replacing my 4 gearbox with a 5 gear box yesterday.

I will do a video with replacement of the engine. Yesterday, we have begun to disassemble the old engine.

But the new five gearbox is working fine....

Take care. Stay tuned. Good bye.