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    putting an afn motor in my a4 2.5tdi avant, anyone know what i do to mate the car and engine harness

    I absolutely agree, a simple analagy is hp is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far it pushes it afterwards. but yes, torque on its own is pointless. here in sweden people do amazing things with old merc diesels, but not the small 4 pots, ive driven a couple of reasonably high tune small...
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    putting an afn motor in my a4 2.5tdi avant, anyone know what i do to mate the car and engine harness

    HI, no i wasnt really thinking that would be easier, of course. i just want to do something to make the car work, had complete brain fade with the damn thing, got three days off now so its out with the multi meter. ill post pics of plugs today,
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    putting an afn motor in my a4 2.5tdi avant, anyone know what i do to mate the car and engine harness

    Hi, Ive not forgotten, just been busy with forest fires, varous other distractions i can do without, but im guessing the theory is that i can mix and match to create a climatronic loom of sorts, which sounds easier than replacing a complete loom and the heater box and controls, which i dont...
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    putting an afn motor in my a4 2.5tdi avant, anyone know what i do to mate the car and engine harness

    Cheers,apologies for the late reply, ill post the pics tomorrow, i wonder how well the heating system will actually work
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    putting an afn motor in my a4 2.5tdi avant, anyone know what i do to mate the car and engine harness

    Hi, both cars from 97 but yes,the afn didnt have climate, i didnt specifically choose each car for this job, it just panned out that way, when you say the climate stuff will be wrong, what do you mean?. i already suspect thats the reason for the plug incompatability. ive been away working for a...
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    cheers, I installed the motor compete with engine loom, the white plug not compatible and the...

    cheers, I installed the motor compete with engine loom, the white plug not compatible and the red has the wires laid out differently. as i have a complete donor car i decided to swap the loom behind the dash that plugs into the engine harness and the clocks, key chips. theory being its a...
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    putting an afn motor in my a4 2.5tdi avant, anyone know what i do to mate the car and engine harness

    HI, in theory, and according to rhe web,(which never lies). the engine loom is plug and play. it isnt, the wiring config on the plugs is different. so, junking the ac till i get the correct pump and pipes, unless i can swap the engine bracketry over tomorrow, will update o my failure with that...
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    putting an afn motor in my a4 2.5tdi avant, anyone know what i do to mate the car and engine harness

    hi guys, halfway through putting an afn engine in my a4 b5 2.5 tdi Quattro.(v6 engine). old motor had issues, afn engine sweet but from rusty car. donor car had no air con, Quattro does, clearly cant mount ac pump to engine, thats ok, ive got windows. but, with the wiring plugs under the engine...
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    hi,sorry to hassle you,as far as i can tell you are the only person to have done what i´m...

    hi,sorry to hassle you,as far as i can tell you are the only person to have done what i´m halfway through. a 1.9tdi(afn motor into a b5 2.5 tdi long story short i had a 98 a4, 1.9 great engine, rust, rust free 2.5 q avant, but 500,000 kms, oil leak from one of the heads and due belts and...