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93 Eurovan 5 cyl. engine

5 messages,  Last post on Oct 03, 2010 at 8:15 PM

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#1 of 5 93 Eurovan 5 cyl. engine by cac2

Jul 31, 2009 (10:43 am)

recently purchased one of these, and was promply told to get rid of it because it "would suck me dry" money wise. Is this a bad engine or what? Any suggestions would be welcome.

#2 of 5 Re: 93 Eurovan 5 cyl. engine [cac2] by bacon80122

Aug 02, 2009 (8:17 am)

Replying to: cac2 (Jul 31, 2009 10:43 am)
I have 2 eurovans and, yes, they can be problematic. However, EV owners really like the utility, etc. I get e-mail updates from a yahoo group site for EV's and many of the people posting questions and answers there are really sharp! Try this site and ask them. Much depends upon how able you are to do some of the maintenance and repairs as the VW dealers are not regarded too kindly among the groups. Many independent shops are knowledgeable about the eurovans but you willhave to ask and hunt them out to find the good ones who won't blow smoke up your ___ and charge to do it. The site is http//autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/ev_update/ Hope this helps, Bryan

#3 of 5 Re: 93 Eurovan 5 cyl. engine [cac2] by treepreacher

Nov 04, 2009 (1:44 pm)

Replying to: cac2 (Jul 31, 2009 10:43 am)
I know I'm chiming in late, but just came across this post. I have a 1993 EV and, yes, it has its problems, but I thought I heard that the 5-cyl. engine with the 5-spd manual transmission was the "bulletproof" one-two punch. Is it Eurovans in general that you were told to get rid of, or specifically a Eurovan with the 5-cyl. engine? If you still have the vehicle, I may have a few tricks I've learned in the near-five years I've owned mine. I've got 125,000 miles and still going! I look forward to hearing from you. -Jack

#4 of 5 Re: 93 Eurovan 5 cyl. engine [cac2] by wunderkar

Dec 23, 2009 (9:10 am)

Replying to: cac2 (Jul 31, 2009 10:43 am)
2 cents worth... I just bought a 92 Eurovan and the only bad part about these vehicles is the automatic transmission which are shite. What you need to do - right now before you get stuck somewhere - is comb your local paper or on-line sites and look for a cheap Eurovan or Transporter with a manual gearbox and do a conversion. Honestly, that's the only way to get piece of mind with this vehicle. Volkswagen seems to have great products and crap products and the Eurovan is a great product but the automatic transmission is the latter.

#5 of 5 Dusty by dancy

Oct 03, 2010 (8:15 pm)

93 Eurovan 5 cyl. engine I recently got this van and it wont start. My question is how do I get flash code from the black and white OBD connectors using diode test tool? Can't remember how to get into flash mode with my tool and jumper wire

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