Choosing an Engine for VW T4 Transporter for Electrician Work: 1.9D, 1.9TDI, or 2.4D?

I am an electrician and I wanted to buy a bus for work, I will drive around my town, sometimes further. Mainly staples on the surf - drills, ladders, cables, low load. I fired on the transpotter, because I know that it is unbreakable equipment, but I wonder which engine will be better 1.9 d or 1.9 tdi or 2.4 d
I mainly mean burning, so that it smokes little and is economical.

I recommend 1.9 td or tdi. It will certainly be cheaper to use because it has one piston less. The mere replacement of, for example, glow plugs or timing in it is a fairy tale compared to 2.4 in which to replace the candles is a horror. The power of both engines is similar, so the decision is up to you.

I was also thinking about the turbine, I know how to care and sometimes I would like to press too, and you know maybe what fuel consumption is 1.9 d, and 1.9 tdi a 2.4 d

And there were 1.9TDi in T4 at all?

Show me 1.9 tdi in this car. Does anyone dare? 1.9 naturally aspirated, 1.9 turbo diesel - but 1.9 tdi?
Take 1.9 whether naturally aspirated or smoke about 8. On the route 140, the maximum you can get out of it. To work, around the city - revelation.
2,4-likes to break the camshaft. Such a small defect.

Hello, I had a VWT4 with a 1.9 TD engine until recently, cheap, in repair and easy to build. however, the big disadvantage of this engine is the gearbox.

The engine has less power and it is compensated by the smaller gear ratio of the gearbox. at 3,000 revolutions you have a speed of 90-100 km / h if you only need to drive around the city, it's cool, but outside the city it is not suitable at all.

Acceleration is low, so you need more space to overtake.

on the route from Warsaw to Gdańsk, he burned the same amount as the second bus with a 2.4 engine. , Overtaking, driving time and dynamics better in 2.4 for comparison, at 3,000 revolutions you have about 110-120 km / h

Depends on the box-multiwana box is fast-transporter-slow. (Speaking of the same engine)

Oh, I wrote 1.9 tdi because I did not even know about it, you know everyone talks everywhere, well, I wrote that too. So 2, 4 has a better kick of the trche, and the fuel consumption compared to 1, 9?
Probably, I will also have a bigger disadvantage, so when I drive my old b3 1.8 on the route, I try not to go crazy, because there is nothing to do and I will cover the routes very rarely, mainly up to 100 kilometers. because I couldn't find anything in googles because failure rate is probably a rare thing from what I see. I like to take care of the engine, I try to drive economically and not to give the pedal, so my guard is almost not breaking (knock on)

Buddy T5 the last months of my T4 were with a 1.9TDI engine
but it was a makeover a little more power, but the chest is still the same

if I'm not mistaken, the police T4 were 1.9 tdi. if I'm not mistaken.

toku74 wrote:

if I'm not mistaken, the police T4 were 1.9 tdi. if I'm not mistaken.

You're wrong

Hello.
My friend, if I were in your place, I would choose a 1.9TD engine, the difference in fuel consumption between 1.9 and 2.4 is small. I would look more at the availability of parts and whole engines and 1.9tds were installed in Audi, Golf and T4, if "W" is a lot to choose from.

Just a small note that with golf, audi, passat 1.9 d or td engine does not fit the T4.

trans-serwis wrote:

Just a small note that with golf, audi, passat 1.9 d or td engine does not fit the T4.

how about the vento motor? small alterations and fits

trans-serwis wrote:

Just a small note that with golf, audi, passat 1.9 d or td engine does not fit the T4.

The engine itself? What's the difference, apart from the accessories? In addition, I have the impression that Wikipedia, however, incorrectly calculates the engines. There were more gasoline 1.8 engines, or they had more than 67 bhp. I haven't been to the dyno, but I have driven a lot of it. [/ Mod]

I do not understand this story about Wikipedia and 1.8 engines in the context of this discussion.
Differences 1.9 D engines, fuselage, different position of the oil dipstick, the head does not vent, which in the passenger car version is in the water connector and does not fulfill its role in the T4 due to the engine inclination.

Right. The engine is tilted on the T4, but I would choose 1.9 anyway.
Returning to the head, this venting connector is screwed in. The head casting is the same, only the plug or the connector are screwed in.
Correct if I am wrong.

You're wrong about the stub.
I do not mind the 1.9 engine in the VW T4, I consider it a good choice.
I just don't like the duplication of nonsense that the passenger car engine fits into the T4.

I want to reassure everyone, not to confirm that the T-4 1.9d engine block fits perfectly with the same capacity passat, I sold the same block with the shaft and pistons to the people who put it in the Passat 1992 and I saw this passat myself normally drove. I mean they had nothing to do with the dark arts it just fits.
As for the choice of the T-4 with which engine, the T-4 1.9 td is easy to use and has little fuel, in 2.4 d in the initial years they had poor heads and overheating gaskets for replacement and the planning head, after that they smoke a lot and are muddy.

qwertyuiop you are not well informed about the topic. From the T4 to the Passat, if they make a hole for the oil dipstick, the hull itself fits as well. On the other hand, what we wrote about here, it is much worse. Compare the blocks of both engines and the places where they are mounted in the car and then calm people down. Because for now, this advice of yours is a disservice.

Trans-let go, no point-barren discussion.

How can you let go when a guy starts with the words "I want to calm everyone down" and I am boiling.

The 2.4 engine speaks for itself. Higher work culture, better acceleration
Against higher fuel consumption, but not much. Higher maintenance costs, oil quantity, timing belt replacement. pump and injector regeneration. Insurance costs.

Hello.
All interested, doubters and such are sent to another forum related to the automotive industry (specifically delivery cars) where there are people who assembled, assemble 1.9 to T4 engines from passenger cars. I myself have a T4 1.9TD to which I installed a turbo from a Golf III and a belt. The car burns about 8l / 100km (on average). Bolaczek are turbines (for 5 years I have already changed 3 and not torture the engine) and chests. Generally the car is ok and I can do it. 2.4 engines do not like hot, they often overheat and therefore their heads crack. greetings

And so, from a different barrel, my colleagues dare to say that the engine may not fit
1.9 D from passenger car to bus. Just like yesterday, I finished putting 2.0 gasoline into the T4 and no other engine model. was . In addition, in the passat, the engine is mounted longitudinally and in the bus transversely, so there is no way without a combination
greetings

bolszoj wrote:

In addition, in the passat, the engine is mounted longitudinally and in the bus transversely, so there is no way without a combination
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I would recommend you a friend 2.4 D, but it's hard to find a well-kept copy and the engine itself is definitely not worse than 1.9 D or 1.9 TD and will burn the same and certainly has no worse acceleration despite the lack of a turbine. And one more thread or sometimes in the T4 the 2.4D engine did not have four cylinders anymore, because probably the older engine installed in the VW LT had five cylinders, no one will tell you exactly what it is like. A friend has been driving the VW T4 2.4D for five years and only parts are replaced, such as pads, tips, filters and oil. And yet such a curiosity for you, during this winter 27 degrees of his Audi A6 2.5 TDI 2001. it did not ignite and good old VW from the very first time, even in winter, is reliable. As for the 1.9 TD engines, I have one myself in my Passat B3 and I am not complaining, but the turbines are falling, I have already bought such a car, unfortunately, but it can be overcome because during normal driving, a lot of oil does not take up and you do not need to refill it so often. When it comes to overheating the 2.4D engine, this has never happened to a friend, so I recommend the 2.4D engine if you search well, maybe you will find a copy with a well-kept engine.

As for the fit of the passenger car engine, I changed my T4 1.9D myself and now I have a SEAT Toledo engine in it, of course, all accessories, feet, collectors, etc., must be changed from the T4, I will add that the car runs normally. I also have a 2.4D and recommend 1.9. what to burn. I am a courier and when driving half and half, more or less the city loses 1.9 burns 7l and 2.4 7.8l on the road 1.9 6.5l 2.4 7l. Up to 1.9 it is easier and cheaper to obtain parts if we carry light loads up to 1.9 for tow trucks 2.4 or 2.5 TDI

Maybe you will dispel my dilemma with some pre-performances. Earlier I wrote that I would like a T 4, but now I saw a Peugeot expert van in the city and I also saw cars of this type on the website. I know that the T4 is unbreakable and as for Peugeot cars, I do not know, but I am just looking for a car to work and drive, sometimes somewhere for shopping. The T 4 seems to be a great car to me, but again I'm afraid that I will have to charge the expert in the expert and I don't know what to buy anymore.
Please advise

Take the T4 definitely. The fact seems great, but if you drive a little bit, you will get used to it. I have a T4 1.9TD and a 1.4E Partner, I will say that both are good but the T4 beats the Frenchman above all (availability and price of parts, breakdowns, suspension, etc.) and since it is pouring Diesel Ultimate auto flying .