TU or XU that is the question?

[Alfaguy]

I am changing the oil on my 205 Gti just having put on its sparkly new sump but I have hit a snag.

I don't know if my car (a 1.6 1990 model) has the XU ot TU engine?

The handbook being for a French car of course does not clarify. :hat:

The difference in quautity of oil is 2 litres so I don't want to overfill it and have to be messing around draining oil out of it again?

[Alfaguy]

problem solved - I just googled it. :P

The 1.6 GTI came with a XU5J engine, producing 105 bhp DIN (77 kW), for the 1987 model year the XU5J received the cylinder head with larger valves from the 1.9 GTI's XU9JA engine thus becoming XU5JA. The new engine was quoted for 115 bhp (86 kW/117 PS) . The 1.9 GTI came with an XU9JA engine producing 128 PS (94 kW/126 hp) , although later models with a catalytic converter produced 122 PS (90 kW/120 hp) . Internally these engines are very similar, the main differences on 1.9-litre versions being the longer stroke, oil cooler, and some parts of the fuel injection system. The shorter stroke 1.6-litre engine is famed for being revvy and eager, while the 1.9-litre feels lazier and torquier.

[alfarocks]

Does it not have a dipstick ??

[[L'e$kro]]

I think I have the haynes manual in english (.pdf file) if you need it
Cheers
Nico