Hi,

Apologies for this question in advance.

I have a vw golf 1.6 2001 and dont know if its water or air cooled how do I
find this out ?

Cheers

All cars are air-cooled

"mocha" wrote in message
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Hi,

Apologies for this question in advance.

I have a vw golf 1.6 2001 and dont know if its water or air cooled how do
I find this out ?

Cheers


Volkswagen's first car the VW type 1 more commonly called the Beetle in the
UK and Bug in the USA (and Käfer in Germany) was air cooled and all
subsequent mainstream cars from VW upto the early seventies were all air
cooled. The first mainstream VW car that was watercooled was the VW K70 all
the mainstream cars from VW including the new Beetle (and all Golfs) are
watercooled.

The difference between air cooled and water cooled engines is that an air
cooled engine uses air to cool the engine using a big fan and ducting, a
water cooled engine uses water to cool the engine pumping the water from
the radiator around the engine.

Almost all new cars today are watercooled the only exception may be a
Porsche 911 but I believe the latest incarnation of this car is also
watercooled.

"Alec" wrote in message
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All cars are air-cooled


wasn't sure which group to post to.

"Antony Gelberg" wrote in message
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mocha wrote:
Hi,

Apologies for this question in advance.

I have a vw golf 1.6 2001 and dont know if its water or air cooled how do
I find this out ?

Assuming you're not a troll, it's water-cooled.

ahhh ok...

not a troll just a clueless newbie :-)

thanks fort he clarification.

"Ralph Bayley" wrote in message
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"mocha" wrote in message
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Hi,

Apologies for this question in advance.

I have a vw golf 1.6 2001 and dont know if its water or air cooled how do
I find this out ?

Cheers


Volkswagen's first car the VW type 1 more commonly called the Beetle in
the UK and Bug in the USA (and Käfer in Germany) was air cooled and all
subsequent mainstream cars from VW upto the early seventies were all air
cooled. The first mainstream VW car that was watercooled was the VW K70
all the mainstream cars from VW including the new Beetle (and all Golfs)
are watercooled.

The difference between air cooled and water cooled engines is that an air
cooled engine uses air to cool the engine using a big fan and ducting, a
water cooled engine uses water to cool the engine pumping the water from
the radiator around the engine.

Almost all new cars today are watercooled the only exception may be a
Porsche 911 but I believe the latest incarnation of this car is also
watercooled.


hay Ralph

thanks for that made an interesting read.

just getting to grips with my car trying to learn as much as I can about it.

just bought a haynes manual for it which makes long bedtime reading lol but
interesting

"Antony Gelberg" wrote in message
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mocha wrote:
Hi,

Apologies for this question in advance.

I have a vw golf 1.6 2001 and dont know if its water or air cooled how do
I find this out ?

Assuming you're not a troll, it's water-cooled.

when I look at parts lists on some sites it asks whether it is a mark 4 or
mark IV ... Just to confirm it is a mark 4 right ?

/me tries not to look embarassed. lol

Ralph Bayley wrote:

"mocha" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Apologies for this question in advance.

I have a vw golf 1.6 2001 and dont know if its water or air cooled how do
I find this out ?

Cheers


Volkswagen's first car the VW type 1 more commonly called the Beetle in the
UK and Bug in the USA (and Käfer in Germany) was air cooled and all
subsequent mainstream cars from VW upto the early seventies were all air
cooled. The first mainstream VW car that was watercooled was the VW K70 all
the mainstream cars from VW including the new Beetle (and all Golfs) are
watercooled.

The difference between air cooled and water cooled engines is that an air
cooled engine uses air to cool the engine using a big fan and ducting, a
water cooled engine uses water to cool the engine pumping the water from
the radiator around the engine.

Almost all new cars today are watercooled the only exception may be a
Porsche 911 but I believe the latest incarnation of this car is also
watercooled.

Yup, last of the aircooled was the 993 911 which was discontinued in
1996 when they brought out the 996 (same headlights as mk1 boxter) which
had a watercooled lump.
--
Jon B
real email to usenet at jonbradbury dot com

mocha wrote:
"Antony Gelberg" wrote in message
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mocha wrote:
Hi,

Apologies for this question in advance.

I have a vw golf 1.6 2001 and dont know if its water or air cooled how do
I find this out ?
Assuming you're not a troll, it's water-cooled.

when I look at parts lists on some sites it asks whether it is a mark 4 or
mark IV ... Just to confirm it is a mark 4 right ?

/me tries not to look embarassed. lol


Erm.... IV and 4 are the same. IV is 4 in Roman numerals.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Numerals

A 2001 Golf is mark 4, or indeed mark IV.

"Chris Bartram" wrote in message
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mocha wrote:
"Antony Gelberg" wrote in message
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mocha wrote:
Hi,

Apologies for this question in advance.

I have a vw golf 1.6 2001 and dont know if its water or air cooled how
do I find this out ?
Assuming you're not a troll, it's water-cooled.

when I look at parts lists on some sites it asks whether it is a mark 4
or mark IV ... Just to confirm it is a mark 4 right ?

/me tries not to look embarassed. lol
Erm.... IV and 4 are the same. IV is 4 in Roman numerals.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Numerals

A 2001 Golf is mark 4, or indeed mark IV.

thanks fort at bit embaraased I could never remember what the number is when
it was IV or VI always got them the wrong way :-s

Thanks for that link :-)