Does my 2000 S have a 2.5L?

[stelan]

A good link to decode the engine serial numbers?, when measuring rhe oil cooler what are the specs?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by stelan

A good link to decode the engine serial numbers?, when measuring rhe oil cooler what are the specs?

An S car should have the larger oil cooler than a base 2.5L car:

[stelan]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

An S car should have the larger oil cooler than a base 2.5L car:

Thanks cool info, is the 2.5 oil cooler the same size as the 2.7?

[78F350]

Originally Posted by stelan

Thanks cool info, is the 2.5 oil cooler the same size as the 2.7?

The 2.5 and 2.7 are the same, but the '97s have a different part number. Here's a clip from the Katalog:



The cooler off my scrapped 2.7 is 2-3/4" tall. I can't seem to find a cooler for a 3.2 anywhere around here to measure.

[Nine8Six]

Sure a 2.5L, got the same here (ROW).

According to the legend, mine miraculously made it to the 60k miles range recently and still running strong. In that case they must be quite good engines

Sounds really good at high rpm, lightweight and all that. I'd say keep + install an aftermarket cat/pipes/muffler on it. Fun, loud & fast little thing for sure

Cool find

ps: sad to hear my boxster car worth $4,500 these days lolllll Makes me proud'er to drive a daily Passat

[Perfectlap]

This is like The Crying Game of Porsches.

[CraigM]

Oh no!!! At least it's not your only one!

[78F350]

Originally Posted by stelan

A good link to decode the engine serial numbers?, when measuring rhe oil cooler what are the specs?

I didn't find a good chart for the 986s. I ended up finding two threads on Rennlist and picking a bit of info from each:
Mikefocke posted this:

Back in 2009, Mac posted this

20 is 2.5l engine; 6 is 6 cylinder; 5 is engine version; V is model year; and 00224 is sequential serial number.

Model years: v w x y z

v = 1995
w = 1996
x = 1997
y = 1998
z = 1999
0 = 2000
1 = 2001
2 = 2002

The V-Z didn't quite work for me, so I found this posted by Macster:

The first '6' is the # of cylinders. The 2nd '6' means it is a normally aspirated engine (except for the Carrera 4 model engine in 1999). This '6' could be could be a '3' (GT3 engine), or '4' (turbo-charged 3.6l engine), or '8' (Carrera 4 N/A engine).

The 'Y' is the year of engine manufacture. 'V' is 1997, 'W' is 1998, 'X' is 1999, 'Y' is 2000, then digits are used starting with '1' which is 2001.

My info is the remanufactured engines retain their original serial numbers.