Dec 14, 2016. #30. PlaneCrazy said: Although VW has made great strides in making the TDI suitable for very cold climates, the nature of a diesel is such that it will still need more cranking power to fire. Moreover, on the newer version of the TDI engine appearing in the '99 and later cars, there's no provision for an engine block heater.
The TDI has a turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel engine good for 150 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque, and it's only available with the sedan. In our testing, the A3 2.0 TDI went from zero to 60 mph in 8.3
5. 31317. On one side there is TDI, which stands for Turbocharged Direct Injection and on the other side reigns CRDi or Common Rail Direct Injection. These are fuel injection system available in popular diesel engines. Both TDI and CRDi make use of the basically the same technology, just with some minor tweaks (number of valves, valve timings
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