[got4g63]

I was planning on taking my 05 Passat TDI to Spain Europe, but was told that the BHW engine was not sold in Europe. I also called a friend who lives there and he told me he found a few of my 05 2.0 engines.

Any one know if VW made a 2.0 engine for Europe and a different 2.0 for USA? Or are they all the same?

 

[50mpg]

They are a different engine. If you're going to Europe you should find lots of used 2.0 TDIs to choose from.

 

[chittychittybangbang]

BHW was specific to North America only. The Euro 2.0L engines that are similar to the BHW mostly came in manual transmission and around 2005-2006 they switched from gear drive to chain drive. I'm not sure the exact date but there are complaints on Audi boards in Europe about this silent change.

 

[Stefan2006]

All their 4 cylinder engines are about the same but one thing that wasn't mentioned was that the Passat engine was supposed to be 16 valve but it ended up 8 valve like other US engines.