1975 1.8L Engine Options

[DennisO]

Hi All,

I finally had a chance to pull the engine from my 1975 914 Project. It was actually a lot easier then I thought it would be. There was a lot of great info in this forum that helped make it so easy.

I searched the forum, but could not find an answer. I think I know the answer, but I'll ask the question, just to be sure. Did the 1.8L engines come from the factor with the engine block painted red? see the attached picture.

Also, now that the engine is pulled I was able to inspect the hell hole and inner longitudinal areas. There is some minor surface rust, but overall it looks great. It does not look like it will need any rust repair!

Thanks.

[914forme]

No they did not!

Hell hole looks can be deceiving, you need to take something sharp and start poking, if it is soft then you have a cavity and it must be repaired. This could be as bad as a small filling or require a root canal, extraction, bridge, or extensive surgery depending on how far it goos.

Rust is the steel form of cancer. the small spot you found is never the end, and most times it has spread much father than you expected. your car is at least 42 years old, it will have some rust, depending on where it lived all its life, it might be limited to what you see.

Heres to hopping that it is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)