 Sticker madness..., ...or is a 1.7L CA-model an EA code or EB code engine? |
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| JeffBowlsby |
 Apr 19 2017, 05:57 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses  Group: Members Posts: 8,490 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None 
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One of our members sent me his engine bay sticker. Notice that it is for an EA code engine (1.7L 49-state), yet in the lower text it also says it conforms to CA-emissions. He confirms that he also has a COA that indicates his EA-code engine is original to his car, which was purchased in Ohio.
EA code engines are supposed to be 49-state engines and have an 80HP rating EB code engines are supposed to be for CA-only engines and have a 72HP rating Other factory literature confirms this. Was there no EB code label for a 1973 1.7L California model? If you have one can you post it here? Attached thumbnail(s)  Attached File(s) 
1973_1.7L.pdf ( 50.43k )
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| McMark |
Apr 19 2017, 07:27 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
I think it's really funny that there a possibility that this happened:
Worker: "Hey Boss, are you gonna make a sticker for these EB engine cars?" Boss: "Nah, just use the EA code sticker. Like anyone is going to look that closely." And then here we are 40 years later... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Don't have a picture, so this is just a free (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif) |
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| 914Sixer |
Apr 19 2017, 08:45 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,876 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Maybe some more of use what you have !
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| Dave_Darling |
Apr 19 2017, 09:40 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,982 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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My understanding (and it has been long enough that I don't remember where I got this info from) was that the EB code was specifically only for 1973 1.7s, so an earlier 1.7 EA (or W) would indeed be CA compliant.
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| 914_teener |
Apr 19 2017, 11:05 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,197 Joined: 31-August 08 From: So. Cal Member No.: 9,489 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(McMark @ Apr 19 2017, 06:27 PM)  I think it's really funny that there a possibility that this happened: Worker: "Hey Boss, are you gonna make a sticker for these EB engine cars?" Boss: "Nah, just use the EA code sticker. Like anyone is going to look that closely." And then here we are 40 years later... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Don't have a picture, so this is just a free (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif) So are ya sayin Mark that it morphed from stickers to software? |
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| Mikey914 |
Apr 19 2017, 11:20 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,652 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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Slippery slope .... we at least it took awhile. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| BillC |
Apr 20 2017, 05:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 24-April 15 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 18,667 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Apr 19 2017, 11:40 PM) My understanding (and it has been long enough that I don't remember where I got this info from) was that the EB code was specifically only for 1973 1.7s, so an earlier 1.7 EA (or W) would indeed be CA compliant. --DD I can confirm that the car in question is a 1973 1.7. And that it has the EA engine code stamped on the block. The sticker says it's an EA code and that it complies with EPA and California emissions requirements. Maybe VW had been planning to bring out the EB engine for the '73 model year for CA, but then discovered in last-minute testing that the EA engine met both sets of requirements and didn't bother with the EB until later. Are there any recorded EB engines for the '73 model year? Or did they come out later? |
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