The time has been coming for a while that we wanted another work caddy, but wanted one a bit more practical for us- so in came the idea of a TFSI swapped Caddy to get a touch more grunt- ans wanting a Long wheel base.
So we set about the research, talking with several people who have already done much the same swap- researching basic theories on wiring and soon discovering it is actually a rabbithole, and what will go into the diesel to petrol swap.
We have located a 2010 Diesel Caddy Manual with a blown diesel- which we will be picking up shortly- this will be our donor for the swap- theory being that given this will take some time that we dont want to take our existing caddy off the road.
Now- the engine/gearbox/wiring donor- we dug into potential donors and the costs associated and we settled on getting an EOS or Jetta as they usually havent been ragged on as much as a GTi- after perusing for some time we found an EOS donor at the salvage auctions that was in pretty reasonable condition.
BWA TFSI- DSG- and being a 2008 we arent too far apart on the year of the Caddy and Eos so that should

First step is getting the EOS drivable so we can test to ensure there isnt anything reliability wise we need to sort before the swap- and we are also organising a list of parts we will replace as precautionary repairs.
Next is something we are beginning to work on immediately, developing our comparison tables for the ECU pinouts to know what we need to put where during the splicing.



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