1.6-litre 75 kW petrol engine
The engine is an improved version of the
1.6-litre petrol engine developing 74kW.
The following components were optimised with
regard to friction work and mass for higher fuel
economy:
the conrods (
TRAPEZOIDAL CONRODS
mised for mass
the piston lands were lowered to reduce pis-
ton mass
ALUMINIUM CYLINDER HEAD WITH ROLLER CAM
FOLLOWERS
) were opti-
Specifications
Engine code
Displacement
Type
Number of cylinders
Number of valves per
cylinder
Compression ratio
Bore
Stroke
Max. power
Max. torque
Engine management
system
Fuel grades
251_022
The Engines
251_070
ALZ
3
1595 cm
Row
4
2
10.3:1
81.0 mm
77.4 mm
75 kW/102 bhp
@ 5600 rpm
148 Nm
@ 3800 rpm
Simos 4
RON 95 unleaded
petrol
(the Passat also
operates on RON
91 unleaded
petrol, with
reduced engine
power)
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