VW Beetle Engine Teardown - 1600cc - Lets take it apart - Stuck Motor - VW Bus - Super Beetle 

well done thanks..

1800 !!.. Gonna be fun 👍👍👍

Great work

The tear down and re assembly is lots of fun. Cleaning not so much. Very good videos!

I trying to open my engine following you videos thanks

I was able to remove the heads and cylinders, i wish i had used this diesel soak method earlier so i could have saved the fins from damaging. Your pistons removal method helped me remove it with ease. Thanks again

Great job…..thanks for sharing!

This video comes in handy! I’m doing a reseal and 88mm pistons this Friday after Thanksgiving. I’m chasing down some oil leaks but I don’t have to split my case. Your video is spot on to what I will be doing. Thanks!!

Great explanation!

Thanks for an excellent video.

LOVE THE BUG!!!

Great video with several AHA! light bulb moments

Excellent video, thank you

subscribed... I just finished rebuilding my first beetle engine, and currently have 3 more on the garage floor to start on next.

Thank you. What a great video!

Can’t wait for the next one. I think just for fun I’ll try and pick up a beater and just strip it down.

sorry for the melt down the other day. i got my head on better today sorry. ill start the work on car on the 2nd. on beetle guy 35 hope that channel get lots of subscribers

Good video, i enjoyed as always, especially engine videos... I have never seen auto stick components like that oil pump... I have never even seen an auto stick....

Another great video Slades. The engine is always my favorite thing to work on lol. 😄

Hey buddy I saw your video

Wow! I enjoyed watching it, very useful!! Now i started to teardown mine and its Day4 and I cant get the heads off. They are stuck to the cylinders. I broke the fins on both heads and cylinders. Head is in bad shape now. I gave up on rubber mallet so now im using a regular hammer and a wood as chisel hitting the head. I used pb blaster and a little heat too but in vain. After watching ur video now im gonna ask my wife’s help to hit it with runner mallet while i pull the heads away… hope that works. If not, do you think i should soak it o/night. I was gonna get new heads and pistons anyway…

I think if you keep this Beetle bible available I'm going to build a motor off or ships and giggles

This video is 2yrs old but I've done a few vw engines. I've only assembled one of these thermostats per customer request. With that said I had gotten the inside scoop back in the 70s from a German mechanic who even had a German accent LOL 😆 to not use the thermostats. He said they are normally open and only shut during extremely cold weather and get stuck alot shut which overheats engine. This is confusing since it's cold outside. Most people run vws because they're classics and wouldn't run in winter anyways. Like I said, car will run all summer and never shut these flaps and mechanic said they only start working at like 20⁰ . I used to run in winter without thermostat and always had plenty of heat for the cab cause bug uses exhaust for heating. Remember these are designed to warm engine. Always listen to the old German mechanic who spits chewing tobacco on the floor 😆 that grossed me out back then in the 70s. It was like stepping in dog shit ! Still, what I learned was priceless and engines I built were reliable.

My mother had two VW's. One was a 1500 that was very durable, and ran forever. The second one had a 1600 dual port engine that was very unreliable, and loved to suck the valves down into the crankcase every 30,000 miles. The 1600 dual port was one of the worst engines that Volkswagen ever made. A relative bought a VW a year after my mother bought hers that had the 1776, and it was like the 1500 for reliability. Many people installed aftermarket oil coolers on the 1600 dual port engines in an attempt to try and cool down the engine so the valves would last longer, and not go down into the crankcase. Mom's 1500 VW was still going 27 years later, and her 1600 dual port was gone in 10 years. She just couldn't stand it anymore after having to replace the engine three times due to a valve going into the crankcase.

Have you done a video addressing causes and cures for super beetle front end shimmers? That would be interesting to see.

Just found your site. It's very informative. Just got a 1970 beetle. Can you show how to drop it 2 1/2" in front. Thanks

Hi all the way from South Africa, can you replace only the 1600 single port heads with a twin port heads. Thx for the great vids

if you put penetrative oil a few days before starting on all the bolts and etc, everything will be removed very easily.

If the engine was rotated over without the distributor installed what am I looking at as far as replacement of the gears your talking about riding up and stripping. Will I have to disassemble the engine split the case ??

Hey , See the engine is sitting on a Turners Dairy milk crate. I'm from Pelham and was wondering if you were close by. Just subscribed . THANKS !!

My heads are still stuck. I hope its ok to pour in diesel for soaking overnight.

Hi, can I leave the engine with no barrels and pistons on the engine over winter in my garage, I am worried about rust getting in the engine case.

Hey you be very surprised how much you can get for that auto stick oil pump on eBay.

Hey buddy I’m looking for stock 1600 DP if you have a good engine please let me know thanks and have a wonderful new year your videos are the best I love it.

I appreciate your videos, they are very helpful. I have a question, when I removed the cylinder head both jugs came off too. I thought it was one unit but looking at your video the jugs are separate? Should I use a rubber mallet to try and knock the jugs off of the head? Thanks

Hi Slade, just starting to rewatch this video because I'm trying to figure out why this old 40hp I picked up won't rotate a full 360 by hand. When you talked about not turning over these motors without the distributor in I think that may be the issue with this one? The distributor is in it but someone may have had it out and screwed up the gear? I'll be taking it apart anyway but if this is it may be fixable once inside?

i'm guessing it went down the pushrod tube? did that motor have dished 85.5 pistons? they are very useful for making stroked stockers. i know you want to go 88 but just in case.

Can you tell me what connects to those 3 prongs on top of that alternator? I have that exact alternator on my 73. The guy I got the bug from cobbled a mess together, it's missing things and I'm trying to figure it all out. This is my first VW, I restore old BMWs..

Hi I’m building a desktop model of avw beetle 1500 engine 1/8 scale. It’s for my father. Would you happen to know the dimensions of the engine case in inches? Thanks, I know it’s an odd request!

Why didnt you put it on a stand?

this engine that you just tore apart is a dual port?

when you removed that oil pump with the screw driver, it tells me you an't be trusted around VW engines

Hello Slades, I'm in middle of dismantling a 1600dp in my 1970 Superbug. Engine has done 138,000 miles, no smoke. around 100psi compression on all cylinders. First time doing this. I'm not intending to split the case. but is there any advantage of removing the oil pump in this case, or could i just leave it as is? Is there anything particular you can check when the oil pump is removed? Thanks in advance, enjoy your videos very much and very helpful

Hey Mr Slade. I enjoy watching all of your informative videos. Just a couple of questions. I have a 74 Super with autostick. I will be removing the engine this winter. To fix oil leak between the case halves, would I need to separate it or just retorted the bolts? Also, can I just install regular new engine oil pump gears and then reinstall the autostick pump on top of it? Would it need a new oil pump ...it has 38000 original miles on it and never been touched. Thanks. Keep up the good work!

I cannot get the jugs off the pistons. I've soaked it in Marvel Miracle oil for a week now and they are not budging. Is that a bad sign? Should I just look for another engine?

Hi I had a question I recently took apart my engine and noticed a empty slot/whole top right rear of the engine block where it leads to the clutch and transmission, but I see in your video (27:42) you have a sensor there I was wondering what that sensor is and if I should worry about replacing it.

Why do Americans always work off the floor ? It looks so bumpkin .... I've never seen anyone in Canada EVER work of the floor ! It's like the mercans haven't invented .... (wait for it ...) It's a thing called a "work-bench" ! It's a little something that takes you all the way from the stone-age ... to looking like a professional. Gosh ...

Tore down my dune buggys 1600 and it has major pitting on the valve seats, just my fukin luck