How To Wire A VW TDI Engine For A Engine Swap!!

Going through the VW TDI harness to get it ready for the Toyota Tacoma!!
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[@Faithful_Tribe]

Thank you for being a family-friendly channel. Enjoy watching with a little one.

[@swampdog1011]

Absolutely keep cruise control! I did on my 1.8t 20v conversion, it's real easy, only about 4 wires and clutch and brake pedal switches, I mounted the original VW stalk on the steering column, trimmed the cowling a little and voila... cruise control.... it's so lovely (and a little extravagant, for a 1983 1st gen), having cruise for motorways😉

[@Paulo-it5gq]

I really enjoy learning about this stuff , theres not many people doing this in youtube in such a detailed way , i liked when u did it for the alh because thats what i got but planning a swap for a pd so its nice to be able to understand what is needed . As always you're doing a great job

[@austinniemela]

Thanks! We are learning this stuff together!

[@piotrmichalak5093]

Hey Austin! Youre doing awesome job here. I got to the channel 'cause of 4runner which im a fan of but ended up watching every single video. Thx for doing those.

[@ikaikasrgnts8618]

Maybe you can save a diagram of this when it's complete. I'm sure some of us would take this route and you can sell the harnesses 😁. You're a genius...

[@MrQdawgs]

Glad you make this easy to follow!

[@MussaKZN]

98.7k subs and on your way to 1M I just hope when your rich and famous you stay grounded and humble like you are now! Toyota pickups not “G wagons”

[@tannerbean3801]

Very helpful as I get ready to embark on my BHW swap, so thank you

[@xXPanfy004013Xx]

Beautiful was looking exactly for this

[@bernardinjean-loup1168]

Absolutely wonderful job !! I appreciate you sharing in details the steps for this swap!! I can’t wait for the next episode!! Definitely my YT favorite channel ! Keep it up 👍🏾

[@DirtbagCarpentry]

I wanna do this swap in my t100 but I don't wanna get in over my head, wish I knew a guy like you to help!!

[@TheNickademas1]

Full disclosure I Don’t even work on cars or trucks. But it’s because I don’t like doing things I’m not educated on and these videos are how I learn so if I ever needed to attempt a fix I have a base knowledge and can go from there. Thanks Austin I learn a lot from the videos I like mechanics I just don’t have the shop or the tools/ time” (not really) to do my own projects. Even if these are Toyota and VW specific….cars are cars engines are engines and I’m sure alot translates to most vehicles.

[@joshsteele8293]

Congrats on 100k Been watching for awhile love this content.

[@austinniemela]

Thank you!

[@turnerables]

@@austinniemela now that you’ve down the ALH and the BEW swaps which one would you recommend to a less experienced guy? I’m leaning towards ALH.

[@austinniemela]

@@turnerables I did a bhw. I like the bhw a lot more but it is more of a pain to work on

[@turnerables]

@@austinniemela I’m guessing you like it for the extra power? I’m building this as SHTF waste veg oil diesel so I’m thinking the ALH is probably the smarter option for me

[@arnelcoligado8713]

Nice video sir austin thanks for sharing God bless you

[@rossconverse7038]

I'm excited!

[@Karen-cn1vw]

Thanks for about your videos I learn about it’s a lot

[@MonkeyWithAWrench]

Man, i'm getting closer and closer to yanking the ALH in my rig in favor of one of the PD engines. The wiring seems pretty doable.

[@BHIArgentina]

Insane, majestic.

[@abpsd73]

Thanks for the links to the diagrams. I wonder if the ECU still needs a VSS input, even without cruise, but that's a question for the VW experts. Worst case there's probably an adapter box to tap off the Toyota VSS signal.

[@PNWUpperLeft]

Love from the PNW

[@Jesus-hx5vg]

I finally did my head gasket!!!! All went well! only trouble I had was priming it

[@austinniemela]

Awesome good job! 👍

[@williamdobson6862]

And a big thumbs up mate👍

[@mapesonesefo707]

good job man

[@migueljimenez5510]

Good job 👏

[@jimmyprater7546]

Nice video, thinking of a Ford Ranger TDI swap. My wife drives an A3 TDI, we love the power and fuel economy.

[@leopoldodiaz5078]

My respect

[@thunder_lloyd]

Im looking into doing this same swap in my 4x4 s10 when the 4.3 goes. I really appreciate this information! 🙌

[@76fordjunky]

you should get a seam ripper, makes getting into a harness easy

[@cecilpietersen7838]

This is very helpful , I'm doing a BEW swap in my mk1 Caddy. Do you still have the wiring diagrams?

[@Error2username]

Check out a harness from the a6c5 19tdi, is more options on these than vw's.

[@rburias80]

U r awesome Master Austin

[@adamdubeau8038]

I watched a video in Sloppy mechanics, one of the tips was to start at the farthest plug and work back towards the ECU on the harness, and another tip was to use a pegboard and zipties thru the pegboard to hold the harness in the same shape. Hope this helps someone.

[@adamdubeau8038]

Also, theres a couple other diagrams in the files section of TDI swapped trucks for the BHW (and others)

[@charliebruceortega8447]

100k subs Yahoo!

[@austinniemela]

👍👍👍

[@CB-hr6zs]

Good video bro

[@grahamhitchmough7477]

you sould make a screw board and fix plugs to it wright what is what plug .it makes life easy and no tangles, great vidio

[@ilindimitrov2626]

Grat job, Austin! In your hands looks easy! I will download the video for my future project - swap TDI engine on WV T3/T25! But the wiring diagrams are missing in the links. Can you upload them again? Thank`s!

[@juanmanuelalvarezmesa2965]

There a realy clean Tacoma in Insurence Auto Auction Portland.

[@williamdobson9582]

Hi Austin Just wondering if you have a full diagram of the ecu As I want to use the other sensors etc as the one you have shared says unused please and fantastic content once again cheers dude

[@NoResults-NoCharge]

Soooo, this just did me in! I have an 06 Jetta TDI I've owned for years and was getting ready to sell it until I saw this series. I have my grandpa's 87 toyota 2wd that I got when he died with only 3100 miles on it many years ago and I've always wanted to put a 4wd drive train under it which I purchased a few years ago in the form of an 83 sr5 straight axel donor. How cool would it be to combine all 3 of these?! I doubt I have the mechanical ability to do it though....

[@hadartako7340]

Nice

[@khaliltazi7692]

What are all the sensors you ens up deleting if you recall? About to do this wiring job !

[@pyr0674]

Doing this swap right now. 1.9 tdi into 1990 4runner

[@cmdghost1]

Great video. Will this work for a asz engine?

[@andylewandowski8418]

Would like to see you do a grill like the one on your 4Runner, on this truck, with the “TDI” emblem off the VW trunk in the center of the mesh. I think it would be a good look.

[@austinniemela]

That might look good!!

[@adamdubeau8038]

I’m putting the round VW logo on the tailgate and the red TDI badges on too.

[@ieatflys]

hey austin got a potential problem for you and me both with this bhw wiring. i pulled a bhw and wiring out over the weekend for my cherokee and set everything up to run it on a pallet to make sure i have evrything. unlike the alh(which i have pulled and done this to as well) it has canbus wired that run to the body control module under the drivers floor. like you i cut a few of the canbut wires but they run from the bcm to the rest of the car (other four doors esch door has a canbus module) im not sure if this canbus interruption can be solved with a tune is this somthing you are aware of or know how to overcome?

[@thisislargemouth5566]

Do you have to do anything special to the BHW to make it happy in a longitudinal application? Years ago I heard guys had to use a different manifold and things like that but I see them with the stock stuff all the time I feel like. Other than a trans adapter, what did you do to the BHW to get it in your rig?

[@luiscruz-no3ib]

Do they reflash all those sensors of the ecu?

[@user-mc1hq5th5h]

How do I find the pin out document your using amazing video

[@bighigh]

Any idea what could cause an ECU to drive fine but refuse to connect via MPPS or a simple OBD2 scanner?

[@chasefleming5860]

any chance you could update the links to the wiring diagrams? They are no longer working. Thanks!

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[@williamdobson9582]

Evening Austin is there any chance you could tell me the pin position on the ecu for k line please wire colour is possible too as I have had a clear out and can’t seem to find my diagrams and thank you once again you have made this possible for me

[@Robert-jc8xw]

I am looking at doing one of these swaps and have a line on a TDI with a BRM engine code.. would you have any recommendations when it comes to the BRM? should I pass on it until I can find an ALH or BEW?

[@djalilderr2831]

Hey Austin im planning on doing something similar to a kia sportage 2008 would it be that hard? From 2.0 crdi to a 2.0 Tdi 184 hp

[@pemghustlewomanlife6425]

Wow! Doesn't look like fun.

[@JosephMiller-zs1ml]

Anyway you can send me ecu pinout diagrams? The links below video are not working. Thanks in advance

[@tommcl8548]

👍

[@671967]

100,000!!!!!

[@Jay_Hova420]

WOW these Tacomas getting soooooo expensive.. I purchased a 2001 Tacoma 3 years ago for $1000 with a plow.. wasnt any videos on youtube when I purchased my 1st gen now it's a bunch. I guess they're hella popular now. One of my best purchases truck is a lil beast v6 sr5 I'm keeping it forever comes in handy. I need to get the damn ac leak fixed...

[@avianaviator1570]

The links for the wire diagrams no longer work, do you have any copes of them?

[@cars3939i]

I have a passat b5 1.8 adr and I swap this engine how wiring harness work on passat

[@niyazaglyamov5889]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@joyroc885]

I want to swap my ALH into a 4runner but the wiring harness still has me nervous.

[@rfcmironchuck8628]

Ecu might need vss signal for fueling. I'm currently doing a bhw into a Ford ranger me too ;)

[@gregh7457]

i'm thinking it needs a signal for shifting the auto box. vss went bad in my 90 supra and the trans did all kinds of strange shit

[@austinniemela]

As far as I know it doesn’t need a vss signal!! I could be wrong however

[@gregh7457]

@@austinniemela yea, you're not going with the auto box so you won't need it if thats why they're sending it to the cluster

[@williamdobson6862]

Hi Austin where did you get the wiring diagrams from as I am putting a AWX tdi in my vw camper van and can’t seem to to get any link or maybe you diagram is the same wiring as both are the same models

[@michalhanus8994]

Hi William, do you get any information for your question? You get any diagrams or any help? I need too diagrams for AWX

[@122amazonls5]

I need your help on harness

[@justmoresavage7382]

Hi guys, i have to swap 1.9 afn in my rig, can anyone send me the wiring diagrams, and is that AFN engine same as ALH wiring?

[@chrisoneill1954]

Since you have a bhw, which is what I am swapping into my Jeep tj. Did you wire in an auxiliary check engine off the vw ecu?

[@austinniemela]

Yes i am using a can2dash from fastforwardautomotive for cel, glow plug lights and tach!

[@chrisoneill1954]

@@austinniemela is there any other way to do this without using the can2dash module? I emailed that company a while back and they said it wouldn’t work for the application I was trying to do even tho that’s what I thought the product was for.

[@larryemanuel4544]

Wiring diagrams link are broken Please update them. Thank You!

[@glynncleaver7398]

Wiring diagrams have been removed now anyone have a copy

[@talarmstrongjr4655]

Does anyone have a wiring diagram and ecu pinnout for a BEW?

[@briarbenchhomestead946]

The links for the wiring diagram didnt work. Im installing a BRM into ranger.

[@austinniemela]

That should now be fixed!

[@adamsorell4851]

None of the diagram links work

[@user-qw4cd3pn8i]

Or you can send a diagram of how to connect all the wires ?

[@mrtickles23]

You should credit the guy where you got them from my guess it was whitbreadperformance

[@juanmanuelalvarezmesa2965]

End video in the channel autoauctionrebuilds

[@johncourtneyscott2757]

I think the wiring is monotonous. But you make it interesting

[@juanmanuelalvarezmesa2965]

It's a red 2003 Tacoma

[@ghostrider1115]

Literally the scariest part

[@matthewlee2686]

Wiring diagrams won't load up. It says it doesn't exist.

[@rafenatho5406]

If that's fairly simple than I'm dumb as a rock...........

[@rogerlavigne4234]

Es Que c'est un tDI 2012

[@marionknight9967]

So glad you apologized for talking so much , geeze you were getting on my nerves

[@MussaKZN]

🤣

[@122amazonls5]

Can you email me this file pin out stuff