A question or 3: apologies if these details are elsewhere, I have read the buying guide and found it very handy, but stuff like this wasn't - and I wouldn't expect it - to be in there, maybe it's somewhere else?
Can someone please clarify on the terminology of the 6n, are all Mk4's also 6n's? I know for example a BM 325CSi is sometimes referred to as an E46 because that is a chassis type number.
I have looked at a couple of Mk4's and saw a T reg. today which had a large black plastic cover over the top of the engine, with 1.4i embossed on the right hand side. The one I looked at previously was a P reg. and I seem to recall it had a fairly ordinary looking metal rocker cover, with no black plastic cover, and again if I recall correctly was the same engine as an N reg. Golf Match.
Is this just a difference between the years of manufacture, or the engines themselves (maybe the older is an 8 valve, did they do 16 valve engines in these)? This particularly car has had the suspension lowered so I am wondering if it is possible it has had an engine swap too.
Also, this car had a black plastic casing, say 6"x4"x1" deep, over one of the battery terminals. Is this some kind of standard immobiliser, maybe isolates the high current connections but leaves the low current (ICE memory etc) permanently connected?
Lastly (for now) it had some alloys on it, and a space saver spare wheel. I believe the alloys were non-standard on this car (a 1999 CL), is that so? And is the spare on a model with steelies on it always a space saver?
That's all for now (there may be more later
) but any replies greatly appreciated!