Each piston has an arrow on top. Point it at the flywheel end.
Driver side, front piston.
It's the front (front of the engine is front of the car) piston on the right side of the engine.
You never replace a piston without replacing the cylinder too, as they're a matched set. The ones you want are for the 1600 cc engine.
When the point are in no 1 position and just closing no 1 piston is up.
No Beetle sold in The USA had a ECM The Beetle was sold as a fuel injected beast in some other countries, but the ECM in those units required removal of the chip and installation of a re programed PROM
1-4-3-2 is the correct firing order.
the 1951 vw beetle. volkwagen was started in the 1930's under the direction of the nazis. the first volkswagen was NOT the 1951 beetle!
There is a small dot about 1/8" diameter cast into the front of the piston near the wrist pin. Also a letter "R" cast into the rear of the piston.
in most cases it points to the camshaft
Clockwise to retract piston into caliper body
command post
You can install a circulating block heater in your 2001 VW Beetle on the bottom radiator hose. The installation is quite simple.