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Neil Jones:
Does anyone know how to identify the age of the 2.25 diesel engine from the outside without a number?  It has 2 tags of the rocker cover, one says the usual tappet clearance, the other is a British Leyland tag (I'm assuming the cover is original here).  Its alot noisyer than the engine I took out, but for a diesel really doesnt have much smoke.  Power seems to be about equal.  The only other difference visible was a hook on top of the rocker cover to hold the air hose in place.  

If anyone has any info I'd appreciate to find out more.

Cheers

muddyweb:
Engine number is the only way really... and it should have one of them...  if not... you ought to be asking why  :shock:

Have a good dig around the block... it should be visible from the top.

tomarse:
I was told that the outer design/casting of the block was different between the 3 and 5 bearing engines, and that the 5 bearing has more lumpy/strutty bits on the outside.
I've never got round to comparing two myself to check this though.

Rich_P:
Ah yes, I remember. A 5-bearing block has a pattern on the side, while the 3-bearing does not.  5-bearings are also usually painted red, while 3-bearings are duckegg-blue.

hobbit:
I though the diesels were only done in the 3 bearing version

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