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Vehicle & Technical => Series Land Rovers => Topic started by: G on May 26, 2006, 00:28:11
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I've been offered a (cheap) Lightweight with a 2.25 reconditioned diesel motor. How can I tell if it is a 3 or 5 bearing engine? Cheers, G.
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By the block's engine number is for definate as the block is cast with the 3 or 5 bearing setup.
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Thanks Steel. What am I looking for in the engine number? Is there a number that the 5 bearing started from or will it say 5B or something similar in the number?
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Not sure but didn't the diesel only come in a 3 bearing format?
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G, sorry to say but I don't have a clue what the numbers would be. I only know the numbers for the 3-bearing diesels fitted to Land Rovers during the 1960s and very early 1970s.
Not sure but didn't the diesel only come in a 3 bearing format?
The later 2.25 Diesels were 5-bearing just like the later 2.25 Petrols. Just that they were not all that popular, because the 110 was soon entering production.
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doesnt the 3 bearing have the oil filler pipe up the side of the motor, and 5 bearing oil filler through the rocker or somthing?
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doesnt the 3 bearing have the oil filler pipe up the side of the motor, and 5 bearing oil filler through the rocker or somthing?
Yes, but you can do that to a 3-bearing too so it isn't a way of telling for certain if it is a 3 or 5 bearing engine. The tech guy in the Series 2 Club said that they had put the filler cap onto the rocker cover just before going to the 5-bearing block and crank too..
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take off the sump and count :D