Help with 5 or 3 Bearing Crank

[Miniman]

I have a series 3 diesel which has had a engine change and I was wondering if there is any visible way of looking to see if it's a 3 or a 5 bearing crank.

[stratie]

5 bearing has the oil filler on the rocker cover, 3 bearing has the oil filler coming out the side of the engine block (drivers side)

[stratie]

5 Bearing has an orange oil filler (that you undo buy hand) that sit's in front of the one in the pic.

[hobbit]

that count for the diesel as well then?

[stratie]

Diesel...um....er.......i didnt read that bit  :oops:   :lol:
Ok let's start again, 2 of my mate's have s3 diesel landy's, and they are both 5 bearing motors. The only thing that stand's out is the engine block's are red.
Not sure if all 5 bearing diesel motor's are red  :?:  
But i know a man who doe's, i'll go and ask him.

[ian_s]

well, i have a 3 bearing diesel, and the oil filler is a tube into the side of the block.
if someone has a five bearing diesel, they should be able to tell you if its different

[cstokes]

The five bearing diesel may have the oil filler on the side of the block or may not.  On the three main bearing diesel the colour of the block is like a duck egg blue, where as on the five main bearing diesel the block will either be black or red.  But look at the block and not the timing cover because the timing cover on the five bearing may be blue and the block will be red.  Also on the five main bearing engine there is a little extra webbing on the lower part of the crank case on the passenger side, where as the three main bearing engines tend to be smooth.  Hope this helps.


The other way of course is to take the sump off and have a look.