2.25 diesel engine

[G]

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.

[Rich_P]

By the block's engine number is for definate as the block is cast with the 3 or 5 bearing setup.

[G]

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?

[hobbit]

Not sure but didn't the diesel only come in a 3 bearing format?

[Rich_P]

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.

[mark.yellow.series.3]

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?

[Rich_P]

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..

[Canada Al]

take off the sump and count  :D