Is there a way to date an engine?

Can't help exactly but the heads are stamped L40P for the engines 89 to 95 and L48P for 95+ engine

Carbon dating like they do with fossils, see how much carbon has built up in the.........:lol::lol:

 

As above or you can take your engine number into a Nissan dealer and they can scratch their heads and say dunno :thumbup:

 

Or someone more helpful will be along soon to answer your question:biggrin:

So are all the heads either 40 or 48p?

 

I'm just wondering as the 89 engines had head problems didn't they?

Yeah from what I understand they are one or the other. Never heard about that issue myself

IIRC wasnt it the heads or the cams that were the issue with the 89's

Is there a way to date an engine?

 

I've heard you've dated a few monsters but not heard about any engines ????

You could pop off the timing cover, there's differences on some of the ages there. Different cam pullies.

P36 Heads from 89 only had Soft valves all most like the ones fitted to the NA engines

P40 late 89>late95

P46 96>99

 

chances of getting p36 heads is quit remote as the cases of problems was in the usa

with all the engine i have seen/played with .. not one ..

 

was only talking about this with jimmer the other day and he hasnt seen one too

 

as for putting a date on the engine ... no S/N stamp

u can only tell if its a S1 > S2 > S4

 

 

S1 has old one peace cam pulleys

S2 has 2 peace Cam pulleys and Lugs for covers on plenum

S3/4 has peace cam pulleys / Lugs / No VTC

Edited October 2, 201312 yr by MarkDerby

Is there a way to date an engine?

 

What, like buy it flowers, chocolates etc.....? I'm sure there are no laws against it, it's not like it's a sheep or your sister....

 

.....But you'll get some funny looks in the pub - especially when you order it a half of Castrol. And don't forget this fella....

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2000899/Man-admits-having-sex-with-1000-cars.html

 

Richard:lol:

What, like buy it flowers, chocolates etc.....? I'm sure there are no laws against it, it's not like it's a sheep or your sister....

 

.....But you'll get some funny looks in the pub - especially when you order it a half of Castrol. And don't forget this fella....

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2000899/Man-admits-having-sex-with-1000-cars.html

 

Richard:lol:

 

Pmsl that's a great little read that, i thought I'd heard it all till I seen that, it's not secretly you is it Richard lol

Cut it in half and count the rings!!!

Here's how to get the date and other info from the VIN. Not exactly what you asked but might help http://nissanhelp.com/diy/common/nissan_vin.php

I think the Nissan FAST cd will give you the engine number for each VIN, so with a bit of judicious searching you could probably work out the date of the car that the engine came from.

I'm pretty sure it's a S1 engine but in a series 2 car.

 

 

Mark derby - do you have pictures of the differences in the cam pulleys that you mentioned above

Yeah will take some later on

I think the Nissan FAST cd will give you the engine number for each VIN, so with a bit of judicious searching you could probably work out the date of the car that the engine came from.

 

I'll have to have a look at that.. I read a post on the Oz forum where they said that there was no check that could be done on the engine (by number)..

so if it is possible it would be good to be able to post and clarify.

Thats right ... no engine s/n on the engines just the model number

So no way of knowing of the date ..

GOING BY THAT INFO MINE WAS PRODUCED IN JAPAN. Werd that considering its a uk car.

GOING BY THAT INFO MINE WAS PRODUCED IN JAPAN. Werd that considering its a uk car.

 

Manufactured in Japan, imported to UK and registered in the UK...

 

-Andrew

GOING BY THAT INFO MINE WAS PRODUCED IN JAPAN. Werd that considering its a uk car.

Reminds me of the round-and-round-until-I-slammed-the-phone-down conversation with a car insurer back in my first phase of Zed ownership: "we can't insure that, Sir, it's an import" "they're all imports, they're made in Japan" aaargh.

Manufactured in Japan, imported to UK and registered in the UK...

 

-Andrew

 

Reminds me of the round-and-round-until-I-slammed-the-phone-down conversation with a car insurer back in my first phase of Zed ownership: "we can't insure that, Sir, it's an import" "they're all imports, they're made in Japan" aaargh.

 

LOL - but very true....

 

Unlike many modern Nissans (which are built in Sunderland and are even shipped back to Japan), the Z-cars were built in a separate Z factory in Japan and exported all over the world as necessary.... So those cars destined for the UK market were produced as such and imported into the UK by Nissan GB as ordered.

 

Does anyone know of a Mercedes, Audi or BMW being built in the UK? Exactly - we import them!!!

 

Richard:biggrin:

I'm pretty sure it's a S1 engine but in a series 2 car.

 

 

Mark derby - do you have pictures of the differences in the cam pulleys that you mentioned above

 

 

 

Here ya go

 

on the Left 89>late 94 S1

on the Right 94>99 s2/3/4

 

the cam pulleys can not be swapped around unless the Cams have been changed due to them being around 5mm Shorter on the Intake side

 

Is there a way to date an engine?

 

Thats right ... no engine s/n on the engines

 

Erm.... engine number is shown in the picture below:

 

 

Workshop page showing location and gearbox numbers too.

 

 

Jeff TT

I did find it bizarre that Nissan wouldn't serialise such a major component!

the only number that i have seen thats been stamped there is Model Number jeff

 

have a look on the old blocks u got on the shelf see what they say if ya would plz :)