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Posted (edited)

Hi everyone

 

I have a BMC Engine in my narrowboat , a receipt from years ago says it's a 2.4 commander , the brochure from GHBS says it's a 2.2 BMC.

 

We have owned the boat for a year now and I have just recently cleaned the whole engine bay ready for painting.........I found a metal plate with a serial number on it ......it was inside of one of the engine support girders on the floor right in the corner 

 

Is this the engine serial number plate please? 

 

Cheers

 

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Edited by Baldy1976
Posted

8G used to refer to reconditioned engines or could be  part number?

 

Look for any plate indicating Newage Marine (later Tempest Diesels) in Stamford Lincolnshire. 

According to the interweb - ''Commander'' indicates  a 2.4(2.5?)            2.2 would be ''Commodore''

 

  • Greenie 1
Posted

The exhaust manifold is a very old wet exhaust direct cooled one or one from the earliest wet exhaust heat exchanger systems and if that is original equipment I would suggest its a 2.2, not a 2.5. However the Newage 2.2 versions had a cast alloy rocker cover and that one look like pressed metal so it may be a self marinise job and if so goodness knows what it is.

Posted (edited)

Yes looks like a 2.5 so I guess the manifold is replacement. I did not think Tempest fitted that type of manifold, only Newage earlier.

Edited by Tony Brooks
Posted

Thank you everyone for your input , i don't know what the plate I found on the floor is for .....could have been from the original engine when the boat was made.

 

Cheers 

Posted
55 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

So Tempest Diesels  2.5..  Its a fair age. Spares  are getting a bit sparse.

Can still get the starter motors , alternators .....filters / belts , other than that .....calcutt boats might help :)

Posted
1 hour ago, Baldy1976 said:

Can still get the starter motors , alternators .....filters / belts , other than that .....calcutt boats might help :)

We asked Calcutt about spares for the 2.2 without much joy , they have lots for the smaller engines though.

Posted
17 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Spray gun reconditioned.  Is there a shortage of masking tape?

The manifold and  rocker cover look different to the OP's .

Posted
8 minutes ago, MartynG said:

The manifold and  rocker cover look different to the OP's .

That is because the photo is a Rover engine, not a BMC one. Different engine.

Posted (edited)

Yes Rover 2286cc, same capacity as they're 4 cyl petrol engine which was a superb engine, Rover 60 and series 2 Land Rovers. The diesel lacked oomph in the Land Rover and wasn't popular.  Bly me, I've just noticed that my reputation count is the same,  2286, and I had 2 series 2a and one series 1 Land Rovers which worked very hard in the motor trade.

Edited by bizzard
Posted (edited)
51 minutes ago, bizzard said:

The diesel lacked oomph in the Land Rover and wasn't popular.

Tell me about it ...

(One time owner of a Series 3 LWB diesel with a top speed of about 45mph, which was a bit scary on the M25).

Edited by David Mack

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