Where abouts is the engine number stamped on a mk 2 jag i.e. on the engine itself please?

 

Taken from the Jag-lovers website:

"The number of the XK engine block for earlier models is stamped on the horizontal shelf above the oil filter, or for later models on the left on the bell housing flange; on the earlier cylinder heads it is on the vertical face in front of the front spark plug. If there is no number on an earlier head it is probably a replacement head obtained through the Jaguar Spares Department. The practice of numbering heads was discontinued at some point in the late 1960's. Following the initial letter(s) there are generally four numbers followed by /7 or /8 or /9, which indicates the compression ratio".

Hope this helps.


Stu

 

if the car is Right Hand Drive, it will be on the same side as the steering wheel, above the
oil sump's edge that meets with the engine block's edge, and towards the rear of the engine block.

 

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