engine number/oil dipstick

[arjenmens]

Found on the gassing station that the enginenumber is at the back of the block. Can't seem to find it. Do I have to go underneath the car to see it?

When I look in my owners handbook I see that a 4,2 cerb should have a dipstick which is located somewhere on top of the block and that a 4,5 has a dipstick in front of the block. I've got a 4,2 and everything looks original. Did TVR change this and use the same dipstick on the 4,2 as on the 4,5?

It is a bloody dipstick anyway. Whipe it of, stick it in, get it out and oil is everywhere!

[jbvipercerb]

I've a 4.2 and I've heard the dipsticks are in different place but have'nt seen a 4.5 for some time so cant comment. The engine number is on the lower front of the block on the drivers side, it is facing you on a web that sticks out of the side at the bottom.

[Ireland]

4.2 dipstick is here

[FUBAR]

Ireland said:

4.2 dipstick is here

But didnt they move the 4.2 dipstick to the front later on? Or was that just the 4.5s?

[trooperiziz]

FUBAR said:

But didnt they move the 4.2 dipstick to the front later on? Or was that just the 4.5s?

I think they did for the later 4.2s, reason being the sump changed for the 4.5s, would make sense to fit the same sump to all cars from then on...

[JohnSW20]

Hi
Mines a 97 4.2 and the dip stick is on the front right hand side if that helps?

John

[arjenmens]

Would be interesting to know if they did it for 4,2's later on and from what year/date, or if they only did it for the 4,5 liters.

Mine has a date of first registration of 18-01-1997. So it is not a very late example.

[trooperiziz]

JohnSW20 said:

Hi
Mines a 97 4.2 and the dip stick is on the front right hand side if that helps?

John

Your sump has been changed at some point then

[pcowen]

Mines a 4.2 1997, but with a 2001 engine, and dipstick is at the front.

[jbvipercerb]

Mines at the front, 4.2 January 1999

[Byker28i]

Mines at the rear 4.2 97

[kojak]

Mines sept '98..dipstick at the rear.

[FUBAR]

Touching Cloth's car is a '98 4.2 and its got a dipstick behind the steering wheel

[JohnSW20]

trooperiziz said:

JohnSW20 said:

Hi
Mines a 97 4.2 and the dip stick is on the front right hand side if that helps?

John

Your sump has been changed at some point then

Hi Trooper

Would this be a good thing or a bad thing????

Cheers

John

[grahamn]

FUBAR said:

Touching Cloth's car is a '98 4.2 and its got a dipstick behind the steering wheel

Have some of these

[trooperiziz]

JohnSW20 said:

trooperiziz said:

JohnSW20 said:

Hi
Mines a 97 4.2 and the dip stick is on the front right hand side if that helps?

John

Your sump has been changed at some point then

Hi Trooper

Would this be a good thing or a bad thing????

Cheers

John

Either or neither

This is all from distant memories from when my dipstick broke, so take a pinch of salt...

I'm not too sure what the difference is between the earlier and later sumps, but they both perform as well as each other I believe.

If your sump has been cracked at some point then it will have been replaced and come with a new dipstick.
One thing i didn't consider is that I think you can just buy the new dipstick setup on its own? You can't actually buy an early dipstick anymore, I had to weld mine back up again when it broke. Not sure how well the newer dipstick will work with an older sump, or whether the two have to be replaced at the same time.