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td42 engine numbers

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:52 pm
by tye1986
hey fellas just trying to find out what motor i have in my patrol apparently td42 engine numbers that end in a leter are turbo model engines just curious what other people engine number ends in. mine eng number is td42149688b

cheers Tye

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:25 pm
by monkeycritter
Interesting post, I have a GU and will ge the numbers tomorrow. While I'm at it, I'll get numebrs off the two siver top motors that are getting machined as we speak.

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:52 pm
by pricey bandit
Mine starts with tb42 but ends in a 1, its a factory turbo

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:40 pm
by tye1986
yeh weird i have a few mates with turbo and no turbo engines seems non turbo engines have no letter at the end accept 1 of them haha and most turbo engines have a t at the end i have know idea what the b is for though.

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:46 am
by ludacris
pricey bandit wrote:Mine starts with tb42 but ends in a 1, its a factory turbo
Is it TD or TB?

Cris

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:32 am
by tye1986
td42 diesal 98 coil cab

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:33 am
by Ryan
TD42 is 4.2 diesel..
TD42T is factory 4.2 Turbo diesel
TB42 is petrol 4.2

Hope that helps :twisted:

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:53 am
by turps
pricey bandit wrote:Mine starts with tb42 but ends in a 1, its a factory turbo
No its not.

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:42 pm
by tye1986
so far i have seen 1 factory turbo with out a t on the end but cant find any one that knows what a b on the end means.

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:27 pm
by forkcy
just got my new TD42T motor from nissan today and it ends in C
The TD42 in my patrol ends in 1

so i think you might be right about the leter thing

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:08 pm
by tye1986
yeh pretty weird wish i had a straight asnwer other wise i might be changing pistons. ahh well will drive it till it pops.

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:54 pm
by GQsh0rty
Give a Nissan Dealer a call they should be able to make sense of it all
The 'B' at the end must stand for 'B'rillant engine :lol:

Re: td42 engine numbers

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:45 pm
by tye1986
haha yeh i rang nissan and this was there exact words engine numbers mean diderly squat to us hahah so yeh hopfully its a turbo spec motor.