VN Series 1 or 2

[LBurnett23]

This is probably a bit of a stupid question but i was jus wondering wether or not my engine is the right one for the year of the vehicle. is there any easy way to determine this

i have a vn n its a 1991 but the engine in it has the thermostat housing at the rear. i thought that was only in the earlier vn's. can anybody enlighten me n give me the bad news n tel me this is a swapped motor.

it would b a great help, just interested.

[1991_Vn2nV]

Yeah it sounds like its a swapped motor man. The thermostat is at the front on series 2.

[LBurnett23]

i thought it was, wonder how many the motor has done then. cheers mate big help!!

[PaRaDoX]

you can also tell by the water outlet being at the front of the inlet manifold, any pics???

just because its a earlier motor dosnt mean its "dodgy" may have had less k's the S1 engines still go aight just are a bit diffrent