It's A Me ' MARIO '
series1 or 2
i know this may sound stupid but if you never ask you will never find out.
i just got a vp commodore and with my pay i am slowly fixing it up, how do i know if my engine is a series 1 or 2, its a 91 VP Commodore, on the plate it says made on 16/12/91.
thank you
smooth moderator
theres no difference between motors from series one to series 2 on the vp's
but if you mean in regardsto vn series 1/2, itd be the same as a vn s2 motor.
easiest way to tell, is the thermostat housing on the intake manifold is at the front on s2.
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Dunno anything about VPs (or anything else, now that I think about it) , but I'd guess it'd be a series 1 VP cos I'm pretty sure VNs were still out in 91, so it's be still in the first year of production.
And it's not a stupid question, I don't know if my VN is series 1 or 2 either.
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It's A Me ' MARIO '
yeh my thermostat housing it at the front , i was just asking because when i went to get a new thermostat they asked me if it was series 1 or series 2, and i said i wouldnt have a clue give me a series 1 thermostat, took mine out and it matches, so im guessing its a series one but i wasnt 100% sure
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Your VN is a series 1.Originally Posted by Mr Squishi
Your VP is a series 1 although there is absolutely no difference engine-wise anyway.
smooth moderator
im pretty sure the thermostats stayed the same, but the gaskets are different. yours uses a diamond shape paper gasket, the series one vn with the thermostat at the back uses a rubber o ring style gasket.
the radiator hose is in a different place, the oil filler is in a different place, i dont know which is which, but there are definately differences
smooth moderator
i know the radiator hose that goes to the thermostat changed from vn s1 to vn s2/vp, then changed for any vp/vr with abs, but oil filter? i dont think so. the oil filter mount changed on the ecotec.
ive got 2 vr motors in my shed, a vp motor(unsure what year vp motor) and 2 vn s1 motors. theyve all got the same oil filter setup
LOL berkus FILLER not filter, the filler on one of my VP's is on the drivers side of the car, and on the spare VP is goes in the front of the motor!!
(oh and i want your shed, i only have room to fart in mine!)
smooth moderator
ahh, lol. i suck at reading.
yeh, my shed rocks, but i could always use more space
what year did the vn change from series one to series 2 i wanna know if mine is 1 or 2 its a 1990 moddel
Yours would be a s2 ... Mine is an 89 and is s2 ...
smooth moderator
nah, itd be a s1 or s1.5
89vncommy, id say yours has had a different motor put in it if its got the thermostat at the front.
i have 2 1990 model vn's and both are s1
I was told that the way the power windows hooked up was different between s1 and s2 ... And I had to get a s2 power window motor... ???? Unless the guy was wrong and actually gave me an s1 ...
smooth moderator
dunno bout the power windows, neither of mine have that luxury
but yeh, 89 is definately series 1/1.5.
its amazing what can be changed in 16 odd years though.
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Only 1991 models are Series 2. 1990 Models are Series 1.5... 1989 is most DEFINITELY series 1.
If you want to know more, buy a Gregories manual.
Your engine is series 1 as well, found this pic in your thread. Series 1 coil pack:
Last edited by 1991_Vn2nV; 28-12-2006 at 07:38 PM.
Don't know what drugs the spare parts guy was on then.. When I was lookin for parts I said it would be a s1, but he assured me it was s2, and said the part he gave me was s2 ....Just goes to show that even those in the industry don't know sometimes...
Maybe he thought it would have been an s2 cause it was built in Sep 89 ... Meh, anyway, thanks for the clarification ...
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