300tdi engine code starting with S

defender99 · Feb 6, 2022

Hello fellow landy owner, I have been searching for this online, but I couldn't find the answer

Defender 110 300tdi that I'm about to purchase has initial S on the engine code: S16L*******

Does anyone know what the initial S supposed to mean?

miktdish · Feb 6, 2022

16L is non EGR 300tdi
Don't know what the "S" stands for ...

defender99 · Feb 8, 2022

Thanks! anyone else know anything about initial letter before the engine code?

Rougharse Racing · Feb 8, 2022

Is the S in the same font as the 16L******?
If it is different it may have been added to indicate some form of repair.

slomofo · Feb 9, 2022

S = Stolen?

defender99 · Feb 10, 2022

slomofo said:
S = Stolen?

Rougharse Racing said:
Is the S in the same font as the 16L******?
If it is different it may have been added to indicate some form of repair.

letter and number are consistent

Rougharse Racing · Feb 13, 2022

I think that your engine has been reconditioned.
The original number appears to have been removed with a router and then re-etched, Normally Tdi numbers are stamped /etched into the rough cast surface of the engine block, yours has a machined slot.
I would suggest that the extra S is to indicate that it has been reconditioned.

defender99 · Feb 14, 2022

Rougharse Racing said:
I think that your engine has been reconditioned.
The original number appears to have been removed with a router and then re-etched, Normally Tdi numbers are stamped /etched into the rough cast surface of the engine block, yours has a machined slot.
I would suggest that the extra S is to indicate that it has been reconditioned.

is reconditioned good or bad ?

lynall · Feb 14, 2022

defender99 said:
is reconditioned good or bad ?

Can be either, but as its still running I would not worry about it.

lynall · Feb 14, 2022

Rougharse Racing said:
I think that your engine has been reconditioned.
The original number appears to have been removed with a router and then re-etched, Normally Tdi numbers are stamped /etched into the rough cast surface of the engine block, yours has a machined slot.
I would suggest that the extra S is to indicate that it has been reconditioned.

Good spot.

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