Product Description
Rover V8 Crankshaft
All parts listed are suitable for Saloon/sports and 4x4 applications unless otherwise stated.
Note: Around mid 1994, Land Rover introduced a crankshaft-driven oil pump - built into the timing cover - for 3.9 litre and larger engines.These engines required a crankshaft with a longer ‘nose’ than previous engines. For this reason, crankshafts are available with two different nose lengths, as follows:
All 3.5 litre engines, plus factory 3.9 & 4.2 litre engines up to around mid-1994 (exact engine numbers listed below), are fitted with short-nose (70.6mm) cranks. These engines have camshaft-driven oil pumps and separate drivebelts for ancillary components.
3.9 & 4.2 litre engines from around mid-1994 (engine numbers listed below) onwards are fitted with long-nose (90.3mm) cranks. These engines have crank-driven oil pumps and a single, ‘serpentine’ drivebelt for the ancillary components, as do all 4.0 & 4.6 litre engines.
Please check your engine number before ordering.
The later long nose cranks (and therefore engines) may be converted for use with pre-serpentine drive belt applications by the use of a spacer (see item 2) which allows fitment of a pre-’94 separate oil pump type timing cover on the engine.