Have seen refs to various engines for sale, with specific code in their description.
E.G. Ford Ecort 1998 1.6 16 Valve Zetec Egine - Code L1E.

Searched here for any thread covering this topic, but nothing found.

What do these codes mean, re Zetecs? More importantly, are there any to avoid?

[Edited on 14/1/14 by Dick Axtell]

the code is just Ford's ID for that exact version of the engine - looks like that one is the 90PS version of the 1.6 silvertop in the last of the escorts

I'm guessing they are cheap, but I think you'd be better off with a 1.8 blacktop in the long run - you can get them pretty cheap too
(I just sold 1.8 in a complete running focus with 6 months T&T for £350 )


my engine is an 'NRA' (2.0 pinto for a granada) could also have been a NRC or NRI depending on if the car had a CAT etc....
but the same engine in a sierra could have been a NRB, N4A, N4B or N4I - don't know what the changes are, but with the pinto the it make no difference to us at all (I'm sure its just tiny things like a different manifold or ECU, etc....)
(and there are 20+ more codes for the older carb'd 2.0 pinto's too)

[Edited on 14/1/2014 by mcerd1]

This page has loads of useful info on Zetec Engines as well as the engine codes:
http://www.toyne.org.uk/zetec-engine.html


My Silvertop mondeo 2.0L engine is early 1996 and is code NGA


Steve

Thanks for these replies. And thanks, Steve, for the link - looks like it could be very useful.