Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) M16 engine oil pan gasket

A little off the track of the oil pan gasket, but then again, maybe not as I'm trying to sort out why the gasket seems to be different than what some say it should be.

The engine was out of the car and rebuilt in 2013 at a place in Quebec, Canada. I have the bill for that ($8000 Canadian). That included new cylinder sleeves, pistons and pretty much everything. I've attached some pictures that came with the car.

The latest from Moss/Rimmer is that mine "may be the earlier 2.0L engine" and the gasket they are showing for it looks like the correct one. 2 versions of the M16 engine?

My gearbox has reverse left and forward.

Suggest you type into Google AI- (Worth doing before AI decides to kill us all)

How many sump gaskets were used in the Rover M16 engine?

you can the ask more specific questions regarding the Morgan Plus 4, it refers to the rear tab issue and the locating studs having to be trimmed off.

Use TM-IMG host and go down to the BB code medium size.

I find AI is no more accurate than suppliers. It is best to ask on a forum. However, check out everything.

L.

Thank you Lorne, that is what we are doing of course.

I would hope there is someone out there that has done this job on an M16 or a T16, was there a tab to trim off or is there a different gasket for a different sump or was it standard for Morgan to trim off the tab as the engine was originally transverse?

As suggested, I asked ChatGPT about the correct gasket.

I've used Chat more recently and found it to be very helpful. It isn't always right, but if you suspect something is wrong, give it more information. Or it may ask for more. The fact that you can basically chat back and forth with it makes it much more powerful than just doing a google search. And going back and forth with a supplier eventually helped, after being told the correct gasket for my car was actually the wrong one. Moss/Rimmer did come up with the correct one eventually; the same one that Chat came up with.

For those interested, here is the link to my chat with Chat:

Chat chat

I don't know what this means. I'm posting the pictures from my computer using the "attachment manager" that shows when creating a post. I searched around and couldn't find any info. Do I have to post the pictures somewhere else and then create a link?

Hi Rick, this is the link to the associated site for adding pics to TalkMorgan

https://tm-img.com/login

I found ChatGPT a useful format btw.

Yes. see above link.

Rick in essence you take the picture you want to display directly into a post then upload it to a third party site such as tm-img, once you have established an account with them. If you then click on uploaded picture on their website you will see a range of link options below. The one you need towards bottom of list is BBCode - full. Copy this using adjacent button then paste it into your Talk Morgan post. Sounds like a lengthy process but becomes second nature after a while.

FWIW most of the several other forums I belong require the same external picture hosting to display.