hehe i remember seeing that for sale on ebay! was gonna put in a bid but its too far away from me :(
But yeah as people have said, definatly an X16XE due to the metal inlet manifold and the EGR valve coming outta the exhaust manifold

i think inlet cover is ceramic

Thats X16XE, it has the secondary airpump on the exhaust manifold and the metal inlet manifold.

yeah, you can get all bits from motor factors. id do the cam belt as well, even if someone says its been done, if you do it then you know its alright.

most motor factors should sell gasket sets and decent head bolts for these engines
apparently the cambelt was done not so long ago but may aswell do that again

dunno couple hundred quid for all gaskets and bearings and belts and tensioners. depends if you putting new pistons in it or not. just the 2 gasket sets if thats all you doing shouldnt be much more than 70 quid from a motor factors. if you take head off, use new head bolts though

Thanx very much ppl how much should it be for it stripped down an reconditioned

as i have no idea about its history ATM

x16xe all the way!

looks like an x16xe to me. my c16xe has a black plastic inlet manifold and doesnt have that deeley on the exhaust manifold either

Here is a pic of the engine

ah, yeah forgot about the inlet manfolds, top tip 5chaap2k

c16xe has an plastic intake x16xe have a iron intake

x16xe has a pin-inn airflow meter
c16xe had a housing around it

x16xe has a x16xe code on the engine-infoplate
c16xe has a c16xe code on the engine-infoplate

Cheers buddy this particular engine has been removed from the car it has no plastic cover so i will have to ask the owner to check the engine number

air flow meter on the c16xe is on the driverside of the engine just before the air box. on the other its underneath the throttle body i belive. the c16xe says vauxhall on spark plug cover, other says ecotec. aprt from that, dunno visually.

oh, i think the x16xe has a kind of recirculation thing coming off the exhaust manifold, the c16xe doesnt.

on the head itself between ports 2-3 there is a code which can tell the difference apparantly. i just sold my c16xe to a rally bloke and it had to end in 762 the code

Is there any visual difference could any one post pictures

one of each if there is any visual difference as i may be about to buy a

? 16xe engine

thanx in advance :thumbs: