Leyland Tempest diesel/ BMC 1.5 same engine?

[wayneA]

Hi

My boat has a 20 year old 31hp 'Leyland tempest diesel', which I can't find out much info on. I think someone told me that it is the same engine as the BMC 1500.

Does anyone know if this is the same engine as the BMC 1500 or where I can get a workshop manual/info for it?

Any info would be of great help.

TIA

Wayne

 

[Jcorstorphine]

The Leyland Tempest diesel goes back a number of reincarnations. It was first introduced as the BMC Captain and was a diesel version of the old BMC Navigator which was a petrol parrafin engine based on the 1498 cc Autin/Morris block. The engine was used in the old Austin Cambridge and Morris Oxford saloons and the Post office J4 van (the one with the sliding doors) of the 60s.

With the winding up of the old BMC marine division, the engines was then marketed by Tempest and then Leyland Tempest as well as Thornycroft, Norris and a number of other marinisers.

The engine is still produced in India and is the power plant for the Ambassidor Taxi which you will see all over India.

The good news is that the BMC engine is alive and well and spares from a gasket to a crankshaft can be obtained from AMC in Preston.

I had one which I marinised back in 1980 from a 10 year old Van engine and with one major overhaul is still working 22 years later, the engine now being 32 years old.

Spares are low cost (compaired to certain green Scandinavian engines) and the engine is very easy to work on.

Regards

John C

 

[wayneA]

Many thanks for the info.

Do you have contact info for AMC?

Cheers

Wayne

 

[PeteMcK]

AMC is also http://www.thornycroftengines.co.uk/

 

[Forbsie]

You could also try http://www.bmcengines.com/

They also do a manual

 

[Jcorstorphine]

Got this from Yell.Com

A.M.C Diesel Engineering Ltd
Beverley House, Hall Lane Longton
Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Tel: 01772 613003

Regards
John C