TEI #018 - Solved. Moskvich 412/427 all-alloy ohc 1.5-litre engine.

Tom_I · May 30, 2011, 12:05:55 PM

Can you identify this engine? In which year did it first appear, and what car would you find it in?

Tom_I · June 05, 2011, 11:40:47 AM

Experts?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 04:40:53 AM

Professionals?

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 05:55:04 AM

From a Japanese brand?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 05:59:59 AM

No, not Japanese.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 06:01:28 AM

UK?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 06:02:35 AM

Not UK either.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 06:36:56 AM

European?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 06:52:14 AM

Within the currently-accepted definition of Europe, yes. But note my cautious answer.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 06:56:38 AM

Turkey?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 06:58:54 AM

Not Turkey.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 07:22:43 AM

Russia

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 09:06:09 AM

Correct!

pnegyesi · June 11, 2011, 12:37:16 PM

Could this be the engine which powered the Moskvitch 407?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 12:51:19 PM

Moskvich is right, but it's not from a 407. I think there are enough visual clues in the picture to identify it, now that you know what you are looking for. I'll lock it for you until your next reply.

pnegyesi · June 11, 2011, 01:03:46 PM

Moskvich 412, 1967?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 02:13:32 PM

That's it! The 412 saloon and 427 estate/wagon came to the UK in 1968, powered by this new all-alloy overhead cam 1500cc engine.

It figured prominently in magazine advertisements at the time. How much interest prospective buyers of these cars would have had in what was under the bonnet I don't know. Probably very little, so long as everything worked reliably. Unfortunately it didn't in many cases, and these cars earned themselves a terrible reputation in the UK, and imports stopped in about 1975.

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TEI #018 - Solved. Moskvich 412/427 all-alloy ohc 1.5-litre engine.