Okay, I grew up in the days of the straight 6, V-8's, in-line 4s...New cars confuse me. Although I was pretty good with points andcondensers. HAHA.So, my son bought a Lincoln LS. He lives an hour away. He does notKNOW what type of engine it has.He is bringing it "home" on Sunday for me to show him how to changethe oil, filters, etc. At least I can still do some things.But, I need to buy the filters beforehand. And we are in a very ruralarea and I can buy the filters on Saturday or not at all.So, is there an easy way for him to know how many cylinders his carhas, so I can buy the right parts tommorrow (Saturday)?The parts store said some of the parts are the same on both cars, butothers are different....

Engine displacment will be on a decal under the hood... This is a good thing.... VIN 8 is engine displacement (this is the 8th digit of the VIN)... This is a good thing....I'm a top posting bastuhd... this is a good thing....

How many cylinders? Lincoln LS

Mike hunt 18 years ago

To what?

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timbirr 18 years ago

OP again. Glad I gave the group a good subject to debate. LOL.

Dear son is a high school dropout, I blame the school for a number of reasons, but this is a car forum... Anyway, he managed to get a minimum wage job working for a law firm. Within a few months, they saw he actually did have a brain, although it is NOT mechanically-oriented.

So, he got a decent raise and a better job and bought the Lincoln.

Asked him to open the hood Friday night to look for any stickers, etc. Well, the car has a giant plastic engine cover that says "Lincoln V-8," so we figured it was probably a V-8.

He showed up today...and guess what...it is a V-8. We got all the warning lights turned off that had been pestering him by flashing "change this, check that." We changed oil, oil filter and Cabin Filter. We left the air filter....the engine has been customized and it sports a $70 K&N air filter....it looked clean.

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aarcuda69062 18 years ago

Exactly.

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aarcuda69062 18 years ago

" That's easy, count the plugs."

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C. E. White 18 years ago

Some Ranger 4 cylinders had two plugs per cylinder....

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C. E. White 18 years ago

Ford has never built a V-6 in the modular engine family (4.6L V-8,

5.4L V-8, 6.9L V-10). Maybe they planned one, but they never actually produced one. The V-8 and V-6 engines in a Lincoln are from completely different engine families, neither of which are related to the Ford modular engine family. The V-6 is related to the Duratec 3.0L V-6 sold in many Ford products, but it is actually a different engine that has some of the same basic dimensions and shares some parts. Not sure of all of the differences but if you look at the costs, the LS V-6 costs a lot more than the Duratec V6 from a Sable. Wikipedia lists some of the differences (see

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). Apparently the heads are completely different. The LS V8 was designed for Jaguar but was/is built in a Ford retained plant (Bridgend plant). See

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. Ed

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C. E. White 18 years ago

Go to

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and input the VIN. This will give you the engine size. If the eighth digit is an "A" the car as the 3.9L V-8, otherwise the V-6. Ed

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