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with oil pan off,look at your main bearings on your crank shaft,the cover of the bearing will have one bolt on each side this is two bolt main or two on each side this is four bolt main

AnswerTo tell if a motor has 2 bolt or 4 bolt main caps, you must remove the oil pan and inspect the main bearing caps for the crankshaft. If 2 bolts are present, it's a 2 bolt motor and if 4 bolts per cap are present, it's a 4 bolt motor.

Most truck engines are 4 bolt - most low perf car engines are 2 bolt - this isn't always the case, but a good place to start if you're hunting for a particular engine.

this is a inboard marine engine still working impossible to remove pan without removing engine . That's why the s\n

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