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Old 12-29-2003, 03:12 PM
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I'm trying to find out if my new Sirio 12 TRP(blue head) is 3 or 5 port. The label says its a legal "3 port ABC", but I'm finding that Sirio labels aren't quite as accurate as they should be. Especially since I seem to have a turbo plug button.

Anyway, I would like to know if any of the label is correct. I want to know if this is 3 or 5 port. What do I look for when I open it up, to know for sure what it is?

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I'm trying to find out if my new Sirio 12 TRP(blue head) is 3 or 5 port. The label says its a legal "3 port ABC", but I'm finding that Sirio labels aren't quite as accurate as they should be. Especially since I seem to have a turbo plug button.

Anyway, I would like to know if any of the label is correct. I want to know if this is 3 or 5 port. What do I look for when I open it up, to know for sure what it is?

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Take the head botton off and count how many holes you have total inside the sleeve ( with piston in BDC). if you have 4 holes-it is 3 port engine, if you have 6-it is 5 port engine.
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Well I have 6 holes all on the same level and 2 mini holes up above that. Looks like the label was completely and totally WRONG

Now I have to pull this thing out of my car and figure out who the hell to send it back to, the place I ordered from or to Trinity since they're the Sirio distributor. Man, I'm not looking forward to this!

Thanks for the quick answer Top Gun 777
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Well I have 6 holes all on the same level and 2 mini holes up above that. Looks like the label was completely and totally WRONG

Now I have to pull this thing out of my car and figure out who the hell to send it back to, the place I ordered from or to Trinity since they're the Sirio distributor. Man, I'm not looking forward to this!

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Hey, you got lucky, for the price of 3 port you got 5 port engine.
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Yeah, but I wanted a legal 3 port!

Anyways, I got in contact with the shop I ordered from and they were happy to exchange if for the engine I wanted in the first place.

In the return package, I told them to fell free to look inside the Sirio box to make sure it is actually a non-turbo engine. Just a quick check of the glow plug port should insure that I get the right engine this time.

Should have my new.......new engine in a couple of days.
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