Thanks guys, appreciate it.

It is correct that the 6g72 is the engine family used, as it seems one of our guys spent some time chiselling off all the crap and discovered the engine number - exactly in the last place you would expect to look apparently.

So here in Australia there are 2 passenger vehicles that use this engine: the mitsubishi magna (family sedan) and mitsubishi pajero (4x4 wagon) I was told there is fairly big differences between these motors, and different capacities. Each expert I called up had a different story lol but Im siding with the one who said the Pajero is the one more like the forklift engine, where there were no differences between industrial and passenger car engines - except for the distributor type ignition and the carburettor. Also if running LPG it is a must to use heads suited to LPG.

So I am trying to locate a Paj motor and do some measuring. Im guessing the internals could be anything really, but as long as it has around the 3litre capacity and has some torque at 2400rpm we should get bye. Considering how the oil in the current engine is more like emulsified water - it still did the job til it died. I have just started working here and it seems alot of the machinery needs attention. It worries me when i see this.

Just thought I would post these findings for the next person who might be needing info.

Will let you know how things go.

Cheers