Engine Series Information V2203-M-ES

[winesalot]

My excavator is a Kubota 121-3ss and the engine tag says V2203-m-es. I am interested in more information on what this engine is, what other applications use the same engine? What does the M signify? What does the ES signify?

The reason I am asking is I am looking at my options for replacing a bad engine.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

V is the amount of cylinders
22XX is the size of the engine
XX03 is the series of the engine
M is industrial
ES is Emissions Standard

It's a 4 Cylinder Indirect injection engine with about 48 HP

 

[winesalot]

V is the amount of cylinders
22XX is the size of the engine
XX03 is the series of the engine
M is industrial
ES is Emissions Standard

It's a 4 Cylinder Indirect injection engine with about 48 HP

So if I found a low hour used engine I would need to make sure it was a V2203-M and I would be good?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

So if I found a low hour used engine I would need to make sure it was a V2203-M and I would be good?

Not really the whole story.
It can be a V2203M can be a IDI or DI engine.
The IDI and the DI have different Intakes and Rear end plate (bell housing and starter attach to that plate) mounting and a host of other details that could be different.
But depending on how the pump attaches to the back and depending how the air cleaner attaches a DI might work.

Also a V2203M-B, V2203MB, V2203M-3B, V2203M- GSB is a fixed RPM engine

I could go on and on with all the other variable possibilities there are, some things are easily externally changeable some are not.

It really all depends on the exact build of the motor.

Based on the description alone of your Ex, you are actually looking for V2203-M-E2BH-2-N/3-N
If you give me the units serial number I can be more exact on the exact model number it used.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Around this time frame Kubota engines became a lot more diverse and just an engine serial number didn't work to give you all the details of the build.
Yes you need the serial number but you also need the model number, family number to get full build details.

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