Hi Damian,

Well your machine was probably manufactured around early to mid 2004 as sales of the Model 45 had come to a complete crawl and thus they would've had quite a few engines in stock. The engine itself was manufactured on August the 25th 2003 in the USA and would've sat in Rover's warehouse for quite some time.
Regardless you've got the bargain of the month as far as this site is concerned.

Cheers,
BB.

I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.