RE: Please help me identify this engine
There's nothing stamped anywhere that helps identify it, except maybe "Made in Taiwan" with a "3" stamped under it on the backplate.
It's a TINY engine. My GMS .25 is slightly larger.
As for this thing probably being an older engine: I doubt it since it still has the rubber stopper on the shaft that most brand-new engines have. Atleast this engine has most likely never been used.