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(Message started by: Jonnycab on Jul 24^th, 2010, 3:50am)

Title: 2.3 engine number
Post by Jonnycab on Jul 24^th, 2010, 3:50am

Maybe I'm being a bit daft, but does anyone know whereabouts the engine number is supposed to be stamped on the 2.3 engine ?.....I've looked, but can't find :-[

This car was fitted with a new 2.3 (Galaxy) engine by the previous owner, about a year before I bought it (4 years ago)....& do you know what ?....I've never bothered to check the new engine number against what is written on the V5 ::)

It would help if I could find the darn thing though, just for peace of mind :)

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Simmo on Jul 24^th, 2010, 7:42am

JC. I did a quick search on Google and This (http://fordtransit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9898&start=0) is one of many which came up. May help in the absence of anyone with specific knowledge....Highlander??.
The location is referred to in This article (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/vin.htm) on the forum.

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by scorpio_man on Jul 24^th, 2010, 7:52am

http://ipevnitsky.fromru.com/EngineNumberLocation.jpg

hth

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Simmo on Jul 24^th, 2010, 7:55am

Andrew posted as I was amending my post so that fits with the post on this site.

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by scorpio_man on Jul 24^th, 2010, 7:59am

2 great minds. eh, simmo!

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Simmo on Jul 24^th, 2010, 12:30pm

on 07/24/10 at 07:59:14, scorpio_man wrote:

2 great minds. eh, simmo!

I'm tempted to agree Andrew but that will no doubt lay at least me open to comment from Stuart !! :)

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by gozz on Jul 24^th, 2010, 4:32pm

Nah ! Stuart understands the elderly ;D
GOZZ.

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Jonnycab on Jul 25^th, 2010, 3:39am

Cheers Andrew :)

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Jonnycab on Jul 26^th, 2010, 12:32am

Had a look at where the engine number is & it is completely illegible.... even after carefully scraping off the brown paint of the replacement galaxy engine there is only just bits of number indentations, but nothing you can make out ::)

Anywhere else on the engine that may carry the engine number stamp ?

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Highlander on Jul 26^th, 2010, 2:38pm

Think thats the only place Jonny.

cant you see it at all? they usually stand out pretty well.

Must be a stolen one with the number scrubbed of it! ;)

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Snoopy on Jul 26^th, 2010, 6:59pm

A wipe over the area where its stamped with some acid might make it stand out a little better. Wear gloves and be careful !

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Jul 26^th, 2010, 7:14pm

I recall something like acid being used in 'American Graffiti' to make an engine number disappear !!!

I had an engine in my Sunbeam Rapier many years ago - bought it s/h from a guy breaking a Hillman Hunter GLS - Holbay engine, twin 40DCOE's - nice :-)

Block didn't have a number - turned out the engine had thrown a rod when the car was fairly new and the engine had been rebuilt under warranty with a brand new factory engine block which as a spare part did not come with a serial number.

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Highlander on Jul 26^th, 2010, 10:15pm

on 07/26/10 at 19:14:06, Scorpio_Mike wrote:

Block didn't have a number - turned out the engine had thrown a rod when the car was fairly new and the engine had been rebuilt under warranty with a brand new factory engine block which as a spare part did not come with a serial number.

Thats my story Officer and I'm sticking to it!! ;)

Title: Re: 2.3 engine number
Post by Stixy on Jul 26^th, 2010, 11:50pm

Some 2.3's have the number stamped on the webbing between the bellhousing bolts on the exhaust side . But i striped one last year that hadnt got a stamped in number at all