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Car is a 1.4 but says 1.6 on the boot

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  • curlysoo
    curlysoo Posts: 42 Forumite
    Kite2010 wrote: »
    Might have had an engine swap, the original 1.6 engine giving up the ghost and got replaced on the cheap with a 1.4 engine?

    How old is the vehicle?

    Hi its 7 years old.
  • curlysoo
    curlysoo Posts: 42 Forumite
    Hintza wrote: »
    What engine does the V5C say it has?

    It does come up on the car checks that its a 1.4 and on all my documents its a 1.4 too.
  • James_Lahey
    James_Lahey Posts: 478 Forumite
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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,128 Forumite
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    curlysoo wrote: »
    It does come up on the car checks that its a 1.4 and on all my documents its a 1.4 too.

    Then everything is fine, it cannot possibly affect your insurance. You can put a badge on it saying it's a V8 5 litre twin-turbo GTI if you so wish!
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  • James_Lahey
    James_Lahey Posts: 478 Forumite
    macman wrote: »
    Then everything is fine, it cannot possibly affect your insurance. You can put a badge on it saying it's a V8 5 litre twin-turbo GTI if you so wish!

    Yeah sure I could do that but I wouldn't risk making my car look tacky.

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    props to barryboys
  • Zandoni
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    macman wrote: »
    Then everything is fine, it cannot possibly affect your insurance. You can put a badge on it saying it's a V8 5 litre twin-turbo GTI if you so wish!

    Insurance companies do whatever they can to refuse pay out, I'd put the correct badge on if it was my car. Can also cause confusion at MOT time.
  • the_big_fact_hunt
    the_big_fact_hunt Posts: 393 Forumite
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    check the engine code on the engine block, it will read something like x14xev for a 1.4 or something like that, or have 16 in it if it is a 1.6
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  • jackieb
    jackieb Posts: 27,605 Forumite
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    James_Lahey wrote: »
    Yeah sure I could do that but I wouldn't risk making my car look tacky.

    72404b73.jpg
    props to barryboys

    I'd forgotten about barryboys. I was often on there for a look at some of the states going about. It makes you wonder what's in some people's heads. :rotfl:
  • sunflower_2
    sunflower_2 Posts: 1,471 Forumite
    Zandoni wrote: »
    Insurance companies do whatever they can to refuse pay out, I'd put the correct badge on if it was my car. /QUOTE]

    "undisclosed modifications"
  • bob_a_builder
    bob_a_builder Posts: 2,332 Forumite
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    edited 2 September 2012 at 10:53PM
    James_Lahey wrote: »
    Yeah sure I could do that but I wouldn't risk making my car look tacky.

    72404b73.jpg
    props to barryboys

    Are those the equivalent of bike stabilisers, to stop it tipping over when going round corners ?
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