mileage from engine number

paulsm

hello everybody, I need to buy a replacement engine for my van but the mileage the companies are stating sounds very low, is there anyway I can find the mileage using the engine number? (not registration as I wouldn't have that)

System

None at all. At best you'd be able to look up the MOT history of the vehicle which would show the recorded mileage at the last MOT but you'd need the registration number to do that which you're not going to get.

If you intend on keeping the van for a long time you may want to look at a reconditioned engine. Most used engines are likely to have similar mileage to yours or be low mileage but done lots of short journeys which wears them out quicker.

foxy-stoat

Can your engine not be fixed?

No way of knowing unless you go and see the engine running in the car before they remove it and check the MOT history online.

paulsm

Thank you people, I thought it would be that way.

foxy-stoat

If you are buying an engine I would google the company name, search on companies house and google all previous names.

Theres a few places that have sold scrap engines that have been cleaned and spray painted and walked away from any comeback.

Personally I would find a local car that is being dismantled and see and hear the engine running.....or fix your engine.

forgotmyname

Also check the address and google streetview. Sometimes you find different company names or new phone numbers on the signs outside.

Done that and googled the old phone numbers/names and found its the same people who change names often.

poppasmurf_bewdley

foxy-stoat wrote: »

If you are buying an engine I would google the company name, search on companies house and google all previous names.

Theres a few places that have sold scrap engines that have been cleaned and spray painted and walked away from any comeback.

Personally I would find a local car that is being dismantled and see and hear the engine running.....or fix your engine.

Very sound advice. Too many con merchants about, as several BBC TV programmes have shown.

marlot

Having replaced a few engines myself, I would assume that any engine for sale is a con unless I could see and hear it working in the original car. Or I was buying it from a very reputable source (eg a member of FER).

Indeed, the best engine swap I did was when I bought an MOT failure and ran it as my daily driver for a couple of weeks [until the MOT ran out] before taking its engine out.