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Leo
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Post by Leo » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:22 am

does anybody know how to decipher engine numbers to work out the make year of the engine? i've got an ej20 wrx engine in my brumby and i wouldn't mind finding out how old the motor is...
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Post by steptoe » Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:14 pm

funny how if you have the original oil filler cap, the date underside of cap is age of engine.

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Post by Leo » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:35 am

yeah that would make it simple but unfortunately i dont have the original oil cap

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Post by tex » Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:02 am

Google the engine number and that should give you a fairly close indication of when and what it came out in!
87 targa brumby (Neglected),
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Post by AlpineRaven » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:54 pm

tex wrote:Google the engine number and that should give you a fairly close indication of when and what it came out in!
That would be a slow progress finding out, if you could get the closest numbers if you knew what specific car it came out from, if you narrow down then you could find out what year etc... car yards would be a good start...

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