Author Topic: Is my engine original or swapped? (Read 4875 times)

jerome · « **on:** May 05, 2009, 08:48:36 am »

I have been told that you can look up the car's VIN # on the internet and find the engine code to tell if the engine in the car is the original or not, but I can't find a website that does that. Does anybody know how I can find this info? It's a 1981 diesel Rabbit.

Op-Ivy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 05, 2009, 09:35:55 am »

Google VW Vin Decoder.

Here's one. http://www.dubnetworks.net/vw-vin-decoder.htm

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #2 on:** May 05, 2009, 02:39:55 pm »

what engines in it? the only part of the engine code your vin will tell you is the first 2 letters, vws aren't like muscle cars they don't have numbers matching engines.

burn_your_money · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2009, 03:02:15 pm »

If you look at the build sticker in the trunk it'll list the engine and tranny code