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General Information => General => Topic started by: jerome on May 05, 2009, 08:48:36 am

Title: Is my engine original or swapped?
Post by: 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.

Title: Is my engine original or swapped?
Post by: Op-Ivy on May 05, 2009, 09:35:55 am

Google VW Vin Decoder.

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

Title: Is my engine original or swapped?
Post by: RabbitJockey 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.

Title: Is my engine original or swapped?
Post by: burn_your_money 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