CairB
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| posted on 24/4/04 at 03:13 PM |
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Salvaged engines
Of those that have bought engines from salvage firms, have any had the engine numbers ground off due to insurance company vehicle destruction orders?
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NS Dev
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| posted on 25/4/04 at 08:27 AM |
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Why would a vehicle destruction order mean the engine number was ground off? As far as I am aware (and the DVLA told me) they cannot backtrack an
engine number to a vehicle, only the other way around.
If a number is ground off, it is more than likely to be stolen so do not touch it!! If it is a stolen engine it can be traced because the number will
be on the police database!
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bike_power
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| posted on 25/4/04 at 08:53 AM |
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If the engine came from a bike that was in a serious accident then there's a good chance that the engine, although runnable, will be damaged
internally. Some breakers put second hand covers on engines to make the accident look less severe . . . you end up buying an engine that needs a
£1000 rebuild.
If the police see your engine or the DVLA inspect it when you register the car and they see either no engine number or a number that doesn't
look like a genuine number, they can impound the whole car until you can prove the engine isn't stolen, which without a genuine engine number
could be diffieult.
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