snippy
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| posted on 27/2/17 at 10:18 PM |
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Toyota Engine Age proof
Has anyone recently successfully managed to obtain a letter from Toyota as proof of engine age? I need to do this, so before I start making enquiries
I wondered if anyone had details of where I need to contact etc. I`m using a 4AGE 1600 btw.
Thanks,
Nick
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russbost
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| posted on 28/2/17 at 08:29 AM |
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I hope you have more assistance than I got last time I asked the Q!
Link to thread
There has been a bit more info in the past
link to older thread
& the original where I had excellent success with Toyota providing a letter for free & immediately
link to original thread
Unfortunately the last time I contacted them they were a lot less helpful, however fortunately my customer got a helpful IVA inspector (Chris at
Edmonton) & he was happy to accept the V5 & some other original documentation from the Toyota donor as adequate proof.
If you have an original service book or something of that nature (original purchase invoice etc) then as long as the engine no. matches that should be
adequate. The phone no. I had for Toyota was 01737363633 though I would expect that to no longer be in use.
Best of luck
[Edited on 28/2/17 by russbost]
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killerferret666
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| posted on 28/2/17 at 08:50 AM |
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Toyota UK were not helpful at all when I needed one They said they wouldn't be able to provide one.
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snippy
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| posted on 28/2/17 at 09:56 AM |
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The problem for me is I don't have a donor car and no paperwork for one. The engine was originally supplied by Raw back in 2003 as a new
reconditioned engine. I have a receipt for its purchase. So I just need to age the engine. I know from research that the 16v 4 cylinder 1600 4AGE was
produced from May 1983 to May 1991 in 3 generations. In June 1991 it was superseded by the 20v 5 cylinder 4AGE.
All I have to go on therefore is the engine number, no chassis number.
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russbost
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| posted on 28/2/17 at 12:12 PM |
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what is the engine no.?
Are Raw not able to help, had they stated the engine age on the invoiuce that would probably be adequate
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snippy
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| posted on 28/2/17 at 10:01 PM |
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Unfortunately the invoice doesn`t list the engine number. However it is still clear on the block - 4A 1783913.
I have e-mailed Raw in the hope they can help. I`ll update when I hear from them.
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russbost
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| posted on 28/2/17 at 10:41 PM |
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From the engine no. that's a fairly late engine, I'd guess at late '88, poss early '89, but I have no way of proving that
unfortunately
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snippy
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| posted on 1/3/17 at 10:12 PM |
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Well Russ, Raw agreed to help with sending me a copy of a Toyota letter to show when engine was produced (because my engine was bought from them).
Great customer service from Raw.
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russbost
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| posted on 1/3/17 at 10:16 PM |
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Could you post a copy of the letter, would be good to get a firm date for another 4AGE engine?
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snippy
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| posted on 1/3/17 at 10:26 PM |
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It`s not that detailed. It`s not specific to my engine number, just a general letter about the overall dates of production for this type of engine.
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 10/3/17 at 10:08 AM |
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I have exactly the same issue coming up. I have contacted RAW regarding the letter they have to no avail.
Could you kindly send me a copy please? Can PM an e-mail address.
Thanks
Matt
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 12:20 PM |
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Has anyone used the RAW letter with any success? Went for IVA the other day and they would not accept it as it did not have my engine number on it! So
now awaiting a call from Toyota to try and sort it out, other than that I'm screwed!
Did explain to the IVA man that other centres are accepting it, but he wasn't budging! Don't have the V5 either as it has got lost 
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russbost
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 12:58 PM |
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What's your eng. no. I have a letter from Toyota confirming no. 1148766 was produced 21/1/88, if your no. is prior to that a copy of that letter
should suffice?
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 01:07 PM |
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Mine is 3165288 from a 89/90 corolla from memory
Just a bit annoying that they wont accept the letter I already have from RAW. He did say if there was 4A-GE cast in the block or head he would accept
it, but there isn't, so that was that option out!
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russbost
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 01:20 PM |
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Does he actually mean "cast" - it should be stamped in as start of the engine no. unless that looked as tho' it has been tampered
with surely he should accept that?
I would suggest talk to VOSA & see what they say - the can't actually over rule him, but if they "recommend" to him by email
that he accepts a certain type of proof that should be adequate. Mark Vickers on 01792 454256 or Steve Jones on 01792 454351 should be able to help -
I hope those no.'s still work, not spoken to them for a while
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 01:27 PM |
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My engine number starts with 4A and all is stamped on the block where it should be.
He was looking for additional proof basically.
he said he was going to check it with Swansea to see if they would accept the letter or not. Whether that actually happened or not I'm not
sure...
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russbost
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 01:33 PM |
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Ring VOSA they are usually really helpful
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 01:35 PM |
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ok will do. Speak to the IVA technical people? Usually it is e-mail only, well has been in the past anyway
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russbost
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 01:43 PM |
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Try the numbers I've given above, if not just ask on the forum for Mark Vickers email, I would think loggyboy probably has it!
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 6/7/17 at 02:00 PM |
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ok thanks, will give him a call
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 13/7/17 at 12:01 PM |
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According to Toyota they cannot provide an engine age letter as they do not hold such details!
As VOSA wont accept the RAW engineering letter either, I assume I will need a CAT on the car then to get IVA?!
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russbost
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| posted on 13/7/17 at 12:12 PM |
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Have you spoken to VOSA?
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
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furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 13/7/17 at 12:22 PM |
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yep have tried. Cant get any response from either numbers. I have been told to e-mail my enquiry and they will call me back.
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russbost
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| posted on 13/7/17 at 12:56 PM |
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Well, emailing would seem a good idea as then you get it in writing, but they have recently changed all contact points - try 0300 123 9000 option 1,
then ask for IVA technical, I spoke to someone there only this morning about an IVA application
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ttalps2000
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| posted on 13/7/17 at 01:10 PM |
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Tried that and they said they dont recieve incoming calls lol!
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