Engine number: is it needed?
It is difficult to imagine a modern person withoutcar, which greatly simplifies life. But here is buying / selling accompanied by a heap of papers, spent time, nerves and money. When a flood of foreign cars flew into Russia, people got a huge headache. After all, according to Russian laws, the number of engine, bodywork, VIN and many other data should be recorded in the PTS. However, foreign automakers consider the engine ICE replacement part. Western manufacturers engine number is used only for maintenance, itabsolutely unnecessary for identification. It is not entered in the documents on the car and interests, by and large, only the specialists of the car-care center. The latter is needed to clarify the characteristics of spare parts for the motor.
So, let's see where is in the carengine number and why it is needed. Typically, manufacturers apply it to the components of the motor of the machine. Significant difficulties are that each car factory has its own idea of where the engine number should be. The location of its location is usually written in the instructions to the unit. If the car is bought not in the cabin, but from an individual, you can find an instruction on the Internet. If you have a product of the domestic auto industry in the garage, then where does he find the engine number? VAZ has VIN, body and engine numbers in long-known motorists places. They are as follows:
- VIN is located on the mudguard of the front wing on the right, it is duplicated on the trunk floor (also on the right);
- above the oil filter, right on the cylinder block (left), the engine number is placed;
- the last seven digits of the VIN are the body number.
Why do we need an engine number? He, as already mentioned, is entered in the vehicle's vehicle's name. Along with the body number, it is necessary for the identification of vehicles (in particular, to facilitate the investigation of hijacking).
The process of reconciling figures was tedious forcar owner, and for the inspector of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. Sometimes he dragged on for several hours, because the inspector could not find the engine number. Western concerns, as described above, do not attach special importance to this set of figures. Therefore, it is placed under the hood of the car in various places, but not protected from external influences.
True, at first there were difficulties in the discrepancy between the letter and the spirit of the law. Many car owners complained that the MREO still verifies the figures. But now the situation seems to be improving.
