Replacement motor verification?

[Reborn996]

Hi everyone, I picked up a 2001 Carrera Cab earlier this year and during the inspection process noticed that the motor looked very new for an 11 year old car with 85k miles. Even the bolts and wiring harness looked like new on the top back part of the motor. My thought is that this car had a motor replacement done but the dealer had no service records to go with it. Is there a way to verify if the motor is a newer version? Maybe by looking up the part number?

David

[PAULSPEED]

The part number for the motor is on the bottom of the motor

and should be easy to see.

Paul

[j_beede]

I answered this same question for you two days ago. What's the deal? Here is the same answer again.

The engine code is on the driver side of the block just below the #3 cylinder exhaust header. I find the code hard to read without putting the car on a lift. I had success using a digital camera to photograph the code and was able to read it that way.

If your engine has "AT" in the code like this: M96/04AT66***** it means your engine was replaced. Some people view this as a plus, but it usually means that you have an IMS bearing that cannot be replaced without a full engine tear down. This probably means no LN Engineering retrofit option for example.

Edited September 11, 2011 by j_beede

[Loren]

Please do not double post - I am closing this thread.

Please see your original thread.