What year car is the engine from?

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:59 am

If I give the engine #
Can someone tell me from what year FTO that engine came from?

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:48 pm

try us lol

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:16 pm

No but seriously isn't there a way that from the engine # you can find out the VIN # of the car which then you can tell what year the car was?

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:46 pm

i thought the engine no. was shorter than the VIN?

i dont think they would have both engine number and VIN.. if the VIN could be worked out by having the engine number, it would defeat the purpose of having the VIN in the first place

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:57 am

What if I call Mitsubishi and tell them the engine number?

Would they be able to tell me what year car it's from??

Post by **Supplanter** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:00 pm

Not sure, but I think this might help: http://www.versionr.com/decodefto.shtml

kid_dynamite · Post by **kid_dynamite** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:52 pm

Supplanter wrote:Not sure, but I think this might help: http://www.versionr.com/decodefto.shtml

That takes the VIN and gives you the model code, build date and other details.. not the engine age though..