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Is it possible to determine the buildyear from a engine number?
Posted: 10 May 2025, 15:12
by busbart
I wonder, is it possible if you have the type and engine number to determine the year when that engine was build?
VW 1Y 1,9D/TD 368 772
Re: Is it possible to determine the buildyear from a engine number?
Posted: 10 May 2025, 16:47
by Oldiebut goodie
That doesn't look like a 1Y engine number - mine was 1Y705914
Re: Is it possible to determine the buildyear from a engine number?
Posted: 10 May 2025, 17:13
by busbart
Haha, you're right, It's me who put 1,9D/TD in there.... It was cast in the block.
so; 1Y 368 772 is the engine number, what would be the build year?
Re: Is it possible to determine the buildyear from a engine number?
Posted: 12 May 2025, 10:03
by Aidan
1Y 368 772 is from May 1994, according to Etos engine number info for the VW Vento - obviously I have no idea what vehicle your engine came from but the Vento was the only VW listing with the 1Y engine with number in your range I could find - the Seats and Skodas with that engine don't have the engine number info in Etos and I think the Audis had moved on to the AEF variant by then
Re: Is it possible to determine the buildyear from a engine number?
Posted: 12 May 2025, 10:24
by busbart
Thanks, the guy from who I obtained this engine told me his mum had a VW where this engine came from, I thought it was a golf, but then, it was a long time ago.
thanks again, knowing this makes it easier for me to get the correct parts.
cheers.
Re: Is it possible to determine the buildyear from a engine number?
Posted: 12 May 2025, 17:38
by Aidan
It could well have been a Golf