engine number location

[vw-island]

Hi guys,

I was looking for my engine number its a 2.1 Petro water-cooled 86 engine I believe

I checked at the bottom of the oil stack but it only has 1102 but not which model it is

Cheers in advance as I'm sure one of you will know

Brian

[937carrera]

Welcome

Does it look like this ?



If so it's been rebuilt / reconditioned by VW

Put a picture up for more information

[itchyfeet]

Welcome

Does it look like this ?



If so it's been rebuilt / reconditioned by VW

Put a picture up for more information

Same question on Facebook, I posted a similar picture.

[ash1293]

Out of curiosity do the VW recon numbers mean anything or is it just a unique string of numbers.

[Aidan]

week and year, on these I believe Polish built, engines from the late nineties/noughties, usually stamped either side of the VW recycle symbol that 458 is probably week 45 1998, so 1102 week 11 2002

[itchyfeet]

week and year, on these I believe Polish built

Yes mine had heads with POLAND cast in rather than GERMANY as usual

P1060317 by Paul_Barr, on Flickr

[ash1293]

Mine appears to be a VW rebuild from May 2002, but has German heads on it.