Busso V6 engine numbers

[LOFT6.6]

Hi Leigh - the V5 might only give the last 6 numbers but on your 166 engine block there should be one of the following codes in front of the V5 6 digits : - AR 36101 for a CF3 or AR 34301 for a CF2 - according to the Alfa Owner codes referenced by Gordon in this thread. This engine number is on a horizontal surface below the thermostat housing at the gearbox end of the engine.

I wish I'd photographed mine before installation as the testers will need proof of age of the engine and it's not so easy to access now! (and I dont have the V5)

Peter/Leigh
This is my 2.5l CF2 engine. See photo below where you will see the "shelf" with the engine number is not hidden by thermostat housing. Hope yours are the same and helps? 0

[LPH_UK]

Thnaks Ade, it will be there, it's just getting access to it to be able to read it with everything bolted to the engine!

[NoCorseChris]

It’s reasonably visible once fully plumbed Leigh, although you might need a camera! As long as the numbers match(!) donor V5 is fine. That’s what I’ll be using for mine.

[Stratos Fear]

Yes thanks Ade - I'll have to try and photograph it as I dont have the V5 - and then I will point to it so the Tester can see where it is - but not sure how visible it will be without close examination.

[Guy Mayers]

Can you take an impression of it with plasticine when the engine is all built up? If that works take a mirror so you can read the reversed imprint easily?

Can you get an age related plate without the V5? I thought that was a requirement to prove the age of the donor and without one you'd be issued a "Q" plate?

Guy

[Stratos Fear]

Interesting point Guy about the plasticine impression. I will try that but the impression is feint - hence me mis reading the AR for AK and the "1" digits as "4's". Also if I can get a clear reading of the engine number and the block casting date (which is very clear as Oct 2002 ) I'm hoping to avoid the dreaded Q plate. I do have a receipt for the engine from Autolusso - but nothing on the receipt to indicate provenance - although am still trying to get more detail from them.

[Guy Mayers]

I doubt you'll have any luck with Autolusso after all this time, chances are they broke the car for parts and declared it scrapped in which case I think you're done. Fingers crossed they can come up with something though.

It might be time to consider buying a similar vintage (running/MOT'd) vehicle for a few hundred and telling DVLA that the engine appears to have been changed? You may need "proof" in the form of photos though if the DVLA gets antsy! Then use that as your donor vehicle once you get the V5 back. Or actually kill it, power wash the motor and drop it into the Stratos for the IVA test? Then, once registered put your intended motor back in?

The things we consider doing to avoid a Q plate?