Engine number Id

pigdog

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So I just bought a new 240 wagon .

1989 lh2.4 but ….

Getting the ppaperwork ready to transfer names tom

orrow it's Engine number is listed as b23f .

I then proceeded to go thru my junk draw of old rego papers I checked several lh2.2 and lh2.4 cars all listed as b230f/fx/ft etc etc and then my old 264 which was b21e ….

Why the hell does this 89 say b23 haha

I'm currently Injured and can't get outside to check what's stamped on the block but figured I can type and ask ….

Maybe the motor blew and they just grabbed a b23f ?

Maybe a misprint ?

Major Ledfoot

It's a typo on the rego certificate. It's a B230F.

Engine numbers for B230s work as follows:

[engine designation] [engine part number] [engine serial number]

Part number 1289257 is a B230F engine.

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Ex850R

I know in VIC its all YUR RESPNSIBILITY basically so if numbers are wrong IF they ever pull it in then you need to explain but im guessing they just dont care anymore , it costs too much to check all this shit and for why? it matters not…..

Forg

My single experience of attempting to correct registration-authority mistakes (my 2L Liberty had 2212cc on the NSW rego papers which was 'cos the NA ones were 2212cc & all RS's had the same mistake at the time) is to suggest you're better off ignoring it. Especially given everything else will line-up with what's stamped on the engine.

These things were typed into systems manually back in the way-back-when, someone at the RTA likely typed it in incorrectly when the car was first delivered.

pigdog

I thought it would be a typo but it was sending me mad not being able to go check last night haha

Have had a couple fucky cars over the years that were a pain to register because of dumb little things like that .

My old 360 for instance …. had a number playe stolen in 1992 in Tasmania… car had been register3d numerous times after that but when it came time for me too nope stolen plate from 20 years ago.

Had to contact Tasmanian police and get them to send a letter saying the case was closed and the car was not stolen… took a solid week to get that car regoed hahaha

Major Ledfoot

pigdog Sorting this typo out shouldn't take as long, but it may involve a hell of a lot of hoop jumping.
My guess is - to get it sorted, you'd need to take the car to a place which does blue slips to verify the engine number on the block (which is, JFYI, on the LH front side of the block, about 10cm from the front edge of the block itself and may be hidden by the dizzy), then take the blue slip to the RTA/RMS/ whatever they call themselves this week. AFAIK it's a similar process to telling them of a standard engine swap.

pigdog

Major Ledfoot yeah it's a simple enough process ( well it's meant to be ) I won't bother just reregister it as normal if by some chance it pops up and they have a whinge my mate does blueslips and has had to change numbers for me before

Forg

If it crops up you didn't notice. 🙂

Actually, do they stamp the stuff before the numbers on it, anyway?
It's been a long time since I looked at a redblock engine number, I wonder if just the number and not the B230/B23 part, is stamped on it ... ?

pigdog

Forg I always just play dumb … and currently the misses is off regoing it so she really doesn't have a clue 🤣

I just managed to get out and have a look it's stamped b230f on the block so some dick at some point has just missed the 0

Major Ledfoot

Forg IIRC, they started to include the engine type on B230s, but this wasn't done on B21s and B23s. I have a B23 in the shed which I'll check out later and edit this if I'm wrong.

Chris O

Roinik

I've just handed in my paperwork for an engine change from B21 to B230F, but I didn't put the B230F part on the paperwork. Let's see if they'll pick that up.

dmc

i did the b21 to b230f a year or so back at vicroads. told the guy it was largely the same block, 2.3 efi replacing 2.1 carb, and they just did it. not an issue. no charge nor appointment for engine change either, a rare vicroads win!