TDV6 Engine Number Location

[Doug145]

Hi folks,

I am trying to get my 09 TDV6 SE registered in Tassie after bringing it over from Victoria. Had it inspected today, but the mechanic could not find the engine number.

I have found some pictures here and there on the web, but have had no real luck in finding the number from the rego papers.

I popped the engine cover off and could not see much past all the pipework etc. so I was not sure where to be looking. I couldn't line my engine up with the pictures I had seen on the web. They might have been from the USA version(?).

Does anyone know where the engine number is located on the block (or heads)?

Thanks.

[p38arover]

I wonder if it is in the same place as the RRS supercharged V8 - below the engine mount?

Here's a pic I took last year of the engine no. of a crate engine. It would have been impossible to see once we fitted the engine.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/2.jpg

[101RRS]

See attached PDF - looks like you need to to pull half the engine bay apart or get an endoscope.

[BigJon]

Isn't it on a plate on the passenger side rocker cover?

[oldsalt]

I had the same problem when I brought my '07 TDV6 down from NSW and had to get it registered in Vic, the Vicroads guy couldn't find the number - and I didn't know where it was - so I rang the dealer (where I'd just had a major service done) and they faxed over all the vehicles details plus told the Vicroads guy that it was virtually impossible to "see" the engine number unless he was a miniature acrobatic flea - so Vicroads gave up and accepted the dealers word as to the engine number and registered my vehicle.
There IS some sort of "plate" on the top of the engine but as it is JUST a loose plate they (Vicroads) wont accept it.....why the hell Landrover didn't just stamp the engine number in a nice easy to get at place is beyond me !
Good luck.

[Mike_S]

See attached PDF - looks like you need to to pull half the engine bay apart or get an endoscope.

Thanks for that pdf Garry, I'll be needing that when I come to register mine with VicRoads. Somehow, I really don't think we're going to be able to see the engine number....

[101RRS]

Thanks for that pdf Garry, I'll be needing that when I come to register mine with VicRoads. Somehow, I really don't think we're going to be able to see the engine number....

I think if you get an endoscope (cheap these days - make sure you get one that will fit down a spark plug hole), take your front passenger wheel off and poke the scope in past the front suspension strut you should be able to read it.

Garry

[Mike_S]

The 2 blokes who do the inspections at Frankston's VicRoads office wouldn't be able to see it, even with all that help. Watching them try and find the engine number on a H2 Hummer when we were in there registering our Spitfire was comical. One of them can't lean too far over because of the size of his gut and the other needed a tall booster stand to see over the side of the engine bay. Seeing him dangling over the engine with his legs sticking out the side of the car had the office in stitches....

[101RRS]

Isn't it on a plate on the passenger side rocker cover?



There IS some sort of "plate" on the top of the engine but as it is JUST a loose plate they (Vicroads) wont accept it.....why the hell Landrover didn't just stamp the engine number in a nice easy to get at place is beyond me !
Good luck.

Here is that plate - easy to read but may not be accepted by rego authorities.

Garry

[BigJon]

There IS some sort of "plate" on the top of the engine but as it is JUST a loose plate they (Vicroads) wont accept it.

The rego authorities in the NT did when I was registering new ones.

[oldsalt]

Yep that's the plate - the guys at Vicroads (Bundoora) wouldn't accept it - they poked around with a torch and a mirror on a stick for ages and finally accepted the documentation from Lance Dixon as to the vehicles bona-fides - plus I had ALL the documents from the original owner in Sydney - and I mean ALL the documents.... all sorted out in the end but it was quite a saga on the day.
cheers

[damo_t]

Hi all,

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I am trying to locate the Engine Number on the block of a 2012 Discovery 4 SDV6.

I'm a new-to-me owner of a 2012 Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE which I drove back to Sydney from Victoria.

I am going through Blue Slip hell, as the mechanic needs to sight the number on the block. He has an endoscope availalble to assist.

The PDF attachment from garrycol highlights it clearly for a 2.7 TDV6 on the RHS block (assuming this is the drivers-side), but was seeking clarification as I have read numerous times that it is on the passenger-side (LHS block) for the 3.0 SDV6.

Any and all help is much appreciated.

Cheers,
Damo.

[NevsDisco]

See attached PDF - looks like you need to to pull half the engine bay apart or get an endoscope.

This looks like it could help me, however I cant see the PDF attachment.
I have purchased 2011 RRS from VIC and want to rego in SA. They need to see the actual engine number.. sounds like this is nt going to be easy?
Cheers,
Nev.

[NevsDisco]

Oh and it's the 3.0L TDV6 as well.