Vicroads Info Package - what does this mean?

[bell1975]

G'day all. I have a query that someone here will hopefully be able to assist with.

I am currently negotiating a private sale on a 99 Disco Series 2. It's in Melbourne and I am up in SE Qld. I have had an automotive workshop do a pre-purchase inspection. They had the vehicle for half a day and I believe they did a thorough job.

The following came up as needing attention:
Fuel Pressure Regulator leaking
Rear tailshaft coupling worn
RHF CV boot split/leaking
Windscreen chip that would fail a RWC.

The estimate they gave to do these 4 things was $1300.

As it stands I was going to do the purchase without a RWC, having negotiated a discount due to these 4 items.

Now, the query I have is this:
I did a Vehicle Info Pack on the Vicroads website to check for outstanding finance, writeoffs, etc and it came back with this under (Part 3) "Is the vehicle recorded as stolen?"

No, however engine was assigned/replaced 28/01/2005

This coincides reasonably closely with a change of ownership 1.5 months after this date.

Has anyone else had a vehicle that has had an engine replaced and subsequently seen this on one of these vicroads reports?

I would also like to know if LR dealers are able to track the age of an engine using the engine number. If this is the case I may be able to find out if the engine that is currently in the vehicle was a reconditioned motor or a new one.

What do you reckon?

Thanks in advance. One more thing if I may: does $1300 for those 4 items above sound fair?

[Homestar]

LR or a dealer it has been serviced by may well be able to trace the engine number, but I'm not sure what info they may be able to give you.

I used to work for a large engine manufacturer, which supplied truck engines among other things. We were not - under any circumstances - allowed to give details out about an engine to a new owner of that engine, whether or not it was in the original truck, or had been sold from a wreck. This included both previous owners details, and service history. Something to do with some privacy laws, and the company had been sued before this for releasing the service history of an engine, that led to a sale of a truck falling through.

Not sure about smaller vehicles though...