Engine number: is it needed?

It is difficult to imagine a modern man without a car, which greatly simplifies life. But here is buying / selling accompanied by a heap of papers, spent time, nerves and money. When a flow of foreign cars flew into Russia, people got a huge headache. After all, according to Russian laws, the number of engine, bodywork, VIN and many other data should be recorded in the PTS. However, foreign automakers consider the engine ICE replacement part. Western manufacturers engine number It is used only for maintenance, it is completely unnecessary for identification. It is not entered in the documents on the car and interests, by and large, only the specialists of the car service. The latter is needed to clarify the characteristics of spare parts for the motor.

So, let's figure out where the engine number is in the car and why it's needed. Typically, manufacturers apply it to the components of the motor of the machine. Significant difficulties are that each car factory has its own idea of where the engine number should be. The location of its location is usually written in the instructions to the unit. If the car is bought not in the cabin, but from an individual, you can find an instruction on the Internet. If you have a product of the domestic automotive industry in the garage, then where does he find the engine number? VAZ Has VIN, body and engine numbers in long-known motorists places. They are as follows:

• VIN is located on the mudguard of the front wing on the right, it is duplicated on the trunk floor (also on the right);
• Above the oil filter, right on the cylinder block (left), the engine number is placed;
• The last seven digits of the VIN are the body number.

Why do we need an engine number? He, as already said, is entered in the vehicle's vehicle's name. Along with the body number, it is necessary for the identification of vehicles (in particular, to facilitate investigation of hijacking). In addition, in Russia it is forbidden to change the design of the car without agreement with the manufacturer. Accordingly, the numbers of the unit available and registered in the passport must coincide (unless, of course, the engine was not changed).

The process of reconciling the figures was tedious for both the car owner and the inspector of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. Sometimes he dragged on for several hours, because the inspector could not find the engine number. Western concerns, as described above, do not attach special importance to this set of figures. Therefore, it is placed under the hood of the car in various places, but not protected from external influences. Since April 2011 in Russia, when registering a car, they no longer checked the engine number. He also canceled his entry in the registration papers of the car. In addition, the procedure for withdrawing from the account is simplified and does not require the presence of the owner, it is carried out automatically. When selling a car to a person living in the same area, you can not change the state number.

True, at first there were difficulties in the discrepancy between the letter and the spirit of the law. Many car owners complained that the MREO still verifies the figures. But now the situation seems to be improving.