I really should get the engine number changed on the V5 I suppose....

The rules changed last year and you now have to provide proof of the change regardless of whether there is a change in capacity or fuel type etc and according to the DVLA it needs to be one of the following

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DVLA will need written evidence of any changes to engine number and cylinder capacity (cc). Written evidence can be:

a receipt for the replacement engine
written evidence from the manufacturer
an inspection report provided for insurance purposes
written confirmation on headed paper from a garage if the change in engine size took place before you bought the vehicle

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I was going to do this on my donor car so i could count the 3.6 as part of the donor (donor was 2.9) but i thought you just had to give photographic evidence (not so hard for you).

I just used a bit of A4 with a scribbled receipt from a salvage yard. A bit of muck and oil on it and sent it off.

V5 came straight back.

I have similar situation arising when I change the number on my 4x4 (cause I don't have the original engine)

As for the second one, have you not got any headed paper for 'Flacks Fabrications' ??

Wouldn't the manufacturer mean the manufacturer of the engine? I should have thought with a photo of the engine in the car, showing the engine no. if poss, and a letter from Ford/printout of the Haynes manual or whatever it is that shows the engine details for a given number, you should be laughing?

...then again, it is DVLA we're talking about!

Good luck

I could write a letter on my own headed paper and invoices yes. Legit as I carried out the work... I can also provide photos.

Whether it would work or not I have no idea!

I believe the fact that the engine is a much newer unit should have no effect on the emissions test?

I don't think they actually give a toss what you send them, just as long as they've got something they can put on record.

I went to my local garage and got the guys there to sign a bit of their headed notepaper, and I then wrote what the DVLA wanted to hear on it. If I was doing it again, I'd probably just make my own receipt.



Ed.

ive got to do this some time and wondered what the 'written confirmation on headed paper from a garage if the change in engine size took place before you bought the vehicle' consists of?
are garage signing to say its been done or done to an acceptable standard?

I believe the garage inspection report is paying a garage to get the engine number and type it up on a bit of headed paper. If you have your own and you did the work then I don't see a problem with that.

The biggest thing they are trying to avoid is people trying to drop a tax bracket by "installing a smaller capacity engine" as a purely paperwork exercise. I'd expect them to get more interested if you'd fitted a 1400cc rather than a 2000cc engine.

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Originally posted by will121
ive got to do this some time and wondered what the 'written confirmation on headed paper from a garage if the change in engine size took place before you bought the vehicle' consists of?
are garage signing to say its been done or done to an acceptable standard?

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My 'Garage report' was:

<Headed notepaper>
This is to certify that engine number xxyyzz has a stated capacity of 1.7L.

Signed: xxxxxxx
Director.
</headed notepaper>

This was accepted by Swansea with no problems and it doesn't need to be any more complicated than that.

I'll dig it out later and post up a photo if you want?

Ed

Edit: Oh - and from what I recall, it's proof of engine size they want, not proof of it being fitted or changed.

[Edited on 19/5/10 by Madinventions]

Here you go...


Engine change note

Ed.

I just wrote a short letter saying what I had done and I including a photo of the new engine in the car and a close up picture showing the engine number. I didn't do anything official or sign it as a company or anything, came back straight away

Just remember to put the right capacity on the sheet as they sent mine back. eg 2.0 pinto should be 1993cc.