Looking up or locating Engine Number?

[thundermuffin]

So I’m about to ship out to Central Asia for work, and the vehicle shipping company requires the ‘engine number’ in addition to the VIN.

I took my Jeep into the dealership, thinking that it would be a simple lookup I their system.

Apparently, there is no way to find the engine number without spending several hours and several hundred dollars taking the Jeep apart.

Before I schedule another service appointment, does anyone know if there is an easier way to locate the engine number? I’m having a hard time believing that FCA does not have a record of which engine is installed in which vehicle.

Thank you in advance!

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[Biscuit]

Engine code is in the VIN. https://www.dmv.org/vehicle-history/vin-decoder.php

 

[thundermuffin]

Engine code is in the VIN. https://www.dmv.org/vehicle-history/vin-decoder.php

Thanks! Unfortunately that gives the engine specs, but not the ‘engine number’ which is apparently serialized and unique to each engine. Part of me is leaning towards making one up, since if they are that hard to get to physically, and don’t exist in the FCA databases, then the chances that it will ever be positively verified are next to nil.

 

[Warpath]

Thanks! Unfortunately that gives the engine specs, but not the ‘engine number’ which is apparently serialized and unique to each engine. Part of me is leaning towards making one up, since if they are that hard to get to physically, and don’t exist in the FCA databases, then the chances that it will ever be positively verified are next to nil.

I would imagine that theres got to be. Everything on the assembly line has a barcode. And gets scanned before going into a Jeep. It's how they manage the inventory in the plant. Now how to get that I'm not real sure other than calling Toledo.

 

[Biscuit]

The serial number is on the left side of the block, at the transmission flange.

 

[thundermuffin]

I think I found it! It matches the description I read elsewhere of a 'dot matrix printer style etching' underneath the Jeep. I tried googling the number, and it didn't return anything Mopar or Jeep related, so I don't think it's a part number. Does this look right?

 

[pablosauli]

I think I found it! It matches the description I read elsewhere of a 'dot matrix printer style etching' underneath the Jeep. I tried googling the number, and it didn't return anything Mopar or Jeep related, so I don't think it's a part number. Does this look right?

I am into the same issue. Was the number that you found correct?

 

[thundermuffin]

I am into the same issue. Was the number that you found correct?

Dunno, never got challenged on it. It feels right though!

 

[John Galt]

I also used this number for shipping abroad, no issues whatsoever. Good luck, hope you get a container faster than we did, Jeep sat in NYC for 2 1/2 months

 

[PMGP1941]

Thanks to OP for this thread ... I'm using this same number for my shipping docs.

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