good day how do I get the info on my car when the only vin number I see is a 6 digits long

 

there will normally be a code 2 letters and a number or three letters before your 6 numbers , ej for engine type ty transmission type then google that , but often on a vin plate there are other numbers like transmission type etc that will tell you more than a vin number on a subaru

 

What vehicle are we talking about??

A Japanese Domestic Model(JDM) vehicle will have a VIN like this........


Most other countries, it will be of this format....


I guess you are refering to the 6 Digit serial part of a JDM vehicle VIN.

 

Thanks for the replies guys, its an sg5 096093, wanted to find out what make and model it is for verification, didnt even know the jdm had vins like that...I thought all vins were 17 digit





This is it, the engine was changed to an Ej20c, so I wanted to do some research and find out what exactly I'm working with

 

Vehicle is a Forester Cross Sport, SportShift Auto, originally with an EJ205 2.0L Turbo engine .

Model code: S11 Body model: SG5D5AT
Build month is July 2005 (Revision D)

Colour : Crystal Gray (48W), Trim: Off Black (C20)

 

Don Clark thanks soo much man. I really appreciate it

 

Don Clark is there any program or site that you can recommend that I can visit to get the specs on my engine?

The engine number is ej20c561691

 

Where did you get the above number from?
Usually the engine number is just 6 digits or 7, the first being a letter.







Trying to find info on just the serial number alone is extremely difficult, if nigh on impossible.

From the above I would say you have an EJ20 engine whose serial number is C561691. (have personally never heard of an EJ20C)

Possible useful links.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_EJ_engine

http://mywikimotors.com/subaru-ej20/

http://engineswork.com/engines/subaru-ej20-engine.html

http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/cata...STER/10038448/

 

Hey don I went and did some investigating myself and cleaned the area with the engine number, turns out its actually 0561691 and not c561691

 

Don Clark: We are struggling to figure out what EJ20 engine we have. The car itself is a 2004 Subaru Legacy but the previous owner took out the original motor and installed an EJ20. The engine serial number is B804610. We are troubleshooting some issues that it's having and need to know what the engine came out of so we know how to order parts. Can you help??

 

The original EJ20 engines fitted to that year Legacy's in Europe and US were designated EJ20X or EJ20Y (280ps) some details of which can be found here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru...ne#EJ20X/EJ20Y
Usually replacing the engine like for like is not always possible, so would imagine an EJ205 engine from an impreza of similar age may have been fitted. It also depends upon what was actually changed (short block/long block/turbo/manifold etc)