There seems to be a lot of speculation and guessing as to the location of the engine number. Has anyone reading this ever found their engine number? If so, please help me. Where is the engine number located on a 2001 XJ8?

Thanks in advance.

 

Lemme get you a link, this is from the XK8 FAQ sticky, the first few pages shows the location of all the numbers on your car. This microfiche download also gives some insight.

 

Despite all the pointers, I am still having a time locating my engine number and am right on the cusp of the Nikasil era and so really want to find it.

On page 3 of this Vehicle Spec PDF you have provided (thanks) it shows a 2001 MY onward SN location (A) that is not near the t-stat housing (where I have searched every visible cm), but I can't figure out what the illustration is depicting - what area is that diagram supposed to represent?

Thanks!

**Got a clue Dept... found this clarification after this post:
"The engine number on a 2000 is on a vertical rib on the left side of the block, viewed from undrneath, just above the steering rack. It will look something like 0008182310.

00= year
08= month
18=day
23=hour
10=minute

That's the built date of the engine, which has no direct relationship to the built date of the car. If the engine number is before 000818xxxx, it has Nikasil bores."

That explains the diagram - Thanks!

 

The engine serial number is most easily viewed when supplied by a dealer based on the VIN. Only complicated by an undocumented engine swap.

 

Hi,

I finally managed to find the engine number, at leas I hope so ...
the problem is, I'm unable to decode it.
I have XJR (y. 2000). so I followed jaginblacks instructions and I found it above the steering rack.

There was:
*RSKJR*BABB*
*23222222*KKMNL*

Does that make sense ?

 

Yes it does but it is not the engine serial number. It describes the bearing used in the assembly of the engine.

The easiest way is still to call the dealer. With the VIN they can look up the engine serial number along with all the other build data of the car, produce a print out and hand it to you.

 

Well the thing is that I'm trying to figure out if the engine was replaced or not ...

 

There are 2 places
Vertical rib as described
Next to the thermostat housing as pictured here.

bob gauff

 

Anyone in on this thread, might find the document I posted in the thread linked below helpful.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...31/#post346460


Cheers,

 

Steve:
The pdf is a good piece of data, but it does not actually show the location of WHERE the serial number moved to. It is interesting to note the Jag service brochure claims the move co-incided with the change to steel liners.... I wonder if I am mistaken about the engine in my '99, or if it was possibly replaced? I've got some stuff figure out when I get bored.

 

How funny. I still can't find my engine number. Even with all the docs in this thread! Can someone do a smartphone video from a wide angle shot to a close up of the number location?


Please!

 

Hey guys, just found a youtube video that shows the engine manufacture date pretty clearly. Its a water pump replacement on a 98 Vanden Plas but at about 29 seconds in it clearly shows the code scribed onto the block just behind where the thermostat mounts, which I thinks reads as Feb, 22, 1998.

 

That is true on the MY98 AJ26 engine. It later moved to the side of the block - I believe coinciding with the AJ27 engine.

 

Thats the one Im looking for, the AJ27. Any idea where on the block it would be?
I found one post indicating it was just above or near the steering rack. Im trying to figure out if an 01 engine has been replaced previously.

 

Of course, it depends on which side the steering rack is on! As I recall, the new serial number location is on the LHS engine near the engine mount. The numbers on a rib on the RHS is the engine build data. The documents say the move coincided with Nikasil to steel liners (2001), but I am not so sure about that.

 

The correct side of course!

 

If you remove the front left tire and look in through the wheel well you may find it. That's where I found mine. I never did find one near the thermostat housing.

 

Good to know, thanks