engine numbers dont add up

[V8commodore_chick]

I was checking my engine number to whats on the rego papers and the number that is on the rego papers has 9 numbers and the one on my engine only has 8 they are the same numbers but just missing a 4 at the end on the block.
It doesn't look like it's been filed or anything either

[badger__rox]

maybe thats just a code for something.. ie; v6 v8.. im no expert but its a possibility

[samuels]

I was checking my engine number to whats on the rego papers and the number that is on the rego papers has 9 numbers and the one on my engine only has 8 they are the same numbers but just missing a 4 at the end on the block.
It doesn't look like it's been filed or anything either

knowing the government,department of transport,it's probably a typo

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

I'm going with typo, they did the same to a car I had licenced after I restored it.

[BlackVXGTS]

Definitely wrong. Should have 'VU' followed by six digits. Unfortunately I think you'll have to take it along to the local registration office for them to sight the number and arrange for your registration to be changed. That's what I had to do when I changed my engine recently.

[samuels]

Definitely wrong. Should have 'VU' followed by six digits. Unfortunately I think you'll have to take it along to the local registration office for them to sight the number and arrange for your registration to be changed. That's what I had to do when I changed my engine recently.

thats incorrect if it's a VN it will have VN ***H**(example only) but the VN will always start with VN,i still say it's a typo,but this chappy maybe right,you may have to take it back to be sighted,but highly doubtful as the relevant authorities know how many #'s are in an engine # or VIN #

[88GreenVN]

V6 = VH
V8 = VU

Some HSV cars have other codes

[samuels]

V6 = VH
V8 = VU

Some HSV cars have other codes

V6-*H*VN***** is the VIN number
as 88GreenVN says your engine # will start with VH and 7 numbers after

[defa]

i bought a car that had an extra 0 in the engine number. my dads chrysler by chrysler was a 1900 instead of 1975. they are dip****s and always stuff things up. it is a government department.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

The amount of data these people enter on a daily basis they are bound to make a few typos. Just because they a make a few errors doesn't make them dip****s.

[kovini]

that they are - stupid buggers 4got to enter my details from a transfer form for the old car, but wrote in the ex's. - biatch tried to sell it on me reguardless of havin nuttin to do with it (she was supposed to pay 4 rego etc - drivin her to work every day, so put her on the rego.....). Had to bail up a supervisor and have him get the form returned from central filing to verify their f*ckup. car got stolen later in the year anyway, and never recovered. F&ckers.