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YOUR RESEARCHI was able to clean up and reveal my engine serial number new pictures
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See the attached pictures....M96 engine...6 cylinder...build in 1999....serial number 09586...which means it was the 9086th engine built that year (the engine serial numbers started at 501)...
I was able to clean up and reveal my engine serial number new pictures
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I was thinking of using light sandpaper like 220 to clear the surface.
I was able to clean up and reveal my engine serial number new pictures
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See the attached pictures....M96 engine...6 cylinder...build in 1999....serial number 09586...which means it was the 9086th engine built that year (the engine serial numbers started at 501)...
I was able to clean up and reveal my engine serial number new pictures
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I cannot read the entire number. Do they wear off or should I scrub it with brush.
Here is an image of what I was able to get. I�m not sure about what I see. Any insight?
Clean it with some solvent (brake cleaner) and a brass bristle brush. If you still can't see the serial, you could do the black marker or a paint pen trick wiped off while it is wet method mentioned above.
I can definitely see M96/01...
I see what you mean. I was using a flashlight and they are located at a spine in the cast. It’s cold with a coating of snow outside today but I am going back in. I need a clear engine number and I also want to be sure those aren’t cracks. I would think if they were cracks oil would be leaking out everywhere and my engine would not sound like it does. It’s runs perfectly like a purring cheetah. Goes like a bat out of hell too.
get a bristle or old toothbrush (or your wife's) and some solvent, lather rinse repeat
find a contrasting color to smear on it
take photo w/o flash
not cracks, but casting ribs
Is it possible for it to corrode away? That�s almost what it seemed like. Or do you think I just need to make more effort?
Like I said I�m going back in. Probably in about 15 minutes.
I was thinking of using light sandpaper like 220 to clear the surface. Then clean it with either brake cleaner or dawn soap and hot water think the dawn is a better choice to remove grease and crud.
With enough salt oxidation the numbers can be eaten away. I doubt this is the case. The number is a stamped dot matrix. It will reveal itself just work at it more.
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Just ask Mr. Goggle. I found several sites that can give you info on the engine serial number. It was back in 2015 so I don't remember the specific sites name.
The early design has the bolt heads exposed (see DBjoe's pic) and I have seen quite a few get the bolt head knocked off, along with a piece of the case/block from backing over a curb. The newer design has the bolt heads recessed/protected (see the other pics)..
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See the attached pictures....M96 engine...6 cylinder...build in 1999....serial number 09586...which means it was the 9086th engine built that year (the engine serial numbers started at 501)...
My understanding is there is "no correlation" between engine serial # and Vin #......in my car the Vin # says its a 1999 model built in late 1998...yet the engine serial # says built in 1999....
Irrelevant note: your engine was built 2763 engines after mine......
Don't be a man-boy, man. We like our cars. Why not be nice and act like a gentleman?
(quoting that sig makes me feel like I'm being lectured by my first-grade teacher)
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