[V6-12v] Engine Numbers

[Elliott Potter]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Tom Gordon wrote:

> Stupid question here, but how many digits are supposed to be in an engine
> number for an ABC engine?
>
> I looked on the block where they're stencilled in quite faintly and covered
> with a bit of surface rust.  I could only find 5 digits after the ABC
> prefix, but I have a gut feeling that there should be more!

US models have six digits:
http://www.12v.org/engine/index.php?section=id
... I don't know how many 2.6l engines Audi planned to make, but it
seems like they would use the same stamp style all around, so I would
guess 6 digits for that one too.
--
Elliott