engine numbers

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <3.0.3.32.19970929102533.00969100@vilks.cpk.lv> ASh writes:

> Can anybody tell me how can I find out from the engine number the
> production date and year of the engine? And what else can be known from the
> engine & ...
> numbers?

You can't get the exact date - the closest you can get is the month.  The 
information is on the bottom row of the parts fiche for the car in which the 
engine was fitted.  There's quite a lot of information down there about 
options, models, etc.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club