Wrong engine on v5

[hairykrishna]

I want to get back into a kit car and there's one I fancy. Problem is that at some point a past owner has binned off the old crossflow and put in a Zetec. V5 shows the old 1.6 crossflow.

How much of a pain is this? If I send a letter to the DVLA with some kind of inspection letter (AA? RAC? garage?) will they just swap it over. Or am I setting myself up for some kind of hell of inspections.

[Orcadian]

In the bike world fairly recently they seem to want to see the (correct) receipt for the engine and date it was changed - is it likely you can get that info from PO?

Regards,
Ian

[AdiT]

Not unusual for engines to get changed and v5 not updated. You can apply to DVLA for an engine number + capacity change. They might send you a form to get filled in and stamped by a garage to confirm the details; I have heard they only seem to be bother if you are changing to a capacity that means a lower tax band.

[Quinten]

I swapped my crossflow for a zetec in my Westfield, and the DVLA insisted that a garage on headed paper confirmed the engine details including capacity. Paid £25 to a (then) local garage, who for the privilege printed out the letter I supplied on their paper and that was it. Job jobbed.

[xcesx]

I had this with an F30 335d. It was on the v5 as a 335i. It was a right pain with the insurance as it always came up wrong as it did with every other site when I put the reg in. The dealer binned me (bought it brand new), I had to get a letter from BMW to state it was actually a 335d and then send that to the DVLA before they changed it. It was a pain in the arse, I'm sure they binned me on the first letter because it was missing something.

[hairykrishna]

Thanks for the replies. If (when...) I buy it, it'll probably be going in for a session to set up the carbs properly on a rolling road. I might just get them to give me a letter at the same time 'certifying' which engine I have.

[magpies]

I changed the engine in my TVR S1 to a Jag 3.0 (I purchased the whole Jag and then scrapped it) In January when the car was ready for MoT I rang the DVLA and explained the change. They said get it MoT'd , taxed and insured then send in the V5 with a covering letter. I did all this at the beginning of March and obviously not heard anything once Covid shut down hit - I can't even phone to confirm receipt.

[spyder dryver]

I recently updated my car's V5 to reflect an engine swap/ cc increase. I included a hand written receipt for the replacement engine and a close up photo of the new engine number.
No garage letter/ engineer's report.
No problem.

[hairykrishna]

I ended up buying the car - it's a Sylva/Raw Striker. Lovely thing but a bit rough around the edges at the moment. It should be in for MOT in the next week or so after I've sorted out it's rats nest of wiring a bit.

I'll be trying to change the engine with DVLA after that so I'll keep this thread updated. Sounds like it'll be relatively straightforward.

[magpies]

magpies said:

I changed the engine in my TVR S1 to a Jag 3.0 (I purchased the whole Jag and then scrapped it) In January when the car was ready for MoT I rang the DVLA and explained the change. They said get it MoT'd , taxed and insured then send in the V5 with a covering letter. I did all this at the beginning of March and obviously not heard anything once Covid shut down hit - I can't even phone to confirm receipt.

Received my V5 back earlier this week - all nicely updated

[hairykrishna]

I haven't done mine yet. As with all kit cars there's a million little things that need tinkering with and I'm pretty sure the bloke who did my wiring loom was blind. It means it's disappeared into my garage and not made it to the MOT man yet. Adrian Flux didn't seem at all bothered when I insured it and pointed out it had a different engine.

[dhutch]

magpies said:

I changed the engine in my TVR S1 to a Jag 3.0 (I purchased the whole Jag and then scrapped it) In January when the car was ready for MoT I rang the DVLA and explained the change. They said get it MoT'd , taxed and insured then send in the V5 with a covering letter. I did all this at the beginning of March and obviously not heard anything once Covid shut down hit - I can't even phone to confirm receipt.

spyder dryver said:

I recently updated my car's V5 to reflect an engine swap/ cc increase. I included a hand written receipt for the replacement engine and a close up photo of the new engine number.
No garage letter/ engineer's report.
No problem.

Good info.

I have swapped mine, engine actually serial no was not right to start I only noticed at the time.
No formal receipt as it was cash purchase from a forum member.

Plan was to MOT it and get the garage to put on letter headed paper that the engine is question is in the car in question, which from my understand would suffice. Local garage said they haven't done it before and would check from their side beforehand but fundamentally saw no issues in producing said letter.

Could also likely get the seller to produce a receipt, so that is another option.

Glad you now have an updated V5.

Daniel