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Old Mar 8, 2019 | 09:55 AM
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Would you be so kind to help me with the engine serial number ?? for my 1FTFW1ET8DKF52809 truck?
When 8 & D are typed together, you get that smilie face...unless you disable smilies in text...like I did.

This is the VIN, it registers the entire vehicle. The only engine related code is the 8th digit.

The 9th digit is the check digit, FoMoCo use only. The 10th digit decodes to the year. The 11th digit is the code for the assembly plant.

The last 6 digits is the Numerical Sequence of Assembly, the trucks specific serial number.

17 digit VIN's introduced in 1981. Previous years, FoMoCo US VIN's contained 11 digits as did 1966/68 assembled/sold only in Canada Ford/Merc truck VIN's.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2019 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
When 8 & D are typed together, you get that smilie face...unless you disable smilies in text...like I did.

This is the VIN, it registers the entire vehicle. The only engine related code is the 8th digit.
Very good catch NumberDummy!!! I've always thought you to be extremely knowledgeable in all your posts. This just adds one more.

Originally Posted by gtapias
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Would you be so kind to help me with the engine serial number for my 1FTFW1ETKF52809 truck?
In any event, the corrected VIN provided by NumberDummy identifies a 2013 Ford F-150 Crew Cab 4x4, Ingot Silver Metallic in colour equipped with a 3.5L Ecoboost V6 engine and a 3.31 axle ratio. The trace engine serial number for this vehicle is E1221 170613C117700977DS 364 AA. The highlighted bold portion of the numbers would identify just the serial number.

 
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Old May 18, 2020 | 10:18 AM
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I have been trying to locate the engine number of my Ford Explorer for purpose of registration but I don’t know where or how to get it. The VIN is 1FM5K7D83DGC69224
 
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Old May 19, 2020 | 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by m-chan68
If it's your engine serial number you are after, I may be able to find it if you don't mind posting up the VIN for this vehicle.


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I have been trying to locate the engine number of my Ford Explorer for purpose of registration but I don’t know where or how to get it. The VIN is 1FM5K7D83DGC69224
 
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Old May 19, 2020 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Sjay Bams
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I have been trying to locate the engine number of my Ford Explorer for purpose of registration but I don’t know where or how to get it. The VIN is 1FM5K7D83DGC69224
The VIN provided above, comes back to a 2013 Ford Explorer FWD equipped with a 3.5L normally aspirated V6, 3.39 axle ratio white in colour. The vehicle build date is April 28th, 2013. The trace engine serial number is E1600 230413L113800240DS 342 AA.
 
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Old May 19, 2020 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Sjay Bams
I have been trying to locate the engine number of my Ford Explorer for purpose of registration but I don’t know where or how to get it. The VIN is 1FM5K7D83DGC69224
Originally Posted by m-chan68
The VIN provided above, comes back to a 2013 Ford Explorer FWD equipped with a 3.5L normally aspirated V6, 3.39 axle ratio white in colour. The vehicle build date is April 28th, 2013. The trace engine serial number is E1600 230413L113800240DS 342 AA.
Further to your request, I have taken the liberty to post a picture of the decal affixed to the engine front cover of a 2019 model year Explorer to illustrate what the engine identification tag should look like:


So in the picture above, the engine ID tag would be GS 490 CA (you can't see the G). The trace serial number illustrated above would be E1221 030818C116400379GS 490 CA. Of those digits, the portion highlighted in bold in this example would be 18C116400379. Hopefully this helps.
 
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Old May 20, 2020 | 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by m-chan68
Further to your request, I have taken the liberty to post a picture of the decal affixed to the engine front cover of a 2019 model year Explorer to illustrate what the engine identification tag should look like:


So in the picture above, the engine ID tag would be GS 490 CA (you can't see the G). The trace serial number illustrated above would be E1221 030818C116400379GS 490 CA. Of those digits, the portion highlighted in bold in this example would be 18C116400379. Hopefully this helps.


thank you so much for your help. I’m really really grateful
 
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Old May 20, 2020 | 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by m-chan68
The VIN provided above, comes back to a 2013 Ford Explorer FWD equipped with a 3.5L normally aspirated V6, 3.39 axle ratio white in colour. The vehicle build date is April 28th, 2013. The trace engine serial number is E1600 230413L113800240DS 342 AA.
I’m really grateful for your help. I saw these exact numbers tagged on the side of the car but I was expecting the engine number to be inscribed somewhere on the engine😀 I also saw various other numbers that got me really confused as I didn’t know what the engine number was supposed to look like. Thanks once again, super grateful.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2023 | 06:12 PM
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Engine number of Explorer 2013

Hi, I need the engine number of my Ford Explorer for purpose of registration but I don’t know how to get it. The VIN is 1FM5K7D9XDGB65080.

I saw in some YouTube videos that the engine number engraved on the engine is the last 8 digits of the VIN number. Which number should I use for registration?
Thanks in advance.


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The VIN provided above, comes back to a 2013 Ford Explorer FWD equipped with a 3.5L normally aspirated V6, 3.39 axle ratio white in colour. The vehicle build date is April 28th, 2013. The trace engine serial number is E1600 230413L113800240DS 342 AA.
 

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Originally Posted by Unutmaz
Hi, I need the engine number of my Ford Explorer for purpose of registration but I don’t know how to get it. The VIN is 1FM5K7D9XDGB65080.
The VIN provided above comes back to a 2013 model year Explorer equipped with a 2.0L Ecoboost four cylinder engine with a build date of November 8, 2012 originally sold in Japan. The original trace engine serial number for this vehicle is EE100 280912143030 DX 184 CA, of which the bold highlighted portion itself is the actual serial number.
 
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Thank you very much, m-chan68. You're really helpful.
Originally Posted by m-chan68
The VIN provided above comes back to a 2013 model year Explorer equipped with a 2.0L Ecoboost four cylinder engine with a build date of November 8, 2012 originally sold in Japan. The original trace engine serial number for this vehicle is EE100 280912143030 DX 184 CA, of which the bold highlighted portion itself is the actual serial number.
 
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