Engine Number 2003 2.5 diesel

[rory]

Could someone please tell where on the engine the engine number on a 2003 2.5 Diesel Transporter is?
Thanks in anticipation
rory

[jets]

The easiest place to find is on a white sticker on the top of the cambelt cover. I believe it is stamped on the front of the block up high near the cyl head. I have purchased two vans interstate & on my return have needed to have checks done before they could be registered in SA. The first time the inspector referred to some notes they had but for the second vehicle I struck a new guy that would not accept the no. on the cam cover. I had also given him an engineers report from NSW that the PO had to employ because the inspector there had refused to go delving up the front to find it.[van had been transfered from TAS] This report still didn't satisfy him so I said good luck in finding it. After some 20 minutes of looking with a torch & the customers building up, he decided to talk to his supervisor who seemed to be "normal" & decided to accept the no. on the cam cover & the Engineers Report.
As you can see it's not easy to find & the radiator probably needs to be tilted forward or go in from underneath after removing the belly pan.

[rory]

Thanks jets.
Am about to pick one up in NSW and bring it back to Qld; and do the re registering bit; so I suspect that bit of information might be very timely.
Thanks again
rory

[rory]

Picked up my new secondhand Diesel T4 2003 Transporter and drove it 400ks to home, empty.
Wow! What a hoot. Pleasantly surprised by on rails feeling handling and grunt for the hills and overtaking on the expressway.
Now to fill it with camping gear- ----???