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Engine: Application and ID


To identify an engine by the manufacturer's code, follow the four steps designated by the numbered blocks.

V.I.N. PLATE LOCATION:

Top of instrument panel visible through windshield.

(1) MODEL YEAR IDENTIFICATION:

10th character of V.I.N.

1990 - L
1989 - K
1988 - J
1987 - H
1986 - G
1985 - F
1984 - E
1983 - D
1982 - C
1981 - B

(2) ENGINE CODE LOCATION:

8th character of V.I.N.