DVLA want engine inspected!!!!!

Is this normal?

Informed DVLA of a engine swap done by previous owner to update the V5, now they want me to have it inspected and a report written by the AA or RAC to state it has been done correctly! I said I wasn't a member of either orgnisations and they then said it would be ok for a Garage to write the report on letter headed notepaper, VAT registered etc. It has already had qty 2 x MOT's since the swap so I can't understand why it is needed.

Any one else had to jump through these hoops? I also notified them of a colour change but they didn't want an opticians report to confirm the colour, thank goodness - but who knows....

Dennis

Yep, pretty much normal

fuel type change?

yeah this is very normal. most garages are happy to do it as long as its not been bodged in.

Thanks for that reassurance - thought they didn't like me! Just a 19J change to a 200TDI nothing special, been MOT'd and serviced by two garages with no comments from any of them.

I have changed engines in the past - many years ago - no one bothered then. This is where our road tax goes to I suppose....
Dennis

Not necessarily a bad idea to make sure someone has secured the mountings with bungy straps

I never told them I changed mine!
Only ones that matter are insurance company.

Bungey straps? HaHa.

They used tie-wraps, do you think I'll get away with it? No wonder it vibrates - got a part no for the bungey strap, presume Brit*art sell them.

Insurance co is aware, just wanted to comply - more fool me.

You might not have bothered but you do need to .
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Just make up a bloody fictitious garage and stick your mobile number on it ....print it off and fill in the blanks and send it off ...job done .

Sod having a garage look at it and charging for the privilege ....Bloody DVLA don't know their arses from their elbows anyway .

Blackburn said:

You might not have bothered but you do need to .
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In my simple mind the less you tell them the less agg all around
Its in, its used all original mounts, its secure, Im a mech so it will be fine honest gov! in fact its been fines for the last 3 years or so

So this was the same size engine, just a different engine number?

Assume you are asking me? if so 2 litre to 2.5 litre

When I did my conversion I rang the DVLA to ask what I needed to do and they said that if the engine was the same size and fuel type then all I had to do was to fill in the new engine number in the v5 and send it in, which I did. They weren't bothered about anything else.

So if in this case the OP has had to get an inspection of the work done on the same size engine then I must have the same thing coming my way sometime too.

I believe they used to call it an engineers report. I had one done on a good few years back, iirc it was charged an hours labour at the garage.

not told em about our change did it 3 years ago, 19j to 200tdi

Got asked for an engineers report on some mods i made to a non land rover 4x4. - nothing about a garage was mentioned.

So i Wrote down what i did and signed it off my name + beng(hons) mechanical engineering.

To my surprise It was never questioned - i do actually have that degree though.