Reference Details
- Common issue
- Component dates after the scheduled build date or implausibly distant from the vehicle build window.
- Confidence
- reported
- Correct value
- Block casting date is next to the oil-filter adapter and should precede the vehicle build date by no more than a few months; engine assembly date is stamped on a flat pad and should fall after the casting date.
- Where to check
- Block casting date near the oil-filter adapter, engine assembly stamp commonly above the oil-filter adapter, and the vehicle build date on factory paperwork or data plate context.