I have three engines that came out of 914's. Tired of stepping over them and in process of cleaning them up to sell. 2 of the blocks have EA stamps - pretty sure these are 1.7 blocks, EA082029 and EA044082.

The third one is on the one that's stumping me. It does not have a stamp at all but have a tag riveted to the case by the rectangular oil fill hole.

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Surely an engine rebuilders stamp? But why

I acquired an engine also along with the 71 1.7 I bought and has that tag also under the oil filler where 2.0 engine number is located. On the rear block towards transmission it only has letter "W" stamp.

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Another picture of the engine

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It looks like there is a number stamp peeking out from under the rebuilder's tag, so I'd suggest drilling out those rivets & see what's under there!

The rebuilders must do that to ID their engines for whatever warranty the offer, but why they cover the original engine case # is beyond me, unless they're trying to sell a VW Bus 2L case as a 914 one!!??