Jucol: @Egba girl: Dis no be laf matter . They travel to Europe and America, live and study there, see how things work efficiently, yet do not think about implementing some of their experiences/observations when in office?? John 11:35

Jucol: A good look at most discussions on this forum shows that most of us know very little about the cars we have spent so much to buy. This is because the Licensing Authorities do not request for and or provide the essential technical details of a vehicle during registration.

When a motorist in Nigeria is stopped for Police check, very often you see the Policeman/men peeping, cleaning and almost tearing apart the engine in search for the ENGINE NUMBER. This sometimes happens even at night. Some Policemen do have a piece of chalk. Should the engine number be used as identification How did the Licensing Authorities come about this? Did they learn this from USA,UK, Germany, Japan or France??

The CHASSIS NUMBER(VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER -VIN) is very clearly written on the chassis and also easily accessible. Chassis No.is universally used for vehicle identification. And no two vehicles have the same chassis no.

The engine is simply a part of the vehicle. It can be changed as at any moment just like the seats or wheels. It has become common practice to obtain a POLICE REPORT or something like that when the engine is changed. Why do the Police not ask for a proof of change of colour.

Most of our leaders do travel abroad. Don't they look around and learn?

On my vehicle registration paper ( smaller than a folded A4 sheet) the following TECHNICAL information are available:
NAME OF OWNER
MAKE OF VEHICLE
MODEL
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE
DATE OF REGISTRATION
CHASSIS NUMBER
REGISTRATION NUMBER
TYPE OF ENGINE
TYPE OF FUEL: DIESEL OR PETROL
CAPACITY OF ENGINE IN KILOWATTS/HORSE POWER
STANDARD TYRE DIMENSIONS
LICENSING AUTHORITY

Registration papers in Nigeria hmmmmmm more than a HAND OUT abi BOOK.

I understand the local officials may not be well trained to supply these details. However, it could be made mandatory for all shippers to supply these details for vehicles coming into Nigeria. ALL VEHICLES from Europe and America have these information.

Lets discuss this issue and hope for a change.

Cheers

I'm sorry to have quoted u but it's for emphasis. I'm currently working on security of car theft which would be in collaboration with other agencies. Kindly send a prototype of vehicle licence of your country of residence. State also process, requirements etc. In the event of theft, what measures are taken to recover such. Send it (emenunigeria@gmail.com or info@emenunigeria.com.ng). Thanks.

Siena:

Again, you're not getting it. I never said your vehicle registration documents would have your engine size as the engine number. I said your engine number WILL have the code that tells what the engine capacity is, which SHOULD match the one on your engine block, unless it's had a replacement.

pekelepekele: @ sienna nah ITK go kill you . say amen

Ikenna351: I gathered online that to see the engine number on that engine, the engine would have to come down from the car.

Ikenna.

Hahahaha! I hope he had his tools, and a sturdy engine crane to take that big lump out!

ifebosco: good idea for our leaders to learn,as usual, there will not.
i have a good data base AND CONCTRUCTION company i work with them here in spain, THE HIGHEST SHARE HOLDER OF THE COMPANY IS THE PRESIDENT OF REAL MADRID FC , the company has over 100 years of history.with branches all over the world
we can provide good and very cheap licences for every car in nigeria with
internacional standard and in less than one year, all cars in nigeria can be on data base with their pictures on it.
this can be done with out spending billions of naira.GOD PLEASE HELP US, GIVE US GOOD LEADERS WITH IDEAS IN THIS COUNTRY

You lost me. Did you intend to post this elsewhere? Because I can't see any correlation between your post, and this thread.

Siena:

You lost me. Did you intend to post this elsewhere? Because I can't see any correlation between your post, and this thread.

Ogojohn: MY BROTHER THAT PRESENTLY RESIDE IN CAMEROON RETURNED WITH HIS TOYOTA CAMRY ONCE AND I TOOK IT OUT. ON A POLICE CHECK POINT THEY STOPPED ME. WHEN THEY CHECKED THE CUSTOM PAPERS THAT THE VEHICLE CAME TO NIGERIA WIT. TO MY SURPRISE. THE CAR HAD ON THE THE CHASSIS NUMBER. AT THE PLACE WHERE THE ENGINE NUMBER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WAS BLANK.THE POLICE MEN NOW TERMED THE VEHICLE A STOLEN VEHICLE EVEN WIT THE OFFICIAL CUSTOM PAPER WITH WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS PERMITTED TO COME INTO NIGERIA WAS PRESENTED. I WAS MADE TO PATH WITH SOME MONEY AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS DELAY AT THE POLICE STATION. WHEN I CAME BACK I ASKED MY BROTHER WHY THE PAPERS DIDN'T HAVE THE ENGINE NUMBER. HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IN CAMEROON THAT VEHICLE ENGINE ARE ALSO PARTS IN A VEHICLE THAT CAN BE CHANGED THEREFORE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PARTICULARS.

I agree that "lack of basic knowledge" about your "rights" can make you more susceptible to their antics but even when you know your "right" (from your left! ), their determination to extort you now makes them VIOLENT and many a "knowledgeable peeps" have been sent to their grave by those criminals in Uniform.

yosmen: is it true BMW engines dont have engine number?police use am chop me for checkpoint,i had to part with money to avoid delay nd wahala.later i check my m50 engine but cudnt find.

Ikenna351:
Sometime in 2011, i was travelling back to Abuja, in one of my trips to East that year. I was packed at a check point somewhere in Kogi state. The Police man asked for my driver's Licence and vehicle papers. After glancing at the documents, he asked me to open the car bonnet. I did. He then asked me to show him where the engine number was engraved on the engine. I told him i didnt know and i wasnt interested to find out. That if he really wanted to see it, he would have to find it himself. So, which one concern me! Well, he looked at the engine bay, sigh and gave me back my papers. Trust V6 engine! The whole engine bay was covered with the engine. Where would he have started to look for the numbers? I gathered online that to see the engine number on that engine, the engine will have to be pulled down from the car.

As soon as he gave me back the car documents and my driver's Licence, he said " Oga, anything for me?" "Now you are talking", i mutered. I like those of them that simply beg for "greener pastures", rather than try to waste my time.

Ikenna.

pekelepekele:
@ sienna nah ITK go kill you . say amen

trix1:



while I agree that many people don't take time to really know the kinda engine they have, I think this thread has more to do with police obsession with engine number, than engine type. It seems you don't live in Nigeria, so you haven't gotten a clear picture of what the OP is painting.
when you get to a police check point, they don't look at the engine type, what they look for is engine number, and woe betide you if the 5 written on your papers look like S.