How to find out when an engine was changed with DVLA?

[jamezz666]

Hello,

i've recently purchased a car and it's had an engine swap at some point in it's life, so i was wondering how can i find out, when the logbook had been changed to show a different engine size?
I've paid for two online vehicle checks, which didn't give me what i was looking for.

As i've read on the Gov site, that a vehicle will only be MOT exempt if it hasn't had any substantial changes in the past 30 years, which i presume the DVLA would know, because they would've altered the logbook for one of the previous owners.

Thanks

[ChasR]

Before the GDPR checks, you could check via a V888 form, which now are no longer an option. They would have older logbooks stored, which could be used to determine what you need.

I did it this way with my Escort RS Turbo. I'm not sure how you'd get that now, as V888s are far harder to process.

If the rest of the car hasn't been changed, I understand you can still have it as tax exempt but not MOT exempt. A few folks have done there cars like this near me. Most of the points lie in the monocoque of the car for the 9 points system.