NEW ENGINGE STUFF!

Tells

If you change the engine in your car, do you have to notify the tax office or heritage,transport thingy?!
It's the same size engine so just wondering..

Plug

No.

Tells

Can you elaborate please?

JoeySully

interesting topic - im interested in this - what if you change to a bigger engine.

Tells

If you changed to a bigger one i'd imagine you have to tell the insurance company and tax man for road tax purposes

eringobragh

Tells wrote: »

If you changed to a bigger one i'd imagine you have to tell the insurance company and tax man for road tax purposes

I wonder if the same applies for a DeCat on a car on the emmissions based tax system.

Voodoomelon

Think about it, if you tax disc shows the CCs and costs €xxx amount one day and you change the engine for the same one the next day, the disc and costs remain unchanged.

Tells

If you have and accident you're screwed!
When you go to NCT it you're screwed!

quarryman

Insurance companies vary. Don't go on "ah sure its the same engine size, it won't matter" mentality.

Any modification to your car can invalidate your policy if you don't inform your insurance company.

Bitten & Hisses

eringobragh wrote: »

I wonder if the same applies for a DeCat on a car on the emmissions based tax system.

Your CO2 bracket is solely based on what the car's cert of conformity states when it's manufactured. Even if you modified the car prior to registering it in Ireland, its classification will not change. This is mentioned somewhere on the revenue.ie site

stesaurus

eringobragh wrote: »

I wonder if the same applies for a DeCat on a car on the emmissions based tax system.

Hmmmm was thinking of a DeCat pipe so would love to know for sure. But then again my tax is based on engine size so shouldn't be a problem, except for the environment!:D

Owen

Yes you do have to notify the Dept of the Environment and Local Government if you change the engine. There is a part of your ownership book where it lists the engine number, and you are told on the ownership book that if you make any changes to the vehicle - colour, chassis, engine - to return the log book with details of the changes. They'll adjust their record of your vehicle, and post out a new log book with the new engine number.

Form FR111 is the form you use for change of vehicle particulars :
http://www.limerick.ie/MotorTax/MotorTaxandDrivingLicencesForms/Thefile,3270,en.pdf

Gary ITR

I have an old type 'log book' for my car and it says in the notes that if the engine is changed that the D.O.E. must be informed. The engine number of the car is written on the logbook

Tells

Thanks Ned78, that's what i've been looking for all day.