RTO Formalities After a Half Engine Change

[Aditya_Rnc]

Hi all,
I own a Maruti 800 1998 STD. Have posted a review here:http://http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/ownership-reviews/27830-my-life-1998-maruti-800-std-new-post.html
I was thinking about a half engine change of my car. Somebody told me that there are some RTO formalities that have to be completed after the change. I tried to search but could not get a suitable explanation.

Could someone explain this?

Regards,
Aditya

 

[Mr.Boss]

For half engine replacement there is no such formalities IMO. We got the half engine replaced in our Wagon-R (around 7-8 years back) and no such formalities were done.

 

[Suryaputhra]

Half engine comes with no engine number stamped, you need to stamp your engine number and need to update pencil embossed diagram with RTO.

-suryaputhra

 

[swiftshashi]

Half engine comes with no engine number stamped, you need to stamp your engine number and need to update pencil embossed diagram with RTO.

-suryaputhra

Really??

The below two pics are self descriptive about the engine number





Its a no brainer whether the new engine number should be endorsed or not. I rest my case.

Regards,
Shashi

 

[sumitsinha12]

I am really surprised with the above responses. Members who are thinking that they need no formalities for engine number change, please go and check your RC book, and see if it has a place for ENGINE NUMBER or not. It is there for a purpose, and it does serve one.
Dear aditya, as stated in Shashi's reply, the engine number is stamped on the engine block just above the oil pan, to be precise, on the back side of the block (below the rear engine mounting).
And when you will change the half engine, you will get a block with new engine number which needs to be changed in your old RC.
For that, you have to give an application to the relevant RTO with the original bill of the new engine and he will endorse the engine number into your RC.
Driving a car with different engine number on paper and different inside is illegal and denotes theft. So choose your options carefully.
All the best.!

 

[Suryaputhra]

I have zen half engine and it came with no engine number embossed when I asked I was told I need to emboss my cars original engine no on the empty place.

-suryaputhra

 

[sumitsinha12]

Hi all,
I own a Maruti 800 1998 STD. Have posted a review here:http://http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/ownership-reviews/27830-my-life-1998-maruti-800-std-new-post.html
I was thinking about a half engine change of my car. Somebody told me that there are some RTO formalities that have to be completed after the change. I tried to search but could not get a suitable explanation.

Could someone explain this?

Regards,
Aditya

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Substitution of new section for section 52.

Substitution of new section for section 52.-For section 52 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, namely:-


'52. Alteration in motor vehicle.-
(1) No owner of a motor vehicle shall so alter the vehicle that the particulars contained in the certificate of registration are at variance with those originally specified by the manufacturer: Provided that where the owner of a motor vehicle makes modification of the engine, or any part thereof, of a vehicle for facilitating its operation by different type of fuel or source of energy including battery, compressed natural gas, solar power, liquid petroleum gas or any other fuel or source of energy, by fitment of a conversion kit, such modification shall be carried out subject to such conditions as may be prescribed:

Provided further that the Central Government may prescribe specifications, conditions for approval, retro fitment and other related matters for such conversion kits:

Provided also that the Central Government may grant exemption for alteration of vehicles in a manner other than specified above, for any specific purpose.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, and permit any person owning not less than ten tran port vehicles to alter any vehicle owned by him so as to replace the engine thereof with engine of the same make and type, without the approval of registering authority.

(3) Where any alteration has been made in motor vehicle without the approval of registering authority or by reason of replacement of its engine without such approval under sub-section (2), the owner of the vehicle shall, within fourteen days of the maki g of the alteration, report the alteration to the registering authority within whose
jurisdiction he resides and shall forward the certificate of registration to that authority together with the prescribed fee in order that particulars of registration ma be entered therein.

(4) A registering authority other than the original registering authority making any such entry shall communicate the details of the entry to the original registering authority.

(5) Subject to the provisions made under sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4),no person holding a vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement shall make any alteration to the vehicle except with the written consent of the registered owner.

Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "alteration" means a change in the structure of a vehicle which results in a change in its basic feature.


Source: Untitled Document
https://indiankanoon.org/doc/771836/