How Do I Know, How Many Cylinders Car Has? - Maintenance/Repairs Home » What Cylinder Is My Car » How Do I Know, How Many Cylinders Car Has? - Maintenance/Repairs Maybe your like What Data Can't Do What Date Is Pentecost Sunday What Date Was Easter 2017 What Day Did Bts Debut What Day Did Chipotle Open How do I know, How many cylinders car has? Maintenance/Repairs tappit June 21, 2008, 2:50am 1 Dear son bought a lincoln Ls. He lives about an hour away, but is bringing it “home” on Sunday for help with basic oil change, cabin filter, etc. He does NOT KNOW how many cylinders it has. And he is pretty clueless in terms of cars, etc. So, I have to buy parts on Saturday (tommorow). We are in a very rural area and no parts will be available on Sunday when he shows up. Is there an easy way for him to find out how many cylinders the car has, so I can go get the parts tommorrow…Something I can ask him over the phone… Jad2007 June 21, 2008, 2:54am 2 Have him give you the VIN and then run it through carfax.com (for free). It’ll give you the basic profile, usually including the engine size/cylinders before you have to pay anything. Might be easier than trying to describe spark plugs, coil, or what cylinders look like if he doesn’t already know. Edit: I stand corrected. Apparently carfax.com doesn’t show this extra info anymore without being paid first. But you can still tell by the VIN. The 8th digit of the VIN will tell you if it’s a 6 cylinder or an 8. I’ll give you an example VIN: 1LNHM87A75Y614780 The above vehicle is an 8 cylinder, engine digit “A”. If that letter is an “S”, it’s a 6 cylinder. It’ll be either/or. NYBo June 21, 2008, 2:54am 3 Have him pop the hood and look at the emissions sticker. The engine size will be listed. He could also count the coil packs (one per cylinder). dongkwan June 21, 2008, 3:00am 4 And there are only two choices; 3.0 L V6 or 3.9 L V8. Hope he has the latter… tappit June 21, 2008, 3:06am 5 Being Friday night, I am unable to reach my 21-year-old…Go figure…but why do you say hope he has the V-8??? dongkwan June 21, 2008, 3:17am 6 You’re kidding, right? You weren’t born a ‘Dad’, were you? What would you, “when you wore a younger man’s clothes”, rather have? A V6 or a V8 at the end of throttle cable? tappit June 21, 2008, 3:43am 7 I don’t know. Guess I was a wierd kid. I was perfectly happy with my four-cylinder Chevy Vega in 1976… tappit June 21, 2008, 3:47am 8 OP again. Thanks for the suggestions. I think it will be Saturday morning before I can reach him, now. It’s Friday night and for some reason a 21-year-old guy isn’t answering calls from dad. Anyway, I see if I can get him to check VIN and hood sticker information and see if we can figure it out. thanks again… dongkwan June 21, 2008, 3:49am 9 Well, there’s 4 cylinder Chevy Vega, and then there is 4 cylinder Chevy Vega… As in Cosworth 4. Never was the sleeper we all hoped it might be, but it sure sounded neat rolling off the tip of our tongues… Say it with me, Tappit. Cosworth Vega…* And you weren’t weird. Probably just “complicated”. After all, here you are, working on cars with your son! Now, is that a picture of weird? hellokit June 21, 2008, 3:56am 10 Keep it simple. Buy parts for BOTH size engines. The parts you don’t use, you can take back to the store. While at the store, get the repair manual, too. tappit June 21, 2008, 4:31am 11 Well, to add to the post, I managed to talk to clueless son moments ago, and he opened the hood and whadda know, it has a big plastic engine cover thing that says V8 on it…so, whadda think the odds are it is a V8. But, regardless, thanks for the help. The VIN number thing is particulary valuable for anyone, especially if “in-engine” stickers and/or covers are missing on older cars… hellokit June 21, 2008, 10:52am 12 Ask son how many spark plugs to buy for a V8 engine. Jad2007 June 21, 2008, 3:36pm 13 Glad you figured it out, tappit. Have fun working on the car with your son, he’s got a nice car. tardis June 21, 2008, 8:50pm 14 He can’t count the coils, they are COPs hidden under sealed bolted on covers. Roadrunner June 22, 2008, 2:54am 15 If you don’t have a repair manual, call your local library. They usually are connected to the information. Related topics Topic Replies Views Activity Engine serial number -> VIN Maintenance/Repairs volkswagen 18 10372 February 1, 2023 Motor quest Maintenance/Repairs 6 664 February 28, 2008 How to tell engine make? Maintenance/Repairs 7 819 September 25, 2008 Help with 12-digit VIN decode? 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