Question about if my engine is the original or not?

[davidcrevenston]

Hello there,
Can you please advise me how I can find out if my engine in my 90 accord coupe EX is the originally engine or not. I have located and will provide below all info vin# is Honda Vin # 1HGCB7269LA018336

Engine Code A98300359

F22A4
1201058

With all this info there must be a way for me to tell if this is the original engine. I would think there is a website out there where you can locate with the above info if this is the original engine that came with the car from the factory. Please advise me thanks very much for your help as I am new at this.
Dave

[deevergote]

It's the proper engine for the model, but I don't know how to tell for sure if it's the original engine.

[bmxboi23]

Ask the car fox?
Www.carfax.com
probably your best bet, it would be an awesome site if they were free...

[C91BLX7]

I dont see what the big deal is.

[deevergote]

He's just curious to see if a previous owner swapped out the engine. If the odometer reading shows the engine's mileage as well as the rest of the car.

Makes sense to me.

[excoupemt5]

doesnt honda use vin plates on the rear underside of the engine? or am i thinking of something else? maybe it's just in the newer ones... seems like i remember seeing a blue vin plate riveted on the back of the engine along where the oil pan meets the block... i see about 30 cars a day at work though, so i may just be thinking of something else... but, hey, if it's there and it's the same vin then i'd have to assume its the original engine

[JDMDriver]

Check the surrounds and all the hoses and hard to reach areas. If its been touched, depressions on hoses where it had once been or new clamps etc If all of these have been disturbed in some way or missing grommets, broken oem wire loom tubes, ties etc then chances are it has been removed at one stage.

Cumulatively it tells a sign if the engine may have been replaced.