VIN Location?

[mcmnr]

My daughter has a 2000 Totoyta Corolla - her engine was bad and the mechanic said it needed a new motor and said he replaced it with another engine that had 31K Miles. The new motor (if it is new) is also leaking oil and now I am wondering if I've been scammed. Is there a way to tell or match a VIN on a motor with the carbody VIN on the dash. I need to know if it is the same motor or if it is really new. If not a VIN Number, is there another one...
Txs, Mike

[daniel2002p]

every engine has a serial number to it, as far as I know I dont think you can match it up to the vin, but if you get ahold of toyota I am sure they have on record which engine went into that car and you can compare that..... btw what was so bad with the engine that it had to be replaced?

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[alltracman78]

The serial # of the engine is the last digits of the VIN.
I can't remember off the top of my head how many, but you will see if it's the same or not.

I don't know where it's located on the engine though.