Engine hour meters

Cheers Pop,
understood. Is it then possible that the computer on said vehicle has accesible info on real engine hours versus what the odo kms are, when hooked up to the analysing computer, or can such a meter be fitted for a users particular reason ? I vaguely recall something on a Euro forum site which stated that a vehicles engine hours could validate whether performed kms were legit

As far as I know, and others on the forum may have better info, on board engine/drivetrain management and body computors on road going vehicles dont necessarily need to record elapsed engine hours as this info, as I said in my previous post, is mainly used to determine maintenance periods. Having said that I guess there is no reason why they could not record this info. Normally the total hours is not displayed on the driver info panel (speedo) of most road vehicles however an analysing computor may be able to access this data.
An hourmeter as a separate instrument can be fitted as an add on to almost any engine, vehicular or stationary, as required.

Cheers Pop

They are also very good to pull the dealer into line when you go to trade your vehicle.
You will be surprised how few hours the engine has done after 100,000km. Particularly if you compare it to a tractor or a light aircraft.
I have done it on an old 80 series that I used to own and around 400,000km was a fair thing I reckon.