some VINs for 4.0L SOHC come back as 12v and others 16V - any ideas?

[ELeBlanc]

this VIN 1FMDU34E2VUC88435 on decodethis.com comes back as 1997 Limited 4.0L SOHC 16V 4x4? Why 16V?

this VIN 1FMZU72X7YZB75105 comes back as 2000 XLS 4.0L SOHC 12V 4x4

 

[Tech By Trade]

They are wrong?

 

[colintrax]

6 cylinder engine, wheres these 4 extra valves gonna go? Those decoder sites arent exactly reliable

 

[410Fortune]

LMFAO thanks Colintrax for the laugh

 

[ELeBlanc]

thanks all. it does seem to occur across several sites and I see several people that have listings for V6 16V.

 

[swshawaii]

DecodeThis shows my base model XLS as Adrenalin trim level. Wish the Ford ETIS free vin decoder still worked.

 

[410Fortune]

I can assure you there are not 16 valves in a V6 engine
16 / 6 = 2.6666666 valves per cylinder

I have even taken the vale covers off of several 1984-2007 OHV and SOHC V6 engines to check...........sure enough they all have 12 valves = 2 per cylinder
1 for intake
1 for exhaust