15-05-14, 05:31 PM
My understanding is that the engine number only appears on the V5 as a backup for vehicle identification, the frame number is the critical thing. So just register it as scrapped, then the engine can be used/sold on. Otherwise you'd have the silly situation where breakers would be first re-registering vehicles as having no engine before they could then send the V5 back again to say the vehicle was scrapped.