Need New or Rebuilt motor Valve broken Cyl #2
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Need New or Rebuilt motor Valve broken Cyl #2
Hi guys! I'm traveling in Austin Tx back to Mexico when my truck start to run roughly after a stop when cranking I hear metal noises and turn off inmediately and towed to a very reputable truck shop.
The mechanics when they hear the noise the start to take off the spark plugs and they found Cyl # 2 with a broken spark plug. They show me with a video camera a broken valve adn they told me I have 2 alternatives:
1) Repair broken cylinder but they don't recommend that, go to complete rebuild it's preferible.
2) Buy a motor at a junkyard
They Charge $1600 for labor to install a rebuilded motor + about $150 for oil/filters/coolant/etc
A quick look at internet shows prices about $3,000 for a junkyard motor with about 6 months warranty and about 100,000 miles.
What do you suggest?
Thanks!
The mechanics when they hear the noise the start to take off the spark plugs and they found Cyl # 2 with a broken spark plug. They show me with a video camera a broken valve adn they told me I have 2 alternatives:
1) Repair broken cylinder but they don't recommend that, go to complete rebuild it's preferible.
2) Buy a motor at a junkyard
They Charge $1600 for labor to install a rebuilded motor + about $150 for oil/filters/coolant/etc
A quick look at internet shows prices about $3,000 for a junkyard motor with about 6 months warranty and about 100,000 miles.
What do you suggest?
Thanks!
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Man, that's tough luck! So sorry it happened!
You didn't say how many miles on your engine?
I'd ask them to pull the head and check to see if the affected cylinder was scored. If not get them to replace the connecting rod/piston rings and rebuild that head.
Or I would get them to install a remanufactured engine. I would not pay $3k for a used 3V engine with 100k miles on it.
You didn't say how many miles on your engine?
I'd ask them to pull the head and check to see if the affected cylinder was scored. If not get them to replace the connecting rod/piston rings and rebuild that head.
Or I would get them to install a remanufactured engine. I would not pay $3k for a used 3V engine with 100k miles on it.
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I will keep looking!
Thanks for your help wookie!
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Dilema:
Remanufactured the quality of the parts involved vs. Used with OEM parts but who know how was kept and used/abused!
GLC, any reputable remanufactured you may know?
Thanks!
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I'm pretty sure AER is the company dad uses to sell remanned engines from the yard. They are in the Dallas area and do work for most OEMs so you know you're getting something that's correct. We used them when I had to put a new engine in my brother's S10 a while back. The motor came in a big plastic tub and had all of the updated GM had come up with applied to it. The core was put in the same tub and shipped back. The new engine ran great.
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I'm pretty sure AER is the company dad uses to sell remanned engines from the yard. They are in the Dallas area and do work for most OEMs so you know you're getting something that's correct. We used them when I had to put a new engine in my brother's S10 a while back. The motor came in a big plastic tub and had all of the updated GM had come up with applied to it. The core was put in the same tub and shipped back. The new engine ran great.
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Art, like GLC says, call a Ford dealer and find out what a Ford remanufactured engine would cost. You can get a 3 year warranty with it and it's going to run you close to 3 grand for a long block. I've had them before and they run as a good as a new one. The last one I bought ran 178,000 miles without a hiccup and then I parked it because the ECM went bad.
http://www.fordparts.com/products/po...ssemblies.aspx
http://www.fordparts.com/products/po...ssemblies.aspx
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The Ford remanned engines are built by a company like AER. If a dealership can get you a good price then it's a solid option. But for me it would come down to price, warranty and time. If the independent shop can beat the dealer price by a good amount they are the better deal. The engine you get will be the same from either place as long as you don't go to a sketchy shop. Dad has toured the place in Dallas and saw the pallets of rebuilt engines being shipped to OEM warehouses.