Used Car - New Engine Fitted...Good or Bad?
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Currently looking around for a new car, I've come across a few which the ad states its had a new engine fitted recently. Now I automatically look over them as I view that as a bad thing...I can't get my head around why someone would go to the expense of fitting a whole new engine and then sell it on unless
1. It's a bodge job and the car will never be the same again.
2. It's a friday afternoon car and it wil be riddled with niggles so they've got fed up and are getting shot.
Now the adverts obviously sell the new engine as a good thing, and I can see why. If I knew nothing about cars then the ads with this selling point would probably appeal, but it just doesn't sit right with me. I'm not talking old cars which have been restored either, basically 4-5 year old euro-boxes.
Am I missing a trick?
1. It's a bodge job and the car will never be the same again.
2. It's a friday afternoon car and it wil be riddled with niggles so they've got fed up and are getting shot.
Now the adverts obviously sell the new engine as a good thing, and I can see why. If I knew nothing about cars then the ads with this selling point would probably appeal, but it just doesn't sit right with me. I'm not talking old cars which have been restored either, basically 4-5 year old euro-boxes.
Am I missing a trick?
I've sold a couple of cars on with new engines. They left me in better nick than they arrived, it was a selling point. These were around 10-15 years old though
I think if I saw a 4-5 year old car with a new engine I'd want to know what happened and whether it's likely to happen again, but would think it generally OK
I think if I saw a 4-5 year old car with a new engine I'd want to know what happened and whether it's likely to happen again, but would think it generally OK
A workmate had a whole new engine fitted in his Mazda after the original started going "clonk" at first start up.
Everything was done under warranty and he sold the car less than a year later when he was promoted and didn't need to travel as far.
Another workmate put a reconditioned engine in his girlfriends focus after she hadn't checked the oil in a few years and it seized.
He then convinced her to flog it straight away as it was also going to need a lot of other work before its next mot.
Lots of reasons why an engine might have been changed; some good some bad.
Everything was done under warranty and he sold the car less than a year later when he was promoted and didn't need to travel as far.
Another workmate put a reconditioned engine in his girlfriends focus after she hadn't checked the oil in a few years and it seized.
He then convinced her to flog it straight away as it was also going to need a lot of other work before its next mot.
Lots of reasons why an engine might have been changed; some good some bad.
SMcP114 said:
People usually lose heart in a car when the engine goes, so they cut their losses, fix it, and sell it on. It's no big deal for me.
Very true...I bought a Primera from auctions ages back. Through a combination of poor maintenance and a botched oilway clearance by a garage, the big end went.
Found an engine from a place in Salford. First one they fitted was an utter dog, belching white smoke. The next one was a peach.
Once you go fitting s/h engines it's pot luck. The only ones I would generally trust slightly more are Jap imports which may have failed the Shaken. Random engines from crashed cars, etc? Aaaahm oot.
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