EnginesOD anyone used them?
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My engine is dead so I am putting a bare engine in.
I have found one on here and paid a deposit but after doing so I have read nothing but bad reviews.
I have called them as I have not received an emailed receipt and all they say is they can't speak to you as it's a new enquiries line only.
I am slightly concerned now.....
Ref this thread
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
My engine is dead so I am putting a bare engine in.
I have found one on here and paid a deposit but after doing so I have read nothing but bad reviews.
I have called them as I have not received an emailed receipt and all they say is they can't speak to you as it's a new enquiries line only.
I am slightly concerned now.....
Sorry to say it, but their terms of business here https://www.enginesod.com/terms-of-business/ tell you everything you need to know about them.
Zulu 10 said:
Sorry to say it, but their terms of business here https://www.enginesod.com/terms-of-business/ tell you everything you need to know about them.
Written by an illiterate Neanderthal moron.
Limpet said:
This part of the trade does seem to have its share of shysters and con artists, unfortunately.
If you paid the deposit on a credit card, talk to your provider. Maybe Section 75 will help you here (as long as the engine was between £100 and £30,000)
Not much has changed then, I had a recon engine fitted to my MK3 Escort back in 1995. Wasn't there a certain location (Watford springs to mind) where all these engine recon businesses were located?If you paid the deposit on a credit card, talk to your provider. Maybe Section 75 will help you here (as long as the engine was between £100 and £30,000)
With mine I was driving down the motorway and I could hear what sounded like big stones hitting the underside of the car. When I got off the motorway it got harder and harder to pull away and it was making a horrible noise. I managed to nurse it home and got my dad to look at it, turns out half of the bolts holding the gear box to the engine had fallen out and the rest were loose and the gearbox was separating from the engine.
Absolutely crap engine, I think they used to just get them out of scrappers, steam clean them and stick them in claiming them were reconditioned.
LiveCarBR.com said:
EnginesOD stands for engines on demand . They have all options weve required (30 engines or so) with safe payment options unlike some out there
At this moment in time Jimmy Saville would appear to be a more trust worthy baby sitter than you lot. Anyway I'm all sorted.
The idiot at EnginesOD who sent me an email saying "We have sold the engine you bought" and proceeded to ignore my refund request helped me massively.
I received the money back 2 days ago via paypal.
If anyone is looking for an engine I bought one from Silverlake Autos - It arrived today - Hopefully it's all good when we fit it but happy days so far.
Good end result.
In general I would say it's okay to buy an engine or other car parts from the breakers but if you're buying a 'rebuilt' engine for £200 you'd be a fool to assume it has really been rebuilt. The whole thing is a huge balancing act taking all things into account such as how bad was the failure of your original engine for instance. In some cases it might make more sense to have your original engine fixed if all second-hand engines are expensive for that model.
The only rebuilt engines you can really trust are the ones you've had rebuilt yourself by a trusted engine builder. Even then there can be problems as not every rebuilt engine is an unmitigated success. The failure rate is surprisingly high.
What I would never do is buy an expensive engine from one of these shady reconditioning outfits. If the engine is a higher price than the others available but claims to have come from a 15,000 mile car or has been fully reconditioned etc... best not to trust those attractive sounding attributes and assume it is as good as any other breaker engine.
Stick to the cheaper end of the market, do your own health checks when the engine arrives. Fix any problems you can find. It is possible to do a compression test on an engine before fitting and a compression test will tell you a lot about the condition of the engine as a starting point.
The only rebuilt engines you can really trust are the ones you've had rebuilt yourself by a trusted engine builder. Even then there can be problems as not every rebuilt engine is an unmitigated success. The failure rate is surprisingly high.
What I would never do is buy an expensive engine from one of these shady reconditioning outfits. If the engine is a higher price than the others available but claims to have come from a 15,000 mile car or has been fully reconditioned etc... best not to trust those attractive sounding attributes and assume it is as good as any other breaker engine.
Stick to the cheaper end of the market, do your own health checks when the engine arrives. Fix any problems you can find. It is possible to do a compression test on an engine before fitting and a compression test will tell you a lot about the condition of the engine as a starting point.
Joey Deacon said:
I think they used to just get them out of scrappers, steam clean them and stick them in claiming them were reconditioned.
I know it was certainly the case at one time (probably still the case now) that there is no legal definition of 'reconditioning' when it comes to engines.It can be a complete strip down and rebuild with careful measurements taken, and everything restored to the manufacturers tolerances, or it can be hosed down and given a coat of paint.
It was supposed to be fully reconditioned.
New big ends etc etc - The photo was of a fresh looking bare engine.
It's a bizarre process.
You make an offer online and they accept.
You pay £297 deposit
You then supply photo ID
The garage who has the engine then contacts you to arrange everything.
My process was bizarre - I called them and they answered straight away - All sounded good. Once I paid the deposit when I called I was told they couldn't speak to me that it was new enquiries only haha. I asked to speak to managers or anyone but all they kept saying was send an email.
The emails I received were in broken english and very rude.
Such a horrific company, I am just glad I got my refund.
New big ends etc etc - The photo was of a fresh looking bare engine.
It's a bizarre process.
You make an offer online and they accept.
You pay £297 deposit
You then supply photo ID
The garage who has the engine then contacts you to arrange everything.
My process was bizarre - I called them and they answered straight away - All sounded good. Once I paid the deposit when I called I was told they couldn't speak to me that it was new enquiries only haha. I asked to speak to managers or anyone but all they kept saying was send an email.
The emails I received were in broken english and very rude.
Such a horrific company, I am just glad I got my refund.
Joey Deacon said:
Salvage rebuilds UK have featured their site several times on their channel and it all looks very impressive.
I was really impressed with them. They gave a good discount aswell (they're comms based) they're communication has been great - The engine I have bought the sump got damaged on removal of the engine - They let me know and gave me discount accordingly.
Engine turned up today all palleted correctly with the information from the vehicle it was taken from so very happpy.
As long as it runs. haha.
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