places to source second hand engines?

[m6rk]

Hi All,

I thought i'd stick this in the general forum.

I'm after a replacement engine for my Audi S4 4.2 engine code BBK. Having scoured the net i've found a new places which seem to be able to offer an engine, but again have found lots of negative reviews of some of these places..

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on places? It seems ebay uk doesn't have much, but there are a couple of examples on german ebay..

Any help or experience appreciated!

I've luckily got the use of ramps and have the old engine out so labour isn't an issue.. however finding the engine is! can't afford to get ripped off or buy a pup..

[Raize]

scrapped cars

[4key]

For something that specific Id go ask about on audisrs.com and try to find one out of a written off car, theres no way id be buying one out of a random scrappy.

[jas xjr]

if at all possible , buy an engine that you have seen running

[blade7]

m6rk said:

Hi All,

I thought i'd stick this in the general forum.

I'm after a replacement engine for my Audi S4 4.2 engine code BBK. Having scoured the net i've found a new places which seem to be able to offer an engine, but again have found lots of negative reviews of some of these places..

What happened to your engine ?, I fancied an S4 Avant but the reportedly remote chance of it doing the cam chains/tensioners put me off, this pic made me realise I probably couldn't fix it myself.

[blade7]

Just read your other thread and I gather it was a chain/tensioner, if V8's are that expensive how about a 4/5 cylinder turbo transplant ?.

[Special K]

What's up with your engine ?

Yours would be worth repairing if it hasn't got a leg out of bed, you would then know the history of the engine and know you've replaced what has gone wrong. They aren't that common to need replacing so I think you will struggle to find a 2nd hand unit

[iva cosworth]

Special K said:

if it hasn't got a leg out of bed

Never heard that before.

Rod through the block ?

[WEHGuy]

http://www.1stchoice.co.uk

Put in your details and it will send your request to 100s of scrappies all over the UK. I have used it for loads of different things and more often than not it has came up with the goods for me.

[Special K]

iva cosworth said:

Special K said:

if it hasn't got a leg out of bed

Never heard that before.

Rod through the block ?

Yup

[4key]

From the other thread..



I thought you might fancy some pictures

So...




This on it's own apparently isn't too much of an issue as the head can be fixed (from my little knowledge it looked foobar'd to me) However both heads had damage with 12 bent valves in total.

What made it uneconomical to repair was the fact that there was bore damage. Alas he drove it around like this for a while and now you can see the little end bearing on one of the cylinders. :shock:



The reason for the valve damage was a broken cam chain tensioner and guide (if you look at the pic you can see the slack chain in the bottom LHS)

[rallycross]

jas xjr said:

if at all possible , buy an engine that you have seen running

This is good advice, have bought a few 2nd hand engines and it seems like 9 out of 10 people selling them are dodgy.

If you use something like 24/7 spares or ebay try to go and see the engine running before buying, if not talk to the people selling it ask lots of questions and get a written guarantee, if they sound dodgy they probably are.

[Special K]

Repair your engine. You'll know the history and it wont be that expensive to fix !

[m6rk]

According my audi mastertech garage owning friend (tm) The cost of repairing the engine would be around 4k which had already done 150k.. he advised me to source a lower mileage engine and do the camchain + tensioners and flog off the old engine in bits.. / make a cool coffee table..

[4key]

At 150k its pobably a good idea to recon/upgrade the turbos whilst theyre out too.

[m6rk]

luckily the 4.2 v8 is naturally aspirated

[SuperHangOn]

This the same? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-AUDI-S4-4-2-V8-QUAT...

[m6rk]

SuperHangOn said:

This the same? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-AUDI-S4-4-2-V8-QUAT...

yup but apparently he doesn't have the engine <sadface>

[blade7]

If you cant find an engine for sensible money and you can be arsed to strip your block down I'd have thought compatible material liners could be fitted, though there's not many places that can do it properly. The car has 150k up though so what is it worth ?, as I mentioned before turbo engine/gearbox transplant or breaking seems the best financial option.

[Matthen]

Out of curiosity (probably not viable, if its even possible)- what's the cost of a new one from Audi?