Dilemma selling or breaking a car
Discussion
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I have a '52 plate Clio Dci, which I have been told has a piston ring gone. Now I don't have the time (or inclination!) to have the engine out to replace it myself, nor do I want to spend the summer stuck in the garage every weekend doing this! And then at the end be left with a car that I've rebuilt, with 100k miles on the clock, probably with other bits to go in the future. A replacement engine is around £1000, with the car in a fully fixed state probably worth around the £2k mark.
Now my choice is:
1) Sell the car as spares / repairs. Looking on fleabay, I might be lucky and get perhaps £800
2) Strip all the good bits off and sell individually. I've recently replaced the turbo (£350) EGR Valve (£150), fuel injectors £100 each, plus vat plus fitting!), plus of course there's the usual bits I could sell, such as interior, lights, alloys, etc, so could stand to make a bit more money.
Only thing is, if I take option 2), I'm left with having to strip the parts off, post them out to people, deal with ebay etc. and then have to get rid a of a shell at the end of the summer! If I take option 1), I have the hassle of selling, comeback etc. and probably less money.
What are people's general thoughts?
I have a '52 plate Clio Dci, which I have been told has a piston ring gone. Now I don't have the time (or inclination!) to have the engine out to replace it myself, nor do I want to spend the summer stuck in the garage every weekend doing this! And then at the end be left with a car that I've rebuilt, with 100k miles on the clock, probably with other bits to go in the future. A replacement engine is around £1000, with the car in a fully fixed state probably worth around the £2k mark.
Now my choice is:
1) Sell the car as spares / repairs. Looking on fleabay, I might be lucky and get perhaps £800
2) Strip all the good bits off and sell individually. I've recently replaced the turbo (£350) EGR Valve (£150), fuel injectors £100 each, plus vat plus fitting!), plus of course there's the usual bits I could sell, such as interior, lights, alloys, etc, so could stand to make a bit more money.
Only thing is, if I take option 2), I'm left with having to strip the parts off, post them out to people, deal with ebay etc. and then have to get rid a of a shell at the end of the summer! If I take option 1), I have the hassle of selling, comeback etc. and probably less money.
What are people's general thoughts?
If you can afford to miss out on a few hundred quid I'd just get rid of it as is. I've sold a few bits on ebay and the charges from them and paypal soon add up. Factor in the time you spend cocking about pakcing bits, getting them to the post office etc etc and it soon becomes more of a pain in the arse than it's worth
Hi jatinder.
The amount of smoke still coming out of the exhaust whe it's running makes me believe that it's the piston ring, and also this is quite a common fault on these.
Tester at the MOT test station last week said he believe it was either a piston ring, or the valve oil seals, that would cause that amount of smoke. Woud tie in with me hitting a huge puddle earlier in the year, with the engine stalling, would also point at that being the most likely fault.
To be honest, I've spent so long trying different compnents, and spending far too much money on parts to be bothered to carry on - time to cut my losses, one way or another.
James.
The amount of smoke still coming out of the exhaust whe it's running makes me believe that it's the piston ring, and also this is quite a common fault on these.
Tester at the MOT test station last week said he believe it was either a piston ring, or the valve oil seals, that would cause that amount of smoke. Woud tie in with me hitting a huge puddle earlier in the year, with the engine stalling, would also point at that being the most likely fault.
To be honest, I've spent so long trying different compnents, and spending far too much money on parts to be bothered to carry on - time to cut my losses, one way or another.
James.
james12345 said:
Hi jatinder.
The amount of smoke still coming out of the exhaust whe it's running makes me believe that it's the piston ring, and also this is quite a common fault on these.
Tester at the MOT test station last week said he believe it was either a piston ring, or the valve oil seals, that would cause that amount of smoke. Woud tie in with me hitting a huge puddle earlier in the year, with the engine stalling, would also point at that being the most likely fault.
To be honest, I've spent so long trying different compnents, and spending far too much money on parts to be bothered to carry on - time to cut my losses, one way or another.
James.
That is exactly what happened to my diesel mondeo a few years back.The amount of smoke still coming out of the exhaust whe it's running makes me believe that it's the piston ring, and also this is quite a common fault on these.
Tester at the MOT test station last week said he believe it was either a piston ring, or the valve oil seals, that would cause that amount of smoke. Woud tie in with me hitting a huge puddle earlier in the year, with the engine stalling, would also point at that being the most likely fault.
To be honest, I've spent so long trying different compnents, and spending far too much money on parts to be bothered to carry on - time to cut my losses, one way or another.
James.
Was a bent conrod after water got in through the rediculously low air intake. Engine replaced on insurance. If it has hapepned recently and you are not bothered about losing your no claims, hitting water and it going into the engine is classed as an accident.
Slight misfire at mid revs, loads of white smoke when idling.
Stripping cars and selling parts is alot of work and effort for little return. I've done it a few times and tens of hours work stripping, photographing, listing and sending breaks down into a measly £ per hour when all is said and done.
Personally I'd sell it as spares or repairs and save alot of effort.
Personally I'd sell it as spares or repairs and save alot of effort.
Sell as is just for the sake of less hassle. Just sold a vauxhall omega, put it on the bay as selling for parts and had 49 e-mails but only 3 genuine people turned up. Then some pillock bid on the car at the last min for 99p even though it stated wheel nut only.
Then left negative feedback even though i did not make her pay and cancelled her bid
Good luck either way
Then left negative feedback even though i did not make her pay and cancelled her bid
Good luck either way
want thatone said:
Just sold a vauxhall omega, put it on the bay as selling for parts and had 49 e-mails but only 3 genuine people turned up.
At least you sold yours (or parted w/e). I wanna get rid of my Celica but no bugger seems to want to buy it, and I don't want to pay Gordon £100 to retax it end of month 
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