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wow seems like a good deal...is it intended for your fto?dstocks wrote:I bought an engine 3 weeks ago with 105K on the clock for $700.Mind you, if you look carefully, you can find whole cars for sale for 1K.
This question caught my attention as i was wondering the same thing a while back! Hope she lasts 
Just the water in the engine loldestinationtoby wrote:ive put over 50 000k on mine in under 11months (from 160 to 212). no major issues and have never paid for a service
How on earth have you done that?!?destinationtoby wrote:ive put over 50 000k on mine in under 11months (from 160 to 212). no major issues and have never paid for a service
Sahin wrote:Just the water in the engine loldestinationtoby wrote:ive put over 50 000k on mine in under 11months (from 160 to 212). no major issues and have never paid for a service
Sahin wrote:f**k your dealer must live pretty far away...
At the time I think it was roughly $1000 in labour. But I've done it myself since then and realistically mechanics charge roughly $100 an hour it shouldn't really take more than 10 hours labour all up to pull out and put back in coz it's a fairly straightforward process:bryan wrote:Wow thats interesting. .how much did you spend to change your engine? And what engine would suit the fto?Nacho wrote:Yeah mine's approaching the 330000km mark but I did cheat and swapped the engine out for a 36000 km engine at about 260000km. Saying that though my first engine got a decent workout during my early 20's and the engine was still running decent at the time.....it was just cheaper for me to put in a new engine instead of replacing all the engine oil seals at the time from f*ckwit mechanics overfilling the engine with oil.
Like everyone's saying, it really depends on your driving style and how well you maintain your car. Just do your research on here and you'll know which parts to maintain more and keep an eye on.....eg. torque converter, stepper motor, input/output speed sensors and where to get the parts cheap *coughs Dwayne*
Nacho wrote:At the time I think it was roughly $1000 in labour. But I've done it myself since then and realistically mechanics charge roughly $100 an hour it shouldn't really take more than 10 hours labour all up to pull out and put back in coz it's a fairly straightforward process:bryan wrote:Wow thats interesting. .how much did you spend to change your engine? And what engine would suit the fto?Nacho wrote:Yeah mine's approaching the 330000km mark but I did cheat and swapped the engine out for a 36000 km engine at about 260000km. Saying that though my first engine got a decent workout during my early 20's and the engine was still running decent at the time.....it was just cheaper for me to put in a new engine instead of replacing all the engine oil seals at the time from f*ckwit mechanics overfilling the engine with oil.
Like everyone's saying, it really depends on your driving style and how well you maintain your car. Just do your research on here and you'll know which parts to maintain more and keep an eye on.....eg. torque converter, stepper motor, input/output speed sensors and where to get the parts cheap *coughs Dwayne*
- Remove bonnet
- Drop crossmember and transmission
- Disconnect sensors and hoses
- Unbolt mounts and raise engine
- Same thing in reverse to put in new engine
oh i see, but wouldn't it be difficult nowadays to find a fto engine with low KM's like his at 36000km?Vectose wrote:He was talking about a engine from another FTO, not a different type of engine.
To fit a different type of engine would cost much more.
Yes, it would. You can get lucky and get ones with 100,000 or so kms on them.bryan wrote:oh i see, but wouldn't it be difficult nowadays to find a fto engine with low KM's like his at 36000km?Vectose wrote:He was talking about a engine from another FTO, not a different type of engine.
To fit a different type of engine would cost much more.