Will L.
Well-Known Member
That guy makes his $$ rebuilding engines or selling new ones. When someone wants his shop to swap engines only - he gets labor but not the $$$ selling one.
Not buying a used engine is same as not buying a used vehicle: if you buy a used car you bought a used engine, used transmission, used drive axles, used steering & suspension system.
People who don’t know anything about cars often get ripped off buying used.
The thing they demonstrated that was so worn out in that used engine- truth is if a guy with an automatic transmission put that engine in- the worn thrust bearing would stop wearing out so fast and might last a while, but I doubt it because to wear the thrust bearings that bad usually takes over 250,000 miles closer to 300k is my real guess.
What else is gone by then? Equal compression. Hence the advice to do a compression test before purchasing
Not buying a used engine is same as not buying a used vehicle: if you buy a used car you bought a used engine, used transmission, used drive axles, used steering & suspension system.
People who don’t know anything about cars often get ripped off buying used.
The thing they demonstrated that was so worn out in that used engine- truth is if a guy with an automatic transmission put that engine in- the worn thrust bearing would stop wearing out so fast and might last a while, but I doubt it because to wear the thrust bearings that bad usually takes over 250,000 miles closer to 300k is my real guess.
What else is gone by then? Equal compression. Hence the advice to do a compression test before purchasing
