Just curious if anyone knows about how much an engine rebuild costs for a VE. Because i just bought a VE 5 speed that has a bad head gasket, so the owner says, and it gets oil in the water. So i am buying it at a pretty good price and it just needs some work. So any help on price would be greatly appreciated. Thanks as always

 

A head gasket is nowhere near a full rebuild...

a top end kit for these cars (which is what you'd need to fix a bad head gasket) is a couple hundred bucks.

to remachine the whole engine and start over with new pistons, rebuilt heads, etc.. that will cost you a couple thousand.

 

Would a bad headgasket cause oil to get in the water?

 

in a word yes

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWN%3AIT

Thats my new car, with not too much work it should be looking/running really good.

Just a note, i wont be getting those wheels, its coming with the stock wheels, then im putting all my stuff from my old one on there.

 

Whew, good thing, those 17's are hideous.

 

haha yeah,you couldnt pay me to drive around with those on. But i hope the car turns out alright, i dont know a whole lot about it, so we will see.

 

i agree those rims gotta go. and ill agree again with every one else. blown headgasket = antifreeze oil mix...if it gets real bad youll start crappin antifreeze out your tail pipe. LOL my transam did that.....

 

I've got a complete headset that I can sell you Below my regular low price.
PM me for more info

 

Looks like a clean car overall. The wheels are, as stated, HIDE-E-@ss.

Hope you have fun with the new aquisition.

 

If you are going to do the headgaskets, then talk to Matt, Jeff or Brian (Internetautomart). There are probably some other guys who have done that job, but these are your best bets.

If you were considering having the engine rebuilt, it is cheaper to buy a JDM VE and have that installed.

Straight up, a full rebuild is more expensive, but you would probably want to tack on several more hundred to get new VTCs put in or at least have them rebuilt.

Those wheels are gross. Good thing you don't have to keep them. Nice job finding a VE 5-speed at a pretty good price. Looks like they painted over the rear tail lights and had some kind of stereo system in it.

 

Would i be better off taking my car to a local shop to get the head gasket replaced? I mean i guess i could try and do it, but i guess sometimes i feel better knowing its right and im not responsible if its not.

 

i saw that car on ebay a day or so ago and saw you bid on it.......my old audi 5000 had a blown head gasket and it smoked out the tailpipe like you wouldnt believe looked like 50 smoke bombs went off at the same time under my car.....lol

good luck with it.....hope you get some good dough for your VG

 

Yeah, well i got lucky with the timing of that car, because i saved up like 700 dollars to do a 5 speed swap on my VG, and then i was looking on ebay just for fun and i saw that car and i was like hum... 100 dollars more and i get a whole car to go with that transmission and not to mention a larger engine. So if i get can like 2000 for my VG i will be quite happy.

 

If you take the car to the shop, you're looking at $1500 minimum for a head gasket replacement. they're going to scroo you on the labor... get a service manual and do it yourself and just take your time and make sure everything is right.
for a couple hundred in tools (get a GOOD torque wrench, not a $19 Harbor Freight one!!), then you can have the thing rebuilt in a weekend or so and save yourself a thousand in labor.

 

If you never worked on engines before, a VE30DE isn't the best one to start on. I'd look for a low miler replacement or jdm. If the hg is bad, who knows how the rest of the engine is. You could be doing alot of work on an engine that's a turd anyway.

 

Okay, this is probably going to be a crazy question, but my excitement is making me ask this... I can tow the car back from Georgia to my house because my dad will go with me in his Suburban, or i can drive it back, its like a 450 mile drive. Im sure most people would say that dont take chances and just tow it back, which is what i probably should do, but does anyone think its okay to drive it? Cause im like a little school boy right now, im all excited and dont know what to expect.

 

Since your dad has a suburban I would just rent a car hauling thing from uhaul. I dont think they are too expensive.

 

Yeah its only like 30 dollars for 24 hours with it, but its just i want to drive it so bad, its like christmas eve, you just dont want to have to wait.

 

LOL, drive it after you fix the head gasket problem...i mean you havent even seen the car up close and you never know what else might be wrong with it....

better safe than sorry if you ask me.

 

I like the new sig picture by the way, but yeah i guess i should just play it safe.

 

i know your feeling believe me....when i got my maxima last year, i wanted to drive it soooo bad, then the exhaust broke in half....so it sounded like a kitted up fast gran-am cup car i mean loud!!, then i was all embarrassed....but its all good. not sure what kind of damages the a/f in the oil will do besides the jamaican clouds from the tailpipe....

oh btw if you want me to host/make a sig for you i can...(so it donthave that crappy cardomain sticker onit)

 

yeah i might have to do that, i will trouble you with that one when i get my new car.

 

I'd say drive it, lol you only live life once. Just make sure your dad follows behind you.

Though, if you were mature and wiser, you would tow it. If I were you though, drivey drive drive!

 

See thats my problem, im not mature about all of this, all i want to do is drive it. Maybe if i cant drive it i can sit in the car the whole way back acting like i am shifting gears. haha.

 

it would be unwise to drive it... with a blown head gasket, you're mixing fluids in places tey shouldn't be mixed, and it's likely warped the heads already. the more you drive on a bad HG, the more damage you're doing to the engine.
Right now, you may be able to get away with pulling the heads, milling the deck, and putting it back together- 1 day job.

If you drive it home, then I'll bet my lunch money on you having to do a ground up rebuild on it.

 

How much lunch money you got??

Yeah i guess i will just have to do what is smart and tow it home. Thanks fella's

 

Good luck. If you need any engine related parts, shoot me a PM. I have quite a bit sitting around still from my old engine.

 

Yeah, im going to take my car to the local nissan shop when i get it in town and see what all i need, and i will definitely PM you if i need anything.