Engine died, now I need help.
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Engine died, now I need help.
I have a problem. The engine in my car died last week. I took it to a shop a they told me it will cost $5000 to replace it. Is it really that much labor involved because I'm going to have to replace the motor myself(but I have never done this bfore). Does anyone know any good websites that has relaible engines for cheap? Any help would be helpful. Thank you.
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Re: Engine died, now I need help.
Originally posted by choclatemax
I have a problem. The engine in my car died last week. I took it to a shop a they told me it will cost $5000 to replace it. Is it really that much labor involved because I'm going to have to replace the motor myself(but I have never done this bfore). Does anyone know any good websites that has relaible engines for cheap? Any help would be helpful. Thank you.
I have a problem. The engine in my car died last week. I took it to a shop a they told me it will cost $5000 to replace it. Is it really that much labor involved because I'm going to have to replace the motor myself(but I have never done this bfore). Does anyone know any good websites that has relaible engines for cheap? Any help would be helpful. Thank you.
They have lots of VQ30DEs listed on there site available in California, some as low as $650 dollars.
Replacing a motor is a difficult venture for a first timer, I would suggest to you that you find someone who has had experience replacing car engines help you to get the job done. Your also gonna need to rent an engine lift too, you can call local auto parts stores to see where you can rent one from.
What the heck broke on your engine by the way? Did the repair shop tell you what went wrong or did they tell you it just died? I find it hard to believe a VQ30DE just dying for no good reason.
- Joe
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Re: Engine died, now I need help.
Originally posted by choclatemax
I have a problem. The engine in my car died last week. I took it to a shop a they told me it will cost $5000 to replace it. Is it really that much labor involved because I'm going to have to replace the motor myself(but I have never done this bfore). Does anyone know any good websites that has relaible engines for cheap? Any help would be helpful. Thank you.
I have a problem. The engine in my car died last week. I took it to a shop a they told me it will cost $5000 to replace it. Is it really that much labor involved because I'm going to have to replace the motor myself(but I have never done this bfore). Does anyone know any good websites that has relaible engines for cheap? Any help would be helpful. Thank you.
#5
Man that sux, does sound a little pricey, though personally I have next had to replace an engine. Good luck though...
Looks like he lives in Oceanside, Cali...that about the farthest away you can get from jax, FL
Looks like he lives in Oceanside, Cali...that about the farthest away you can get from jax, FL
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Re: Re: Engine died, now I need help.
Originally posted by cbr2
Where do you live...
I have a good engine I will sell for $300 (110K) infact for the $300 you can have the whole parts car...I am in Jax, Fl.
Where do you live...
I have a good engine I will sell for $300 (110K) infact for the $300 you can have the whole parts car...I am in Jax, Fl.
thanks,
FLO_BOY
#12
Well something bad must have happened to blow a VQ...No Oil may sound right if thats what they said...125,000 is not even half life for these engines. Did it happen when you were just cruizing, piston lock, what happened exactly...Im very curious if you dont mind me asking
-Matt
-Matt
#13
Originally posted by matty
Well something bad must have happened to blow a VQ...No Oil may sound right if thats what they said...125,000 is not even half life for these engines. Did it happen when you were just cruizing, piston lock, what happened exactly...Im very curious if you dont mind me asking
-Matt
Well something bad must have happened to blow a VQ...No Oil may sound right if thats what they said...125,000 is not even half life for these engines. Did it happen when you were just cruizing, piston lock, what happened exactly...Im very curious if you dont mind me asking
-Matt
I'm with Matt.. by those calculations, my motor could blow in about 2 weeks
Did YOU change the oil or take it somewhere to get done?
if you starved it of oil and didn't notice, it could definately do damage.. something must have happened..
This is the 1st time I am hearing of a VQ dying out of the blue from regular use..
there are people with simlar milage and turbos/superchargers and so forth giving their cars daily dose of abuse and they are running just fine...
#15
I took it to a shop to have the oil changed so I had records that I got the oil changed just in case was to happen to my car. I was just cruising down the freeway when the motor began to lose compression and eventually died. I changed the once myself because I did an engine flush at the same time. There was oil in the motor before it blew, I checked it and also the guy that works on my car at the shop told me that there was enough oil in the car. So I don't know.
#19
Well its timing chain and that was my problem. The casing around the timing cahin has a seal and it was deteriorating on my engine which let oil leak into the engine and fry a oring or two. The cost of repair would be 5000 for that so I said f-it and i dropped in a new engine with 120,000 less miles on it.
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