Engine rebuild costs

corny
The cost is dependant on how much work you can do yourself, if you do all the work you can rebuild a 3litre patrol motor for $1K If you then replace the air flow meter for about $50 you will have a very reliable vehicle Eric

The petrol cruiser will last 2 to 3 times longer then the 3lt, no contest. I would think a rebuild for the 4.5 would be arround $5000 to $6000..
Cheers Pete

you dont really hear of rebuilds these days. Changeover motors used to be common with motors lasting 150-200k

besides the 3.0l patrol most modern motors seems to be good for 3-400k pluss and more for diesals

Corny,
My 95 LC80 with the 4.5 just clocked 300K and still goes like new, I even think it is running better now. And it's been on LPG for 10years as well. Doesnt use any oil / coolant.

Rob

Corny,

After big overheating problems we recently had a rebuild on the 3F petrol engine in our Troopy. The rebuild involved reboring, oversize pistons, etc etc and cost about $3500. The cost of having the engine removed, replaced and replacing the external bits, waterpump, thermostat, etc was probably about another $2000. (Gave it a gearbox overhaul at the same time, so bit hard to seperate the engine costs from the gearbox costs.)

Lot of money, but we now have a very functional vehicle with excellent performance. Like any Troopy it lacks some of the comforts, but the rebuild cost was far less than replacement cost, and being an older simpler vehicle I have some chance of fixing it on the side of the track if the need ever arises.

Cheers

John