Reconditioned engines
Submitted: Saturday, Sep 03, 2011 at 10:13
ThreadID:
88817
Views:
3122
Replies:
7
FollowUps:
4
This Thread has been Archived
Joshuah
G'day,
After the mild disaster on our 'holiday' my HiLux needs a new motor. It's the 5L 3.0L diesel. The cam shaft has broken in 3 pieces and the piston faces have shiny valve patterns worn into them and the internals of the head are warped and worthless - the belt skipped a tooth before it 'went'. This after I paid someone to fix the sudden loud tapping - I got about another 24km out of it! Anyways, $1100 for the work done (they replaced the injectors and assured me the ongoing noise would resolve itself), a wrangle with the nation-wide franchise and life without a HiLux is pretty tough! I should also add the wife's not too pleased.
I'm wondering what I can expect out of this exercise? It'll cost me about $7k for swap over, + freight. They generally offer a 12 month warranty on the motor. Is this 12 month warranty a
sign of what I can expect?
The local Toyota dealers will be doing the swap when it arrives, that's if I don't hear from the franchise in question by COB Monday. I'm just wondering what others have experienced. Are they reliable? Is it a sound investment, or should I reconsider my choice?
Thanks all.
Reply By: Member - Krakka - Sunday, Sep 04, 2011 at 16:48
Sunday, Sep 04, 2011 at 16:48
Hi Joshuah,
To be honest I wouldn't let a Toyota dealership do any major work like that on my truck.
Cut a long story short..............wifes camry started making this loud clanging noise one day, took it to the dealer and asked them if they could find out what was wrong, and we went on holidays and left it there. They rang me a week later (was over xmas) and told me it had dropped a piston and had badly damaged the cylinder. For 10K they could have me on my way, new short motor and they bolt all my old gear on, plus extra 1K per head to overhaul.
Told them no. Got
home and organised a Repco dealer to order a recon motor, go to pick up camry from dealer, and EVERYTHING had been removed from engine bay and placed in cardboard boxes and they give me a $1200.00 bill for labor, took it all to Repco and he has to charge me another 1K in labor to assemble for xchange, then cost another 5K for recon and change over.
Should have just gone to Repco to start with, nationwide guarantee also.
Regards
AnswerID:
464184
Follow Up By: Joshuah - Monday, Sep 05, 2011 at 06:54
Monday, Sep 05, 2011 at 06:54
G'day Krakka,
$10K for a new (short) engine fitted is not too unreasonable, is it? I mean, it's a lot of money, but I assume we're talking Toyota factory new parts.
So, how did the repco recon motor go?
Joshua.
FollowupID:
738123