Ebay engine supplier, anyone any experience?
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From: @Junc 12, M40 Warwicksh; 01926 614522 CV33 9PL -Use 9GX for Satnav. South Mids Alcatek ECu dealer
Thats the one!
They have been called - at various times.
Heathrow engine centre
Nationwide engines
Longford engines
Longfold engines
Rivermead
Exchange engines
Engines Direct
All based close to and around Rugby Rd Twickenham
Just in case there is a perfectly innocent company of similar name in another part of the country.
David APi
They have been called - at various times.
Heathrow engine centre
Nationwide engines
Longford engines
Longfold engines
Rivermead
Exchange engines
Engines Direct
All based close to and around Rugby Rd Twickenham
Just in case there is a perfectly innocent company of similar name in another part of the country.
David APi
Apologies for the clumsy wording in my post. I have no particular grudge or down on any race or religion. People are just people to me.
BUT there is a huge gang of Asian breakers spread all over the country who all behave very badly. If they happened to be Irish, l would say so, or whatever means of description that would give an immediate warning to someone that they could be on dodgy ground.
Sure there are many straight Asian dealers/breakers and l have done & still do business with many of them. Some named on here and others who are not. Heathrow Jap spares are one of the people that we talk to from time to time no problems for me there in the past.
But once you ask if you can come and see the engine you are paying for and start getting evasive answers move on. Try asking for a name. then ring back and ask to speak to 'Fred ' shall we say [ sorry Fred ] saying that you have a problem and need to talk to him, chances are he will be 'out ' whereas in fact you are speaking to him......
We have a car here for a guy from Sidcup way in London He is down on his luck and has a cooked engine in his 51 plate car. Now to save money he has bought an engine of one of the very companies I am warning about. the engine arrived and looked a bit sore. Rather than fit and find trouble we compressioned it and found none on the 3/4 cylinder side. The suppliers couldn't believe it as it ws a running car yesterday [ NOT a F...G chance ] OK we'll collect the engine and his [ NO YOU WON'T ] and get it repaired. So we kept his original for safe keeping in the meantime.
The engine duly came back a week later with compression on that side but with one thick and one thin head gasket fitted.........
What do you mean wrong head gasket fitted? is all we could get out of the breaker.
Still going on that saga.
Buyer beware is the soundest advice for anything from a breaker to an internet dealer. Backup and service is what you want when something goes wrong. Not evasion.
The price you pay also tends to reflect the level of warranty support you will get when something goes wrong. Changing head gaskets is something that might happen. To do it properly is an engine out job which is going to cost a few quid however you get it done. Think, if there isn't enough profit for the seller in the first price IE an engine for 600 quid, then how can he offer you a deal from the profit on 600 quid, to pay for a head gasket repair?
Good luck and apologies to anyone of a sensitive nature who may have offended by my clumsy generalisation in the first post.
David APi
BUT there is a huge gang of Asian breakers spread all over the country who all behave very badly. If they happened to be Irish, l would say so, or whatever means of description that would give an immediate warning to someone that they could be on dodgy ground.
Sure there are many straight Asian dealers/breakers and l have done & still do business with many of them. Some named on here and others who are not. Heathrow Jap spares are one of the people that we talk to from time to time no problems for me there in the past.
But once you ask if you can come and see the engine you are paying for and start getting evasive answers move on. Try asking for a name. then ring back and ask to speak to 'Fred ' shall we say [ sorry Fred ] saying that you have a problem and need to talk to him, chances are he will be 'out ' whereas in fact you are speaking to him......
We have a car here for a guy from Sidcup way in London He is down on his luck and has a cooked engine in his 51 plate car. Now to save money he has bought an engine of one of the very companies I am warning about. the engine arrived and looked a bit sore. Rather than fit and find trouble we compressioned it and found none on the 3/4 cylinder side. The suppliers couldn't believe it as it ws a running car yesterday [ NOT a F...G chance ] OK we'll collect the engine and his [ NO YOU WON'T ] and get it repaired. So we kept his original for safe keeping in the meantime.
The engine duly came back a week later with compression on that side but with one thick and one thin head gasket fitted.........
What do you mean wrong head gasket fitted? is all we could get out of the breaker.
Still going on that saga.
Buyer beware is the soundest advice for anything from a breaker to an internet dealer. Backup and service is what you want when something goes wrong. Not evasion.
The price you pay also tends to reflect the level of warranty support you will get when something goes wrong. Changing head gaskets is something that might happen. To do it properly is an engine out job which is going to cost a few quid however you get it done. Think, if there isn't enough profit for the seller in the first price IE an engine for 600 quid, then how can he offer you a deal from the profit on 600 quid, to pay for a head gasket repair?
Good luck and apologies to anyone of a sensitive nature who may have offended by my clumsy generalisation in the first post.
David APi
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Howard at HDC is OK trust him.
David
PS So no fatwah then ?? I was just thinking I couldn't spend any time with Salman Rushdie, no matter what
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PS So no fatwah then ?? I was just thinking I couldn't spend any time with Salman Rushdie, no matter what
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It has been determined that my MY00 classic needs a new motor. (melted piston)
I had a quick look on ebay last night, initially just to gauge prices, but came across a company in London importing Jap engines. Although I wouldn't normally buy such an item from ebay the more I look at my options the more it makes sence.
I can't remember the company name (i'll post more info tonight) but the engines are inspected internally and all less than 22K miles. They also come with a 6 month warenty. The sellers feedback is 98.6% and the comments are generally very good.
Has anyone had any experience with these people. The price is fair but certainly not cheap.
Any genuine experience would be appreciated.
Thanks
I had a quick look on ebay last night, initially just to gauge prices, but came across a company in London importing Jap engines. Although I wouldn't normally buy such an item from ebay the more I look at my options the more it makes sence.
I can't remember the company name (i'll post more info tonight) but the engines are inspected internally and all less than 22K miles. They also come with a 6 month warenty. The sellers feedback is 98.6% and the comments are generally very good.
Has anyone had any experience with these people. The price is fair but certainly not cheap.
Any genuine experience would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bottom line: it's a risk, you might be laughing your *** off in 6 months time at the money you saved on a rebuild, or you might be out of pocket to the tune of however much they plan on charging you PLUS the cost of a rebuild on top of that cause the replacement engine went pop 2 weeks after you got it!!
IMO not worth it.
Give David at APi a ring!
Ns04
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The last option not covered is to buy an engine from a running breaker from a private sale, a few on ebay (though many adds like that are traders, even if they make it look like a single own car breaking), I've had good success like that in the past, as you get to hear/see it running in a car and you know exactly where its come from, and its usually much cheaper.
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third option - rebuild your own engine, it's not rocket science. As much as we all like to think that these are complex high performance engines they are just a collection of nuts and bolts in reality. One engine is much [exactly] like another
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all you have to do is check, check and triple check - we all started somewhere (except those who got taught through a book!)
my missus would rebuild it if you were closer! (if she can do it, it must be easy
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