Engine Rebuild FYI

[gungfudan]

First I want you to know that in no way shape or form a mechanic. I am a do it your-selfer. Personally I of think of myself as a jack of all trades and master of none. This is just for your information (FYI). This is my personal experience. So with that aside let me begin.

I wanted to take a minute and give you info on my past year and a half experience with my engine rebuild. My engine crapped out on me, it had low compression, which I believe the rings were shot. So I needed a new engine. I had a friend who worked at Orielly's auto and he told me about the rebuilt engines they sold. The engine had a 3 year unlimited mileage warranty on a long block. I said heck yeah. So I got sent in the old and two weeks later we installed it. I was excited and ready to get on the road little did I know that the engine I bought would soon turn into a year and a half nightmare. To shorten this story the engine came from a company called "Power Torque". Well the engine ate about 12 distributor gears. I had two mechanics look at it and talked to several others and no one knew what the heck was up. It was either the oil pump or it was binding some where. I tried shimming the oil pump ect..... At the end of the day I was left with a truck that was not running and $2,400 down the drain (the engine was only $1,500). The company I bought it from would not help me In any way. They wanted me to fork out the money to bring it to a mechanic and they would reimburse me. I was out of money. Some of this is my fault I did not read the warranty details fully. So I finally saved the money and had it rebuilt locally and ever since it has been running fine. They told me the auxiliary shaft hole was too small and they had to bore it out.

The point to this was to let you know if you have the money to get your engine rebuilt I would strongly consider doing it locally by a well known engine rebuilder because they will fix it if any thing is wrong with it, as far as the internal engine goes. The warranty is only good for a year but there is a lot less headache involved. Dealing with a engine rebuild company in another state is a hassle.

Please consider this before going and getting an engine from any of the auto parts store in your area.

Thanks for reading and I hope this saves you the headache I went through.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Yep I agree. Any major repairs or component swaps have a local shop that has been in business for several years. They will honor their work and rely on word of mouth for their reputation. Plus if you do have any issues you will be dealing with them face to face. Plus you will likely talk to the person who did your rebuild instead of getting transferred by phone to another person until you hang up in disgust

AJ

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[Doofy]

Sorry for your experiences. I have purchased several long blocks from NAPA for several different vehicles and have never had any problems. I did learn, early on, to re-torque every thing before install. Maybe quality has fallen by the wayside.

 

[BLOODBANE]

When I had the 347 built, I went to a local builder. he not only called me on everything, but would want me to come down and see what was up. He knew I was throwing a lot of cash at it. His shop was always spotlessly clean, and he was always decent in his approach to what needed done (one thing was we had to bore one clyinder .040 because of a bad scratch, I didnt want to bore it any, but he showed it to me, the scratch).

When I wanted my 1.6 rebuilt for my samurai, I took it to him and its been nothing but fantastic (he doesnt normally work on those engines either). The valves need to be adjusted when its hot, well not being installed he just tightened them a little more and they are perfect (now that its in, I had him check it).

Point is, I may have spent a little more money (I have around 7k in the stroker), but its all worth it. Im not having to redo everything.