Hi,
I've decided that my Fiesta Ghia 1998 1.25 Zetec is burning too much oil (250 miles from the top mark on the dipstick to the bottom one). The car is otherwise fine and well maintained. A replacement engine from Ford would be £2.5k which is more than the car is worth so I'm considering buying a similar car with low mileage and a service history and swapping the engines over (as my car is otherwise fine and it is a Ghia model with all the useful bells and whistles).
There is one on ebay at the moment (item no 200071425603) which appears to fit the bill. I think it is a 1.25 Zetec despite the description as
1299 cc.Do people think doing a straight engine swapover would be feasible and/or legal? I could then resell the other car with my old engine in it (declaring the oil consumption and mileage of the engine of course). I think I have to tell the DVLA that the engines are swapped. Is that right?
Or is this just a silly idea? The problem with just buying an engine is that I can't seem to find any with a service history and I don't want another one with knackered oil control rings!
Thanks,
Tony