What do the team think?
Marge (2.5TD, 150k Miles) is, like many gals her age, indulging a little too much in nasty personal habits. Specifically, she's taken up smoking a bit too enthusiastically for my taste, belching clouds in the morning, and blow-by, pushing oil back up into the air filter (the worst bit of this is the smell through the heater!).
I know this is largely worn rings/liners, and that it's a relatively simple job to whip off the head/sump and re-hone/rebore in situ, replacing crank bearings at the same time. The engine's running well otherwise, although I think it's a little down on power, so this is more maintenance than repair.
I've found an engineer that will do it (comes highly recommended and says he's done many Landys in the past), but the shock was the price -
700-1000 depending on Marge needing just honing, or an actual rebore.
I've a fortnight coming up soon when I won't need her services, so it's an ideal time to get the job done - no inconvenience to me or time pressure on the workshop. So is it worth doing, or should I look around for (say) a TDI unit instead? Oh, and if I do go for it, what do the team think about the price?
Regards,
Simonm.