Can anyone recommend a trustworthy engine reconditioner in the North Bucks/Bedfordshire/MK area? I have a Mitsubishi Galant E33 2.0 litre which has done approx 230,000 miles. It's now getting a bit tired, smokes a little, has a trace of oil in the coolant, and the tickover is uneven,though the oil consumption at 600+ miles for a litre of 10w/40 isn't that bad. And it's on its third set of hydraulic lash adjusters - they shouldn't keep failing, should they? Sometime soon I'll have to either get it fixed up or pass it on. The car is worth little but I like it and it drives well. I've already been (newsgroups) warned off the engine suppliers in Exchange & Mart - I rang one and he quoted £695 for the whole engine inc. fitting. Compare that with the Mitsubishi dealer's ~£600 for a head overhaul, quoted two years ago.
Trustworthy engine reconditioner?
Dec 10, 2003
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Have you checked to see if Mitsubishi offer factory re-cons? The problem with a dealer doing it is their hourly rate, and in any case they'd farm out all the machining work.
There's the Federation of Engine Remanufacturers - they seem to enforce standards, but I've no direct experience of them. 01788 576465
Since this sort of mileage is rare, might be worth seeing if you can locate a secondhand unit with moderate mileage from a wreck, although it might take some finding since it's not a common car.
£695 certainly seems a lot. I can get a Ford factory recon engine for my car for £300 or so. I know it's Japanese and probably a tad more high tech :P.
There's only one place I would go and that's Ivor Searle at Soham on 01353
720531. This may be too far for you but it might be worth it bearing in mind the implications.Rob Graham
To be fair, the cavemen that painted on cave walls used more high tech equipment that your engine ;)
£695 could be *too* cheap (though I stand to be corrected). 8 lash adjusters fon this engine cost about £100 (excluding labour) so I suspect this is one of those engines where a full kit of bits could cost hundreds of pounds before anyone turns a spanner. I've seen E&M reconditioners criticised on the grounds that you can't buy the parts trade for the prices they are quoting for an engine reconditioned & fitted. (The allegation being that they spray the outside of some old salvaged lump, fit it and hope you don't dome back.) So far as I know, Mitsubishi offer exchange units but I doubt if they're cheap!
Well they're worth a ring as they'll give you a price. Otherwise
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