hi,
the old girl is start to smoke on hard accel and is getting worse. do you think it would be better to drop a used motor in or replace the rings? what is a reasonable prince for a used motor?
thanks, peter
motor replacement?
Nov 03, 2004
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picaza wrote
If it's your labor abd you got the time, cheaper to replace rings. If you're paying someone else, maybe a used motor.
I paid $600 for a 90K miata engine. Shipping charges killed me. Try car-part.com to locate/price available engines.
hi, probably should have stated that old motor will have 100k on the clock before it comes out of the car altho it has a resent water pump, timing belt and valve job. i was thinking of finding a local lo-mile motor for a quick job. what do you think?
thanks, peter
picaza
Only 100K and smoking? I think a compression and leak down test should be done next.
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