Engine Replacement or Repair?
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Engine Replacement or Repair?
Need some advice. Long story short my good friend had my car while I was on vacation, he says he fears my timing belt may have gone, while he was cruising down the highway, he says the connecting rod punched a hole in the oil pan and that the car is leaking oil, but he says it still turns over? Anyway, I've been told a new engine would be 10-12 grand--out of the question, but that a used engine through Lexus may be around 3 grand. Huge let down, since I was going to hold onto this thing for a while,--may still. It's a '97ES300 with 130k miles. Is it worth getting an estimate and attempting to have repaired?
Any advice is appreciated!
Any advice is appreciated!
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Originally Posted by ES3
Need some advice. Long story short my good friend had my car while I was on vacation, he says he fears my timing belt may have gone, while he was cruising down the highway, he says the connecting rod punched a hole in the oil pan and that the car is leaking oil, but he says it still turns over? Anyway, I've been told a new engine would be 10-12 grand--out of the question, but that a used engine through Lexus may be around 3 grand. Huge let down, since I was going to hold onto this thing for a while,--may still. It's a '97ES300 with 130k miles. Is it worth getting an estimate and attempting to have repaired?
Any advice is appreciated!
Any advice is appreciated!
You can buy rebuilt engines at a fair price and you don't have to buy a Lexus one. You can buy the same year Camry V6 since it's the same exact motor 1MZ-FE.
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Originally Posted by flipside909
try going to a Toyota/Lexus independent mechanic. 10-12k for an engine rebuild/swap is not worth it, unless you were doing a full on 2JZ-GTE swap w/tranny upgrade on a GS or IS.
You can buy rebuilt engines at a fair price and you don't have to buy a Lexus one. You can buy the same year Camry V6 since it's the same exact motor 1MZ-FE.
You can buy rebuilt engines at a fair price and you don't have to buy a Lexus one. You can buy the same year Camry V6 since it's the same exact motor 1MZ-FE.
Also, I wonder if this may be the reason, despite regular oil changes:
http://consumeraffairs.com/news02/toyota_sludge.html
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