Corsa quandary.

[Saw-sick Steve]

Wife's Corsa, having reached the 100,000 mile mark, decided to break timing chain last week with the outcome being a replacement engine needed, and I'm now undecided what to do. Been quoted anything between £850 to north of £2k for a secondhand engine, plus delivery and fitting, and there's no guarantee of engine mileage plus a short to very short warranty with that.

Options at the moment are bite the bullet and get a cheapish engine fitted and hope for the best, or stick it on E-Bay and see if anyone wants it for a project. Right aftr Xmas as well...

Car is an ecoflex 1.3 tdi on a 60 plate that we bought at the end of it's rental period and is worth a bit less than £3k, - any advice gratefully received.

[Jimbob87]

Should be able to get a decent engine for alot less than that.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Fix the existing engine or bin the whole car. I reckon my Garage would do it under £800.

 

Personally I'd let it go.

 

Or drive the forwarder over it...

[Jimbob87]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172465761643

[Jimbob87]

Lad that works for me just had his done engine bought and fitter for £340

[waterbuoy]

As the rest of the car has already done 100k I'd let it go and put your money into something a little fresher.

[Mark Bolam]

If a new engine fitted would cost £2k and the car is then worth £3k I'd do that.

 

Then sell it for £3k and BOOM! - You've got £1k to spend on new saws.

 

Everyone's a winner, right?

[waterbuoy]

But the car still has a value now even with a fubarred engine?

[harvey b davison]

I'd get the engine reconditioned, if rest of car is in good condition, then you would have a decent car again.

[openspaceman]

Car is an ecoflex 1.3 tdi on a 60 plate that we bought at the end of it's rental period and is worth a bit less than £3k, - any advice gratefully received.

 

It's a shame; one of the managers at the old firm wrote a 61 plate off last summer but the insurers have the vehicle now, it was only cosmetic damage.

 

I'd hold out for a engine off ebay for ~400 or less. I have done the same successfully with 2 08 fiesta, transit connect, pug 206 and put a new engine in a 60 plate transit with 100k miles.. On any of them the parts, like gaskets, timing chains etc would have exceeded the cost of the second-hand engine.

 

I did have one hard-working fitter of the two to do the work though.