Poll
Question:
What would you do???
Option 1: ell it, possibly making quite a loss on the car...
votes: 1
Option 2: IY rebuild it
votes: 31
Option 3: eat it with a golf club until your face goes red
votes: 9
Ok... my engine is dead.
What would you do in my situation?
I bought the car 3 months ago for 5.2K. Now the engines dead (due to mass oil leak through oil cooler pipes etc, etc).
I don\'t have the money to get it rebuilt professionally (£3,000!!!!)
buy a working engine block for around 1k and swap blocks across... you should be able to get 250 back for your block? thats a 750 quid option... if you can, make sure you hear the car you get the block from, and make sure you see it run, and start both hot and cold...
Yeah, that\'s a decent , more affordable idea. Just a case of finding such a block tho.
Iv just recently perchased an engine from a online wreckers for £600 including delivery and 2 month warranty, swaped it with a dead motor and it runs sweet as a nut and all for £600 :D
Not my car btw it was a friends.
But that option aint on your poll.
Quote from: Jim_rx7Yeah, that\'s a decent , more affordable idea. Just a case of finding such a block tho.
Took me 1 min to find this one http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38823
There are all kinds of find a parts online if ya willing to look :D
What has failed? has the engine Turned a bearing or some thing like that?
I have to say if an Engine dies due to lack of oil it would be easyer to source a second hand motor.
It wasn\'t due to the lack of oil. I think the lack of oil made things too hot, which resulted in the engine failing.
I\'ve not had it looked at, but I put some vids up the other day etc, and it defo is dead for one reason or another.
PS : I\'ll add more poll options... (if I can)..... (no I can\'t... lol)
Quote from: steve garbuttIv just recently perchased an engine from a online wreckers for £600 including delivery and 2 month warranty, swaped it with a dead motor and it runs sweet as a nut and all for £600 :D
Not my car btw it was a friends.
But that option aint on your poll.
£600?? ... that\'s not too bad. Now I\'m feeling more hopefull! lol,.
Quote from: steve garbuttTook me 1 min to find this one http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38823
There are all kinds of find a parts online if ya willing to look :D
I might be being a tard here... but is that supposed to be a link to someone selling a block?
Quote from: steve garbuttIv just recently perchased an engine from a online wreckers for £600 including delivery and 2 month warranty, swaped it with a dead motor and it runs sweet as a nut and all for £600 :D
Not my car btw it was a friends.
But that option aint on your poll.
what breakers if you don\'t mind me asking?
Quote from: Jim_rx7I might be being a tard here... but is that supposed to be a link to someone selling a block?
Bolox sorry
try this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150124418779&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005
Quote from: Jim_rx7what breakers if you don\'t mind me asking?
Was online and cant rember off the top of mi ead, will dig the recipt up tomoz and let ya know.
Till then goodnight :P
Quote from: steve garbuttBolox sorry
try this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150124418779&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005
Yeah... I saw that one. It\'s been sitting out in the rain no?
Quote from: Jim_rx7Yeah... I saw that one. It\'s been sitting out in the rain no?
Rain?! LOL!! Like thats gunna make a difference :P Car engines are designed with rain in mind :)
I have a plan with mine, im gonna get a second engine and have that rebuilt and ready to fit when mine expires
Most of the engine builders on here will likely help you to swap the engine for a used one if you ask them. For example, when I was looking for an RX originally, Rotechniks had a nice 95M reg car with an original engine. They offered to put in a recently rebuilt engine for me in order that they could use the old engine as a spare for people in your situation. They offered me an upgrade price (effectively) of about £1500 for a rebuilt engine or a price for a street ported engine at the time of buying the car.
I guess you\'ve already tried this route with the engine builders known on this forum. Hope you find a cheap option to keep your car on the road
theres a guy near me that is breaking a couple of FD\'s he has one good engine, its already out of the car,
JM autos
Pitman Rd, Denaby Main, Doncaster, DN12 4JS - 01709 770111
Make sure you tell him that NAS told you about it!!!
Cheers mate, I\'ll give him a call.
I have a few options on the go at the minute. So there may be hope! :)
jim if u sqwap it can i get first dibs on ur fduked one pls
why have u posted this thread? thought u we`r selling to atomic rex? jus spoted it in the for sale bit 2.. do you know what your actually doing?
Jim
I\'ll help you fix the car.. don\'t sell it, you\'re gunna lose your money
i know someone who has a newly rebuilt block for sale, done 500 miles on it and is street ported from hurley engineering.
Quote from: interloper393why have u posted this thread? thought u we`r selling to atomic rex? jus spoted it in the for sale bit 2.. do you know what your actually doing?
its also on ebay now
lol go jimbo :evillaugh
Quote from: interloper393why have u posted this thread? thought u we`r selling to atomic rex? jus spoted it in the for sale bit 2.. do you know what your actually doing?
Atomic is looking into the whole racing with a sunroof thing.
He suggested putting it up for sale in the mean time etc.
Quote from: JoehJim
I\'ll help you fix the car.. don\'t sell it, you\'re gunna lose your money
You\'re miles away mate! lol
Oh yeah I FORGOT :(
Come to me baby ;D hahahah LOL
... I mean.. o__O hahah I\'m bored.. sorry :P
Take a trip up to scotland its a bonnie wee place! :mmmm enjoyed my time there. stick with it jim. the cars worth all the nutache that its going to put you through, but it will be sweeter in the end. :evillaugh
did you actualy get a compression test done on her? im surpised if your local mazda cant do them with the RX8 running probebly similar equip.
have a cd, that shows you how to take out the engine step bu step and rebuild step by step if you want it,
if so email me at jjneedham@hotmail.com (jjneedham@hotmail.com) and will send you one in the post
had the same prob 3 weeks ago, but just bit the bullet and spent 4k on a rebuild LOL
cheers
james
This is an OLD thread for my first FD.