OK, a long christmas lunch and some time digesting food gave me plenty of opportunity to work up FD paranoia!
My car is due to land early feb, and is a \'94 model, on 64k miles.
Now, I know this helps regarding Apex seal health, but i accept that it\'s a bit of a water seal gamble.
I was thinking - is it worth/significantly cheaper to try to \'pre-empt\' any water seal issues by \'refreshing\' the engine - i.e. new apex and water seals, and anything else that may be needed?
My thinking was: This way, it would avoid any damage that may be caused by something dieing internally, and therefore work out significantly cheaper and give me much peice of mind.
Has anyone done this? i.e. a pre-emptive rebuild? I\'m curious to know the realities, of it, if it\'s a better option, and how much it all cost :)
Cheers all :)
Si
Si, can you do the work yourself? I reckon you could do it for around £1.5 K or so.
Well, I\'ve never done it, but the car is a second car, so i can take my time, and i have friends who have rebuilt conventional boingers who are more than up for having a look!
Theres a whole bunch of useful info on here about rebuilding an engine that\'s gone pop, but i can\'t find any real mention of doing it before strictly neccessary - What I\'m wondering i guess, is whether it\'s pure folly, or whther it could save a significant amount of cash in the long run.
Obviously, it gives the opportunity for porting as well.
good idea to do before hand as u are prob able to reuse parts when it goes pop it is the parts that get damaged