| squirrel_hunter |
24-01-10 10:26 PM |
Re: Never forget your oil
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Originally Posted by sunshine
(Post 2159701)
welcome to club of knackered engines your not the only one on here, someone is on number 4 or 5 i think and its most like going to need a complete rebuild or a simple replace. either way im glad its not me doing it.
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Its either 4 or 5 I honestly can't remember, but thats over 2 SV's and some 100,000 miles. Not that it makes any difference, it was all avoidable. Except the last one, I do have a valid excuse for that one. But anyway we don't want to get side tracked here...
Sounds like you need a new engine. If you can show me a second hand engine for £250 I'll buy it. Expect to pay £350-400. If you then get a shop to fit it, the bill will come to around £700+. Alternatively, strip it down get the crank reground and then stick it all back together. Expect to pay about £140 for the crank and then £100 on gaskets if you want to rebuild what you've got.
To decide on what your going to do I think it comes down to three things, time, money, and skills with the spanners. Quick and expensive will be dump it at a garage. Slow and cheap will be the rebuild, but you will need to be comfortable with the spanners.
If you're interested, some mumblings from me about this including the current 'will I ever be bothered to get back in the garage and finish it' can be found here and here. |
