Second Hand/Replacement Engine

Paddywack41

Im enquirng about this on behalf of a friend who i dont want to see getting ripped off. He has a 3 year old Hyundai i30 (Diesel) and very stupidly decided to ignore the oil warning light. Needless to say yhis weekend (eventually) the engine siezed and was no more. The vehicle although it is relatively young has done around 75k.

He cant afford to get the engine replaced at the dealers and it is no longer under warranty as he ignored the warning light. A local garage said they would look to find a second hand/replacement engine and fit it but I was wondering if any of you good people out there would know what he could roughly be expected to fork out. If it was too expensive my personal opinion would be to cut his loses and look for a cheap maybe one year old car as even if he gets a second hand engine the Hyundai is going to be worth next to nothing by the time he gets round to changing it in any case.

rev_henry

I don't know how much it'd cost but I'm sure it must be worth it on a car that young. Unless he's going to not maintain it and break it again.

vax2002

The warning light only comes on if the engine has a major leak or is goosed anyway, if the car was under warranty I dont see how they would know how he Ignored the light, unless your mates a bit of a blabber mouth

s_b

ive just looked on copart ,the biggest salvage company now in this country and they only list one i30 with accident damage but a useable donkey, so i guess your friend is going to be very very lucky if anyone can source him an engine because most damaged hyundais seem to all go to eastern europe these days
your advice to look for a cheap replacement car might be the best advice and tell him next time he sees an idiot light on the dash it is there specifically for people like him:D

Paddywack41

With him it is quite possible. I just figured he has a 3 year old car which will show 75k on the vehicle no matter what age the engine he is putting in. If he keeps it for say another 2 years at his current rate of mileage he will likely be on around 125 - 130k now maybe it is just me but I would be paying too much for any vehicle no matter what the age with that sort of mileage especially one which i know is going to have a very spotty service history.

My opionion (if the engine replacement would be too expensive) was to cut the loses pay of the existing broken car and perhaps get a cheaper low mileage 1 year old car that he could run into the ground.

Paddywack41

Oh and yes he blabbered...."The light was coming on and off for months so when it came on and stayed on I thought it would be ok for a week or two".

vax2002

A engine reconditioning shop worth their salt should be able to recondition it, its usually just the big end shells that weld on the crank.

s_b

vax2002 wrote: »

A engine reconditioning shop worth their salt should be able to recondition it, its usually just the big end shells that weld on the crank.

doubt it
modern engines are built to such close tolerances and different materials these days so when the engine got hot as it would things like piston rings would have picked up on the bores,camshaft would have run its linings etc etc etc
add to the fact its a hyundai engine and if its anything like wheel bearings they make all these things in their own factories and trust me you need to source these bits from them as they make their own sizes up to keep everything including after sales sales in house
if it was run dry its now a very expensive paperweight

harveybobbles

Paddywack41 wrote: »

Oh and yes he blabbered...."The light was coming on and off for months so when it came on and stayed on I thought it would be ok for a week or two".

Some people scare me. Lots.

Paddywack41

This is pretty much what i figured. I have seen a garage that will fit an engine for around 350 but obviously it depends how much a i30 engine will cost. He told me however that the garage that he took it to said that one of the kia enginees is exactly the same as the hyundai so they are looking for one of those as well.

harveybobbles

Let me guess - they bought a diesel cos "it would be cheaper to run..."