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2sides2everystory

Back from the little diversion can we get round to what on earth type of car costs £7,000 for a new engine and then when it is put back together it soon dies again and needs another new engine?

As a driver of a turbo with 200,000 on the clock and hardly any money spent on it (zero on the turbo) this story already sounds to me like the beginnings of a tale about cowboys pretending they are engine fitters.

Seven thousand quid? For an engine? My whole car never cost that 7 years ago

Wig

You might think about contacting an automotive consultant engineer, to give you a report.

mikey72

Without knowing any details, I'd put a guess at the old engine chucking swarf or metal off the bearing or whatever went, into the oil, being pumped into the turbo, and ruining the bearing in that that now just gave up entirely on the new engine.
If it was that the previous engine blew , they should have put on new oil lines and re-furbed the turbo.

poppett

auroan wrote: »

Yes which is why I said unlikely. But it is possible (I've done it ). We need more info from the OP.

The car/age/engine type
Where the work was done
Why the orig engine was replace
What was actually replaced (short block / long engine / just the head ...... )

Car is a Nissan X Trail, work was done at a local garage that is Bosch approved (didn't rate them to well when they last had the car as they didn't communicate with us very well, always us phoning them for updates etc). Original engine replaced due to engine head having crack in it. And the whole engine was replaced.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

7 grand for an engine give you an idea of a engine recon is merc clk recon long block 2005 onwards £2570. you were done!!

pendulum

£7k sounds like a "please go away and find someone cheaper" quote
Bet their jaw dropped when you accepted it?

marlot

You guys are out of touch with main dealer prices for these things. A new X-trail engine is £5.5k plus fitting. Unfortunately there have been a lot of people who have needed one - the x-trail is generally a good car, except for the diesel engines. First there was the poor nissan one, then they started fitting a renault engine - there have been problems with both.

I definately think an independent consulting engineers report is in order. The dealer owes you a duty of care to inspect the anciliiaries which are going back on the car. You need him/her to give an expert opinion on whether the dealer has done anything wrong, or should have spotted (or advised you of) anything. You can then sue based on the report.

auroan

marlot wrote: »

You guys are out of touch with main dealer prices for these things. A new X-trail engine is £5.5k plus fitting.

Yup and another example of main dealer prices for you.... 8 years ago a gearbox replacement (inc clutch) for a 1.6 Audi A3 was charged out to the customer at £2.5k........

cyclonebri1

Why the heck would you changes the whole engine just because the head had cracked???????

I've done loads of cracked/warped/porous heads and never seen any damage to the bottom end other than oil and water in the wrong places. If that's what happened and it was fixed soon enough, then the block etc would have been fine.

Only exception T can think of is that it was sudden and severe and the engine "hydralic'd" bending con rods/crank etc.

Surely they gave more info than "cracked head, we'll change the whole caboudle" ????????


There's a lot of questions to be asked here, 1 critical 1, and I think thew OP will be out of look here is where is the old engine for prooving?????????

:mad::mad::mad::mad: would be my reaction.

marlot

If you look at the owners reviews for the X-trail on the whatcar site, there is a definite trend - happy customers of the petrol engines, and very unhappy customers of the diesel engines. Lots of tales of people on their second intercooler, second or third turbo, second fuel pump etc.

http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/used/nissan/x-trail-4x4/readers-reviews/23655-3?resultPage=1&resultPageCount=4