Recon engines

VickyM27

I have a 2005 Ford C-Max and have been told that I need a new engine. I can't really afford to get a new car, so I am looking into the option of having a recon engine fitted instead. However, I am getting very mixed reviews about whether this is even worth considering in a car of this age. Does anyone have any knowledge about this ?

MX5huggy

I doubt this is a sensible option. Your car is (if it was working) worth a lot less than the replacement engine and the labour to fit it. Get a second opinion that it really does need a new engine. Then hunt down a new car.

System

MX5huggy wrote: »

I doubt this is a sensible option. Your car is (if it was working) worth a lot less than the replacement engine and the labour to fit it.

But much cheaper than buying a newer car. If it costs you a thousand pounds and you only get another year's motoring out of it that is still much much less than you'd pay on finance. If the car is in otherwise decent condition then it is more money saving to fix what they have than replace.

Given the Ford C-Max uses a very widely used engine in the Ford range I'd maybe consider looking at a guaranteed used engine instead.

wgl2014

If you do go down the Recon route be wary of what has actually been done to the engine.....
Some sellers ideas of reconditioning an engine involve removing it from a write off, jet washing it and selling it on. I would be more inclined to ask your garage to source a used engine and replace the cambelt, water pump etc before fitting it along with new fluids and filters.

AdrianC

1.6TDCi, by any chance...?

forgotmyname

Genuine engine reconditioners are thin on the ground it seems.

A lot of garages wont recon an engine these days and some of the so called reconditioners simply pull an engine from a scrapped car and wash it and sell it on as a recon.

Who diagnosed the engine fault? what have they said about it?

Dont forget even if you buy a dead engine and the garage fit it, you need to pay the garage for the work they did. Faulty/dead engine is your problem not theirs.

Is the garage willing to repair the engine themselves?

gardner1

OP what is actually wrong with your engine

custardy

recon + labour is madness on a 2005 C max.
Just not worth the risk/cost

https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/2004-ford-focus-c-max-tdci-1.6-diesel-1-year-mot-excellent-runner-cheap-car/1319062392


As an example,far better to take a jump on another car IMO.not recommending the one in the link,just showing how cheap they can be.

However as said,what has actually been diagnosed on the engine?

marlot

Last time I had a blown engine, I bought another car the same model/age with a good engine but tatty body. I ran it for a few weeks to make sure it was OK, then swapped the good engine into the good body.


Much better than buying from a scrapyard or from a backstreet recon place.

System

custardy wrote: »

recon + labour is madness on a 2005 C max.
Just not worth the risk/cost

https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/2004-ford-focus-c-max-tdci-1.6-diesel-1-year-mot-excellent-runner-cheap-car/1319062392

There's a reason it is cheap. Did you not notice its had a whack on the drivers side, enough to bend and flatten the sill and require a replacement door which is a completely different colour?

Better sinking a grand into a car you know than several hundred quid into something like that.

custardy

Tarambor wrote: »

There's a reason it is cheap. Did you not notice its had a whack on the drivers side, enough to bend and flatten the sill and require a replacement door which is a completely different colour?

Better sinking a grand into a car you know than several hundred quid into something like that.

I was showing the lowest end. I could have picked a few up to £1.2K
Until the OP comes back,theres no point going further.