My expensive car incident. Advice please.........

goldspanners

iolanthe07 wrote: »

Am I alone in thinking that actually the OP did quite well for £800, given garage charges these days?

i agree,i know it can cost up to £800 for just the engine on some cars (2nd hand) so a new engine supplied and fitted is tremendous value for money.

anewman

goldspanners wrote: »

i agree,i know it can cost up to £800 for just the engine on some cars (2nd hand) so a new engine supplied and fitted is tremendous value for money.

I thought OP said later they just reconditioned the cylinder head and renewed the 16 valves. So while this is a labour and time intensive job, it isn't exactly a whole brand new engine fitted. Could have got a good condition scrap head quite cheaply probably, I don't know how much scrappies like to charge or if they prefer people to take the whole engine though.