Comment on I bought a car with a bad engine
Hubi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That sucks. I had something similar happen when I bought a car with a “new” engine that blew up on me after just 5000 kms. Out of curiousity, what’s the defect?
Comment on I bought a car with a bad engine
Hubi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That sucks. I had something similar happen when I bought a car with a “new” engine that blew up on me after just 5000 kms. Out of curiousity, what’s the defect?
Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The engine doesn’t supply the oil to some of it’s parts properly, so parts like the turbo compressor went bad.
KingGordon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Engines can be replaced. Is that an option?
Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yes, but it would be as expensive as the car. It is also technically possible to replace a bunch of parts in order to fix it, but they are hard to get and expensive to get from the manufacturer.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
That might be the “extremely expensive” repair. On a 10k car it’s possible, though it might well be worth doing. Especially if owner or shop can source a good engine cheaply. But it’s not going to be a small amount of work.
Selling the rest somewhere for repair or parts and cutting your losses is a good looking option, though that’s not cheap either.
A car is often a bad investment.
Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The first quote I got for the car was 1200 euros.
The engine repair guy said the repair would cost at least 3000, but the parts are hard to come by and it might take months just to get them. Getting them from the manufacturer would quickly inflate the price. And even if we replace all those parts, it would still prolong car’s life for 3-5 years.