JudderMan
Registered User
Hi all
Having been a TFSI owner for exactly a month, it died on me yesterday. No dash lights, no EML, just knocking and juddering. Managed to get the 50ft to my mate's MOT garage who is gonna look at it this week, but reckons it's better to swap out the engine for a 2nd hand one and rebuild the dead one to then sell on hopefully making a big chunk of money back from the initial outlay of the 2nd hand unit.
Having seen lots of 'dead engine' threads on various forums, it looks like it could be small/big end bearings or cam tensioner has snapped/exploded. I had a cam follower in the glovebox ready to replace this week and pick up pipe to do as well. I drove it fairly fast on Friday, which must have been the killer. Didn't drive it on Saturday, then Sunday it was knocking like a mofo.
Anyhoo, wondered what your expert opinions are as a reconditioned engine from Engine Engineering is 1500 (inc VAT) for a totally fresh engine (head skim, all new gaskets, all new parts basically) with my dead one as an exchange. A 2nd hand unit is 1100 quid but then I have my engine to rebuild and make that money back...but then I'm stuck with an old engine...unless I swap that one in. Or do I buy a runaround until my engine is rebuilt? How much is a rebuild - lets say a crank regrind, possibly pistons if any damage, bearings and all associated parts?
As my car was around £1200 cheaper than others on the market were (guy took it as part ex and tries to shift cars every week), it makes sense to have that figure as a benchmark figure. If I take a recon unit then it should ('should') be good for lots of years to come and resale might be higher than the equivalent car with an old engine but then again I've just spunked a lot of money on the car and a recon unit would wipe out funds.
Also the 2nd hand one I've seen is a BWA from an 07 A3. Mine is a BGB (I think), does this cause any problems?
All help appreciated
Having been a TFSI owner for exactly a month, it died on me yesterday. No dash lights, no EML, just knocking and juddering. Managed to get the 50ft to my mate's MOT garage who is gonna look at it this week, but reckons it's better to swap out the engine for a 2nd hand one and rebuild the dead one to then sell on hopefully making a big chunk of money back from the initial outlay of the 2nd hand unit.
Having seen lots of 'dead engine' threads on various forums, it looks like it could be small/big end bearings or cam tensioner has snapped/exploded. I had a cam follower in the glovebox ready to replace this week and pick up pipe to do as well. I drove it fairly fast on Friday, which must have been the killer. Didn't drive it on Saturday, then Sunday it was knocking like a mofo.
Anyhoo, wondered what your expert opinions are as a reconditioned engine from Engine Engineering is 1500 (inc VAT) for a totally fresh engine (head skim, all new gaskets, all new parts basically) with my dead one as an exchange. A 2nd hand unit is 1100 quid but then I have my engine to rebuild and make that money back...but then I'm stuck with an old engine...unless I swap that one in. Or do I buy a runaround until my engine is rebuilt? How much is a rebuild - lets say a crank regrind, possibly pistons if any damage, bearings and all associated parts?
As my car was around £1200 cheaper than others on the market were (guy took it as part ex and tries to shift cars every week), it makes sense to have that figure as a benchmark figure. If I take a recon unit then it should ('should') be good for lots of years to come and resale might be higher than the equivalent car with an old engine but then again I've just spunked a lot of money on the car and a recon unit would wipe out funds.
Also the 2nd hand one I've seen is a BWA from an 07 A3. Mine is a BGB (I think), does this cause any problems?
All help appreciated
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