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Originally Posted by Series9
In an ideal world, perhaps. Not everyone is able or willing to spend $20k on a car that's worth $9k.
He'll be doing oil/filter changes at 500 mile intervals for a couple thousand miles.
It's the customer's car and the customer's decision. I think this one has a very good chance of pulling through.
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I hear you brother! I am the guy who has always said that
swapping in a replacement or eBay engine is by far the most cost effective solution - these cars are simply not worth the rebuild in most cases.
But thinking that this engine can simply and cheaply be repaired is a recipe for failure. The damage has already done to all of the friction surfaces and 500 mile oil change intervals after the fact won't fix it.
The engine can certainly "pull through" and run for awhile longer if that is all the owner is looking for, but eventually it will likely suffer a major failure due to the damage that wasn't repaired. Or worse, the "just-get-it-running-again" car gets sold and the next owner is stuck with an engine that is living on borrowed time.
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