IMS failure???

[sepesusi63]

I still don't understand how it can be more expensive to repair the faulty engine that to buy a replacement engine?
Repair work I can carry out myself, so only parts needed to buy (+ maybe some special tools).
Replacement engines are not that cheap, not at least here in Finland....
Probably thing are different in US.

[Jake Raby]

Cheap rebuilds seem cheaper than a repair... Till you have to repair the cheap rebuild.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by sepesusi63

I still don't understand how it can be more expensive to repair the faulty engine that to buy a replacement engine?
Repair work I can carry out myself, so only parts needed to buy (+ maybe some special tools).
Replacement engines are not that cheap, not at least here in Finland....
Probably thing are different in US.

I have shipped a few engines by FedEx, 1 to Iceland, but I have no idea about the cost!

[mikefocke]

Originally Posted by sepesusi63

Probably thing are different in US.

Would that that were true.

JFP posted on another forum a quote for a short block from Porsche for a 13 year old Boxster and it was twice what a similar car might have sold for in good running and cosmetic condition.

My only experience replacing an engine was for a Chrysler/Mitsubishi product where the rebuilt engine lasted only one trip or 2k miles.

There are good rebuilds and there are cheap rebuilds and there are blocks where parts have been replaced with improved versions.

They all cost differently.