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***TitaniumTT*** · 12-01-2009, 11:34 AM

Depends on what blew. If you lost coolant seals and the housings are still in good shape, then all you'll need is a seal kit and you could easily save that. However, if you fragged a seal, any seal, and wiped out the housings or the rotors, it'll be way more than that. I learned my lesson the hard way, any engine I ever buy from now on will be cracked open and rebuilt prior to my using it. Had I done that when I first got my RE, all I would've needed was a seal kit. Instead I wiped out a rotor and a housing. I got lucky and found an engine that spun a bearing but the internals were awsome. So my eshaft + bearings plus the new motor's plates, housings, rotors and seals + a new 0-ring kit landed me an engine that lasted until GoodYear blew it up.

So yeah, even if you're buying a used motor with great compression, crack the bitch open. Learn from my mistake.

12-01-2009, 11:34 AM	#13
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	Depends on what blew. If you lost coolant seals and the housings are still in good shape, then all you'll need is a seal kit and you could easily save that. However, if you fragged a seal, any seal, and wiped out the housings or the rotors, it'll be way more than that. I learned my lesson the hard way, any engine I ever buy from now on will be cracked open and rebuilt prior to my using it. Had I done that when I first got my RE, all I would've needed was a seal kit. Instead I wiped out a rotor and a housing. I got lucky and found an engine that spun a bearing but the internals were awsome. So my eshaft + bearings plus the new motor's plates, housings, rotors and seals + a new 0-ring kit landed me an engine that lasted until GoodYear blew it up. So yeah, even if you're buying a used motor with great compression, crack the bitch open. Learn from my mistake. __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

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