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 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:12 pm |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2010
Posts: 3977
Trade Rating: +15
Location: Halifax
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I paid £150 for a 1.1 engine with 42k on it from a good genuine scrap yard. All the engines I saw on eBay were a rip off or high mileage.
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:48 pm |
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Joined: Aug 04, 2011
Posts: 1343
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Location: Swindon
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Do not be harsh on yourself. Anyone who has bought a significant number of cars will have bought a pup at some stage even experienced mechanics and at today's prices £700 can buy you a nice car so don't think for one minute it is your own fault. However, if you are inexperienced, an AA or independent check is worth it before buying a car.
My daughter has a 2000 1.4 GLX, Indigo blue, sun roof and only 58,000 miles and we paid £800 for that. It is a very pretty car, immaculate interior (no burns, wear or large holes for speakers) but there are one or two car park dings. It will need a clutch soon but I knew that when we bought it.
However, we saw some real junk with things like filler in sills that had been sprayed over, mayonnaise on oil filler, oil in water header tanks and interiors like a dog kennel before finding this one. One guy even described the car as serviced less than 20 miles ago yet the oil was like tar and the oil filter was a lump of rust - god knows how long that had been on the car!
With your car it sounds like your cambelt failed if there were marks in the pistons and that can be pretty terminal to your engine. Find a good engine and enjoy the car - despite my distaste for anything that is not a classic Alfa I have been quite surprised by the 206 and think it really is quite a nice car.
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| Morris 1000, Austin 1100, Escort Mk2, Fiat Mirafiori, Alfa 33, Alfa GT Junior, Alfasud, Alfetta GTV (2x), Alfa 164 3.0 V6, Alfa 164 2.0, Alfa 75 V6, Alfa 156 2.4 (diesel remapped 200bhp), Alfa 147 GTA (3.6 295bhp), Alfa 159 (diesel remapped 245bhp 300ft.lbs @ 2500rpm)
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:05 pm |
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Joined: Apr 24, 2012
Posts: 24
Trade Rating: 0
Location: United Kingdom
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just a quick update
today i sourced an engine from a 206 with 43000 mile one owner from new (now deceased)
got it for a bargain of £210 delivered including everything but the alternator and starter motor and he threw in the clutch and a rear windscreen wiper
managed to hire an engine crane for Monday so hopefully all goes well
just wondering if there is anything else i might as-well get while i am spending money
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| still a learner driver with no knowledge of car workings or modding please be nice lol | |
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:24 pm |
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Joined: May 25, 2011
Posts: 1025
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Location: south coast
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full cambelt kit and waterpump
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:29 pm |
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Joined: Apr 24, 2012
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Location: United Kingdom
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brought waterpump so just cambelt kit to go lol then back to modding
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| still a learner driver with no knowledge of car workings or modding please be nice lol | |
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:39 pm |
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Joined: May 25, 2011
Posts: 1025
Trade Rating: +1
Location: south coast
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personly i would also do a service on it at least do the oil and filter its worth doing the cambelt and pump now as then you know its all ok for a while and easy to do while engine is out of the car.
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:45 pm |
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Joined: Apr 24, 2012
Posts: 24
Trade Rating: 0
Location: United Kingdom
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well finally got the car running again after just over a week but seems to go like sh£t off a stick dont know if this is due to me driving a heap of junk before or a different engine sure i ordered a 1.1 lol
the whole job has ended up costing about 500 including labour which i think is quite a fair price and i even had some change to buy some Bosch aero-twin wipers
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| still a learner driver with no knowledge of car workings or modding please be nice lol | |
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:49 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 10151
Trade Rating: +12
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well done
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