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picaza - 03 Nov 2004 10:59 GMT

hi,

the old girl is start to smoke on hard accel and is getting worse. do
you think it would be better to drop a used motor in or replace the
rings? what is a reasonable prince for a used motor?

thanks,
peter

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L. Santer - 04 Nov 2004 21:26 GMT

picaza <icaza@earthlink.net> wrote

> do you think it would be better to drop a used motor in or replace
> the rings? what is a reasonable prince for a used motor?

If it's your labor abd you got the time, cheaper to replace rings. If
you're paying someone else, maybe a used motor.

I paid $600 for a 90K miata engine. Shipping charges killed me. Try
car-part.com to locate/price available engines.

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picaza - 06 Nov 2004 02:05 GMT

> If it's your labor abd you got the time, cheaper to replace rings. If
> you're paying someone else, maybe a used motor.
>
> I paid $600 for a 90K miata engine. Shipping charges killed me. Try
> car-part.com to locate/price available engines.

hi,
probably should have stated that old motor will have 100k on the clock
before it comes out of the car altho it has a resent water pump, timing
belt and valve job. i was thinking of finding a local lo-mile motor
for a quick job. what do you think?

thanks,
peter

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L. Santer - 11 Nov 2004 04:52 GMT

picaza <icaza@earthlink.net>

> probably should have stated that old motor will have 100k on the clock
> before it comes out of the car altho it has a resent water pump, timing
> belt and valve job. i was thinking of finding a local lo-mile motor
> for a quick job. what do you think?

Only 100K and smoking?
I think a compression and leak down test should be done next.

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