anyone else think this is rediculious?
09-14-2011, 01:18 PM
#11
Sup
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 297
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ok, heres the verdict, theres a shop down the street from where my dad works, came in $500 cheaper than ford did. And hes gonna re-diagnose it to make sure they wern't b.s.ing me. I was swinging to trade my truck in, they were gonna give me 6k for my truck, and if i put the 6k i was gonna put into the motor as a down payment, i would have been able to get a 2010 Fx4 for around 280/ month. Of corse my dad said no, even though it is my truck, and my money lol
09-14-2011, 01:24 PM
#12
'08f150stx
Ok, heres the verdict, theres a shop down the street from where my dad works, came in $500 cheaper than ford did. And hes gonna re-diagnose it to make sure they wern't b.s.ing me. I was swinging to trade my truck in, they were gonna give me 6k for my truck, and if i put the 6k i was gonna put into the motor as a down payment, i would have been able to get a 2010 Fx4 for around 280/ month. Of corse my dad said no, even though it is my truck, and my money lol
09-14-2011, 01:27 PM
#13
took my truck in for a misfire under 1000 rpm on cyl 3, they come back with a compression test saying the piston is shot, either dump the truck or put a new motor in it. And the price he gave me for the new motor was $6200 ford remanufactured or 4700 for a used engine with 96k miles. Im not too familiar with motor prices for these trucks but ive been told by a couple people that sounded too high. Thoughts?
replacing rings certainly does not warrant an entire engine replacement...
the only way you would really need to replace a whole motor is if you grenaded a rod, gouged the cylinder wall beyond a bore/hone or some other catastrophic damage. if its just 1 cylinder this seems a tad extreme, although i do not know all the details obviously.
Last edited by schissler; 09-14-2011 at 01:30 PM.
09-14-2011, 01:46 PM
#14
'08f150stx
If you have ever rebuilt an engine for a customer, you do not know what you will find when opening that engine up and you let them know that. The customer wants a firm price. Not variables.
Long block re manufactured engines are the only way you will get a firm cost on engine replacement.
Used engines might, but it is a pig in a poke as far as what you will get from the bone yard and what vehicle did it come out of?
You are right about the leak down test.
09-14-2011, 01:57 PM
#15
Sup
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 297
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
They told me they stuck a little camera down in the cylinder, and a compression test before that, but when i asked to see the compression test for myself, they would not show it to me.
09-14-2011, 08:24 PM
#16
I'm going through something similar. I took mine to a shop because of idling problems and he told me that I have low oil pressure and told me he might be able to fix it for $1500 buy if I need another motor they are hard to find and looking at around $7000. I'm doing the same thing you are and getting another shop to look at it. Best of luck to you.