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Guys
Thanks for the all replies, its really appreciated. Its great to bounce things off people with a similar mind set.
Options at present are;
1) Burn it - not something I'm willing to do. Would love to but, in all honestly, I've not got the balls. To further prevent this from happening, I've ready spoken with insurance company to see if I could claim fo the engine failure, which I can't, so would be too obvious
But am I not committing a crime by not notifying them that its got a second hand engine in? If I do notify them it has a second had engine I expect trade in prices to be pants!
Thank goodness you're unable to do the illegal thing some moron on here suggested. I for one would not wish my insurance premium to rise because of fraudulent claims such as that!
Good luck with whichever (legal) option you persue.
Fixing the current engine would be the best option and I don't see why it should devalue the car - it's just like any other fix you might have done to a car.
Good luck.
**** them mate. Have they offered to help you out? No. I'd get a recon engine and trade it in if I wasn't going to sell the bits off it.
They wouldn't notice the engine until the serviced it. When I traded my old car in they hardly inspected it.
Good luck with whatever option u go for. None of them are anything that i would want to have to do.
I agree - get it repaired / replaced the cheapest way possible (a engine with high miles) & chuck it in as px.
I'm sure you'll beable to get the engine swapped for under 2k (a lot of ringing maybe involved). Take it to a main dealer & px..... 7-8K + 4k = 12k & you'll get a newer motor in warranty.
I'd rather spend the 6k doing this, rather than on a new engine!
A mechanic who regards his time as an investment rather than a cost may prefer this. They may be able to buy a crash write-off and combine the two into one working whole.As for option 2, I can only imagine some sort of crazy ex car mechanic with a spare engine lying about would want to buy a broken car to be honest
IANAL, but the principle of Caveat Emptor ("let the buyer beware") applies; someone buying from you (as a private seller) has to make their own enquiries, and provided you don't lie when asked a direct question, the goods are 'sold as seen'.But am I not committing a crime by not notifying them that its got a second hand engine in? If I do notify them it has a second had engine I expect trade in prices to be pants!