2018 Leon Cupra 300 with intermittent, unusual engine noise

[mungo]

@"mungo", I have followed your tread. Now you have another EA888 engine in the car with lower mileage than the old one. I would keep the car. Glad to see you have got a good solution of the big problem!

I have considered buying a new car, see posting below… I am not interested in EV:s, feels as thrilling to buy as a dryer for laundry or refrigerator…..

https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/th...wned-an-mk3-and-upgraded.475648/#post-5054834

Thanks, I think you're right about keeping it. I'll check out your thread.

 

[Mo_86]

Any pics of your new engine?

 

[mungo]

Any pics of your new engine?

I haven't taken any pics - I am constantly checking under it at the moment through pure paranoia (coolant etc) ... I'll try and get a pic later. Just looks like a very clean engine bay currently.

 

[mungo]

Any pics of your new engine?

 

[Mo_86]

Very nice mate!

 

[SRGTD]

Agree.

As soon as I drove it for the first time after the fix, I couldn't believe how amazing the car felt - not just the power, but even simple things like how it holds the road and turns in, things you take for granted when you drive it all the time.

My temptation is to keep it, as like you, there is no other car I want, but once bitten twice shy? This is a situation I never expected to be in.

I’d keep it. Once bitten twice shy? I can understand your nervousness about keeping it but the optimist in me would say lightning never strikes twice. As you’ve said, there’s a lot of cars out there that aren’t as well kept as yours and with a higher mileage and you don’t know how they’ve been cared for.

You’ve just invested a considerable amount of money on a replacement engine, so IMHO it makes financial sense to get a return on your investment and get some use and enjoyment from it. Also, if you were to sell or part exchange your car against another car, I doubt you’d get any more for it than you would for an equivalent car still on its original engine.

Enjoy it and don’t overthink what might happen because the chances are it won’t .

 

[mungo]

I’d keep it. Once bitten twice shy? I can understand your nervousness about keeping it but the optimist in me would say lightning never strikes twice. As you’ve said, there’s a lot of cars out there that aren’t as well kept as yours and with a higher mileage and you don’t know how they’ve been cared for.

You’ve just invested a considerable amount of money on a replacement engine, so IMHO it makes financial sense to get a return on your investment and get some use and enjoyment from it. Also, if you were to sell or part exchange your car against another car, I doubt you’d get any more for it than you would for an equivalent car still on its original engine.

Enjoy it and don’t overthink what might happen because the chances are it won’t .

Nice post. And, I have even said the lighting quote in my own head at least once. Problem with keeping it to get a ROI, that means I need to add +5 years to the already 4 years I intended to keep it from now - so that's 9 extra years it needs to keep going for now. But ... I had got to the point, as mentioned above, where there is no other car I want anyway - and the cost of the engine replacement was still cheaper than a less than average car.

It's in the garage today having a check over now I have driven it around a bit - it's possible my old coils may be swapped over to the new engine as we suspect the coils on the new engine might not be as good as my old ones.

 

[mungo]

This was my car just prior to insertion of the new (used) engine. Just for interest - noone can say I didn't update what the noise was

 

[mty12345]

This was my car just prior to insertion of the new (used) engine. Just for interest - noone can say I didn't update what the noise was

Did they strip or take the head off the old engine? Was just curious as to what the damage was and if the block was salvageable