R56 how much do you think a 08 S with a bad engine worth?
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how much do you think a 08 S with a bad engine worth?
my 08 cooper S just died last week... dealer found a exhaust valve is chipped and isnt holding any pressure on cylinder 4
they quoted me $10k to put a new engine on and the shop that I called quoted me $6k to put in a high mileage engine. Neither one seems to be a good option to me so I just want to sell it... but I am not sure how much does it worth...
the car has 110k on it but everything is fine other than the engine. the tech at the dealership actually checked a whole bunch of stuff for me before they found the engine is dead
any thoughts?
they quoted me $10k to put a new engine on and the shop that I called quoted me $6k to put in a high mileage engine. Neither one seems to be a good option to me so I just want to sell it... but I am not sure how much does it worth...
the car has 110k on it but everything is fine other than the engine. the tech at the dealership actually checked a whole bunch of stuff for me before they found the engine is dead
any thoughts?
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So just replace that valve? As long as the cylinder wall isnt screwed up, at worst you have 4 valves to replace and a piston. Or just rebuild the engine, new pistons, rods, and a ported head. 6k sounds high to me though, especially for a high mileage engine. New engines from way are somewhere around $5k i think.
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The report only shows #4 is dead... but before I brought the car to dealership another shop told me both #3 and #4 have 0 compression. The dealer said they used a boroscope to look inside and found the cylinder wall scoring. I dont know much about engine, but I do not think they can fix the wall easily without replacing the block?
Last edited by odobo; 03-27-2014 at 06:49 PM.
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Kind of sounds like you're getting two different stories? Doesn't look good. Anyways, in answer to your original question. You know it will cost between $5-10k to replace the engine. Subtract that from your asking price (pre-blown engine), that's pretty much where you have to start. Your pool of potential buyers is going to be small, so you'll probably have to do a steep discount. The perfect buyer would be a DIY're self person willing to take it on as a project..
Last edited by AZdsrt; 03-27-2014 at 07:18 PM.
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There isnt exactly much room to play around with an engine swap. Only thing i can think of that's reliable with performance that might fit is a civic engine. Be curious to see i an SI engine would fit.
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Kind of sounds like you're getting two different stories? Doesn't look good. Anyways, in answer to your original question. You know it will cost between $5-10k to replace the engine. Subtract that from your asking price (pre-blown engine), that's pretty much where you have to start. Your pool of potential buyers is going to be small, so you'll probably have to do a steep discount. The perfect buyer would be a DIY're self person willing to take it on as a project..
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