Ductman
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Unfortunately I’ve not seen the car myself as my friend only contacted me whilst in the airport waiting for their flight and they are away for the next 3 weeks. I will be advising him that he may well be better off scrapping the car but at the moment he really wants to try getting the engine replaced.
Having looked at many car forums over the years, I am well aware of the horror stories surrounding the recon engine suppliers generally so just want to steer him away from the known dodgy ones.
As I said earlier, he is a very nice bloke but very naive when it comes to cars and the criminal activities of some whose only aim is to rip you off. He obviously wants to get things sorted as soon as possible after returning home. Just to complicate things further, we will be away for a couple of weeks ourselves, the day before he returns so I won’t even get to look at the engine then.
My aim, in the meantime, is to give him enough information to be able to make an informed decision. Whether that’s to scrap the car or persist in finding an engine is entirely up to him but at least I will have done what I can to help.
Many thanks for all your suggestions and advice which I will take on board and use to give him my eventual thoughts. In the meantime if anybody can recommend a good supplier, it would be much appreciated.
Having looked at many car forums over the years, I am well aware of the horror stories surrounding the recon engine suppliers generally so just want to steer him away from the known dodgy ones.
As I said earlier, he is a very nice bloke but very naive when it comes to cars and the criminal activities of some whose only aim is to rip you off. He obviously wants to get things sorted as soon as possible after returning home. Just to complicate things further, we will be away for a couple of weeks ourselves, the day before he returns so I won’t even get to look at the engine then.
My aim, in the meantime, is to give him enough information to be able to make an informed decision. Whether that’s to scrap the car or persist in finding an engine is entirely up to him but at least I will have done what I can to help.
Many thanks for all your suggestions and advice which I will take on board and use to give him my eventual thoughts. In the meantime if anybody can recommend a good supplier, it would be much appreciated.