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Re: Rebuilt engines - good or bad?
<skybearer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167849528.060384.278680@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> I'm looking for an older, inexpensive station wagon (Corolla or Camry,
> if I can find one). A lot of the cars I'm seeing have rebuilt engines,
> even when they're not that old ( a friend is selling a 1997 Escort with
> 97,000 miles and a rebuilt engine and transmission).
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> Is a rebuilt engine a plus or minus? Does it mean the car had problems
> or saw a lot of use, and needed a new engine? Or does it mean I'm
> getting a new engine with plenty of life? My father always told me not
> to get used cars with rebuilt engines, but some of the cars talk about
> rebuilds as if they're good things.
>
> SB
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Whether a rebuilt engine is a plus or minus depends on the skill of the
person doing the rebuilding and the quality of the parts used in the
rebuild. Since there is no real way to determine the skill of the person
who did the rebuild, IMO, buying a car with a rebuilt engine is a toss of
the dice.
--
Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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