Rebuild/Buy Rebuilt/Buy Used
03-24-2015
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This is my 1st posting and I’m hoping to benefit from the collective knowledge among the forum's members. I have a 1998 Hatch, standard trans & 16Y7, essentially a stock machine. I have about 280K on the vehicle and the engine is using oil and the trans “fights” going into 1st on a down shift at anything above a full stop. So I’m figuring rings (at a minimum and a defective syncro in trans). I started looking at potential rebuild but when I began adding up potential machine shop, parts & other expenses the tally rose pretty fast with a commensurate drop in any savings. Then I looked to the possible purchase of a rebuilt engine/trans package still high but not out of the question. Then a friend told me about used low mileage engines/trans imported from Japan. I checked one of the better known importers and they will provide me with an engine/trans package with 50K miles or less for about $1300. My questions to the forum are: Has anyone ever purchased one of these imported engines & if so, what’s been your experience with it? Looking back, is there something you would do differently & if so, what? Any other related advice would also be welcome. Thanks much, Bljacque
03-24-2015
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ezone gave a good info on this. Will try to find it or he will pipe in shortly. He actually has to work on Honda's all day..Poor fellow.
03-24-2015
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I have no input on other choices.
He actually has to work on Honda's all day..Poor fellow.
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I could not find the post as why the low mileage engine come into the US from Japan but my friend had a Toyota that had the coking problem and the oil pump was starved and toasted the engine. His brother in law who owns a very large foreign car repair on route 17 in Yorktown VA replaced the motor with a low mileage motor from Japan. Been a few years and it held up fine.
03-24-2015
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His spin was some of the big cites in Japan have restrictions on how many miles on a motor are allowed due to emissions and they replace them and sell them as used. Ever heard of this?
His spin was some of the big cites in Japan have restrictions on how many miles on a motor are allowed due to emissions and they replace them and sell them as used. Ever heard of this?
I've heard that for a couple decades now, but a member of a professional forum who owns a shop in Japan explained how it works over there...IIRC it's the taxes that make people dump cars so quick. The older a car gets, the more heavily it is taxed. After only a few years it makes economic sense for them to dump an older car in favor of a newer one.
That's how I remember it, anyway.
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ezone, appreciate the insight as well as the background. I was curious as to why there was such an abundance of engines & trans, etc. from Japan. The "tax" aspect does make some sense. Seems it would make it pretty tough on a collector though!
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When dashes went to plastic, cars become like tin sheds. When they get a little rough, you throw them in the recycle bin and start over. Unless you're pretty mechanical and a electronic wiz, it's best anyway. Aftermarket parts are junk and who can justify dealer stuff on a 17 year old car.
03-25-2015
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and who can justify dealer stuff on a 17 year old car
