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Consumers are more concerned about saving money in America. In the automotive arena, this is causing an increasing consciousness about automotive repairs. Large repairs involving used engines are taking a front spot in shops now. Why are used engines taking such a large spot? Simply put, they are one of the most expensive repairs ever required. Whether a shop installs one BMW engine, one Buick engine, or 30 Chevy engines a year, cost is of huge, huge importance.

In the arena of the BMW engine, cost has not always been king. At one point, used engines were rarely considered as an option in replacement. However, there is many a BMW engine that retails for close to $30,000 when purchased new from the dealership. Since a used BMW engine can often be purchased for less than $5,000 and almost always for less than $10,000, new engines are rarely purchased.

When shops need a Buick engine, in the past they would look for a remanufactured product. Buying a preowned Buick engine offers several advantages to shop, including easier installation, proven reliability, and low wear OEM (original equipment manufacturer) parts. Best yet, when you buy a preowned Buick engine from a wrecked vehicle, you’re getting exactly the same thing that you had when your vehicle was running well. It’s a win win situation.

Chevy engines are similar to their aforementioned cousin. Iconic in its importance to America, the domestic manufacturer has no shortage of vehicles on the road, from Impala cars to Sierra trucks. All Chevy engines made since the mid nineties share quality as a common factor, and all the vehicles on the road with Chevy engines in them have reliability at their heart. Purchasing preowned reduces the environmental impact of driving, saves money, and gets drivers back on the road faster.

No matter what brand of vehicle you own, used engines can save you money in auto repair.

When used in applications for light trucks and larger, diesel engines endure more strain in their day to day use than their gasoline engine counterparts. This is as it is supposed to be; diesel engines are designed to take this extra stress, and half a million miles is not an uncommon service life. These long life designs are fantastic for haulers, but the reliability is pricey – when a diesel engine fails, getting a replacement engine can be an expensive proposition. If you know a few things, you can save significant amount of money.

The first thing you want to know when looking for a used diesel engine is why your original engine failed. Check service bulletins to see if there is anything urgent listed. Many times, there are external parts that can be swapped with new, updated parts. When these fixes are applied, they will allow your used engine replacement to be a true long term replacement and not just an expensive, temporary fix. One expensive item that I can think of is a late model engine that has an oil pan with a propensity to rust out. The manufacturer issued a service bulletin on the engine, but no recall. To replace this oil pan requires a complete removal and reinstallation of the engine; it is much more cost effective to replace this oil pan when the engine is out of the vehicle than in the vehicle.

The second thing you need to know is that if you buy a high mile used engine, you might be replacing a problem with a problem. What is defined as high miles? It is not uncommon for haulers to put 40,000 miles plus a year on diesel trucks. Many customers call us with 400,000 + miles on their diesels. If someone calls us looking for a replacement motor and their bad engine has less than a quarter of a million miles, normally they’re angry and swearing! I consider low miles on a diesel to be less than 100,000 miles. I try to sell them with lower miles than that, but it isn’t always possible due to pricing considerations.

The third thing you need to know is that having a competent installer makes all the difference in the world. I cannot emphasize this enough, so I’ll say it again. Having a competent installer makes all the difference in the world. I can’t count the number of times I’ve sold a diesel motor to a customer who didn’t need one. The most common reason this happens is when an injector problem is missed. This is common on 2.7L Dodge Sprinter engines. Low compression is reported, and the customer is lead to believe that their only option is complete replacement. I can remember an instance in which I sold a 2.7L engine to a customer. We got their core (a core is used engine that has failed) back, and it was a good not in fact a core; It was a good used engine with no rebuilding needed which had an injector problem. We let them know that state of their used engines, and they were mad, but the replacement used engine had already been installed. Later, that same customer called with a problem on their new used engine. We got it back, and it was an identical injector problem. Their installer was horrible, and cost them thousands of dollars they shouldn’t have spent.

Finally, we recommend that you only buy from a BBB accredited business. There are many companies that will lie to you on mileage, not stand behind their warranty, and do you an overall terrible job. Typically, a business will treat you no worse or no better than they’ve treated customers in the past.

We’ve addressed many of the possible difficulties that can arise in purchasing a used engine, and it is our hope that this will help you with finding a good used diesel engine. If you do not deviate from the above list, you should have a great experience and come out with a good used engine

Freight Forwarding

The green revolution is poised to change the way American industry does business. For many companies and consumers, this will increase costs, but in the automotive industry, there is great potential for individual consumers, private mechanics and repair chains to find great savings. How? Auto recycling offers a bountiful harvest of ready to go used parts available with low environmental impact. Let’s examine this, and see how used engines can reduce environmental impact, cost, and improve the lives of Americans. Every car on the road today was originally assembled with 100% OEM (original equipment manufacturer) parts. These parts, including the original engine, are the exact part designed for the vehicle by the original designing engineers of the engineer, and are typically better than any aftermarket brand. One of the main reasons these parts are often better than their aftermarket counterparts is that a large percentage of aftermarket parts are rebuilt. Remanufactured engines, for example, are often used core engines that have been purchased by a remanufacturer and rebuilt in a factory environment. While they can be a good option if a used engine isn’t available, for most applications they should only be considered a last resort. Many remanufacturers skimp on parts replacement when rebuilding, replacing only broken parts and leaving worn parts in place. I’ve heard many mechanics joke that if a remanufactured engine comes with a 36 month warranty, that engine will fail in 37 months. This is obviously not a literal truth; it’s more of a myth. There is truth in the concept here, and that concept is that remanufactured parts are not as reliable as OEM parts. Reliability isn’t the focus of this article though, the Green Revolution is. I had to mention rebuilt and remanufactured parts so you would understand why used engines are more environmentally friendly. When remanufacturing an engine, tremendous amounts of resources are used. The engine must be completely disassembled. Old parts must be thrown away if they can’t be rebuilt. Then, those parts that can be reused must thoroughly cleaned and reassembled. To clean these parts, tremendously corrosive, environmentally harmful chemicals must be used, horrible amounts of energy wasted. Any parts that cannot be reused must be built from scratch, which uses tremendous amounts of resources and energy. The remanufactured engine industry brags that it is green, and while it is clearly better to remanufacture than to build completely new, rebuilding has nothing on the used engine business in terms of environmental friendliness. You see, with a used engine, all chemicals are safely removed and stored after the engine is tested. All other parts in a salvaged vehicle that were not damaged in the accident that took the vehicle off the road are available for use as well. Mercury is removed from the vehicle, and so is all motor oil, Freon (R134a), transmission fluid, etc. Then, at that point, the engine is ready for use. That’s right – there is no environmentally harmful disassembly of the engine required, no harmful cleaning fluid, and no wasteful new parts to put on the engine, save for the rare occasions in which damage from the accident must be repaired.¬¬ Taking advantage of the availability of tested, proven used engines is a logical step. When installing a used engine, consumers save money, don’t waste precious natural resources, and are able to have an often superior product installed in their vehicle giving them years more of low cost driving time. Not having to buy new or remanufactured parts and engines is truly gong to change the way consumers and shops do business, allowing money and resources to be saved.

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