Selling a Rebuilt but Untested Motor, ..advice/thoughts? |
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Selling a Rebuilt but Untested Motor, ..advice/thoughts? |
Literati914 |
May 3 2019, 10:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,473 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 7,222 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Looking for advice.. my latest 914, a '72 who's 1.7L engine WITH full D-jet fuel injection system, had supposedly just been rebuilt. I was told the engine was rebuilt by a friend of the owner, who was supposedly well versed in rebuilding VW engines. However the owner knew very little specifically about what was done and I got no receipts. He left it up to his friend/mechanic to "do it right" so to speak. You can plainly see that it's been stripped down and cleaned (certainly looks rebuilt at least). He'd just finished up the rebuild and the engine was never even reinstalled in the car or started (unless the builder did it on a stand, I don't know). It's absolutely complete - FI, induction, tin, clutch (said to be new), vacuum hoses (obviously new), etc, etc. It's just waiting to be installed and run.
The thing is I have a 2056cc 2.0L that I'm planning on using instead. So I'm gonna sell the original/rebuilt 1.7L and I'm wondering to what lengths I should go to verify the rebuild. What would you guys do? Pull heads (after pulling induction, FI, vacuum, ignition, etc, etc) (a bit of work) and photograph cylinders, etc? ... or just leave as is and try to get it started on a stand - then measure leak down and compression? Thoughts and considerations before I put it in the classifieds? |
Superhawk996 |
May 4 2019, 03:52 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,875 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
I'd sell as used with no claims of rebuild as-is and/or as needing to be torn down and verified with appropriate pricing to reflect that risk for a buyer.
Personally for me, I would never trust an engine the age of 914 engines without going though it myself . . . Just so I know what's in there and how it's been done. That would be true even if I were told it were rebuilt. If it was rebuilt, it will be a quick, clean tear down and a straight forward reassembly. My personal opinion is putting it on a test stand doesn't prove much from a buyers perspective. Many poor rebuilds run initially but tear themselves up latter (main or rod bearings) if they were assembled poorly. Now if you were to put on a dyno, do proper break-in and then provided HP and torque numbers, that would be a little better, but costly. And ultimately as a buyer, I'd still wonder if the bearings were done properly (clearances, aligned / not crushed by dowel pins, used assembly lube, etc.) and were in it for the long haul. |
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