woodenhead
Well-known member
I've been picking parts off my too-rusted-to-save 02 Wagon to feed my 02 sedan, but recently someone approached me at work and asked about buying the engine out of it. I'm interested, but have no idea what a fair price would be -- And I'm not even sure it would be fair/moral to sell it. Here are the details:
The engine has about 250K on it. I blew the turbo on it one snowy day about three years ago. I swapped the turbo out for a new Mahle, and got it back on the road, but it was blowing smoke for the first twenty minutes EVERY time I drove it. I did a compression test - numbers all came out fine -- took it out on a lonesome highway and hit 100 to try to blow it clean... still smoked.
And then, well I needed a car so I bought the sedan. I had hoped to put the wagon back to rights the next year, but when I tried to jack it up, the sides just crumpled. So, I never found out what was causing the problem, just bought the 02 sedan and started picking the parts it needed off the wagon.
So, is it fair to sell it? I already mentioned blowing out the turbo to the prospective seller, but still. And, if I'm not entering questionable moral territory, what is a fair price? NB, I'm going to pull the new turbo off for my car.
Opinions?
The engine has about 250K on it. I blew the turbo on it one snowy day about three years ago. I swapped the turbo out for a new Mahle, and got it back on the road, but it was blowing smoke for the first twenty minutes EVERY time I drove it. I did a compression test - numbers all came out fine -- took it out on a lonesome highway and hit 100 to try to blow it clean... still smoked.
And then, well I needed a car so I bought the sedan. I had hoped to put the wagon back to rights the next year, but when I tried to jack it up, the sides just crumpled. So, I never found out what was causing the problem, just bought the 02 sedan and started picking the parts it needed off the wagon.
So, is it fair to sell it? I already mentioned blowing out the turbo to the prospective seller, but still. And, if I'm not entering questionable moral territory, what is a fair price? NB, I'm going to pull the new turbo off for my car.
Opinions?