rebuilt engines?

[rockanrepublic]

would an engine rebuild lower the price of a car or raise it?
Personally i think if an engine was rebuilt professionally with receipts it would defiantly raise the value but with no receipts or it was done by owner then i would skip the car and find another.

what about you guys?

[dirtsniffer]

speaking of skipping and finding another

[Darkenergy]

for me, if the car is older i would think it helps the sale. if it is 4 to 5 years old, you can't help but think what else was driven to shit.

[heavyD]

I don't think a rebuilt engine ever adds to resale value of a car unless it was done on the performance side with forged internals, etc. Generally a used car with a rebuilt engine can be a red flag that the car was bagged on or not maintained properly.

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by heavyD
I don't think a rebuilt engine ever adds to resale value of a car unless it was done on the performance side with forged internals, etc. Generally a used car with a rebuilt engine can be a red flag that the car was bagged on or not maintained properly.

...or is a rotary.

[Mibz]

Originally posted by heavyD
I don't think a rebuilt engine ever adds to resale value of a car unless it was done on the performance side with forged internals, etc. Generally a used car with a rebuilt engine can be a red flag that the car was bagged on or not maintained properly.

This.

[turbotrip]

if its an older car to the point where it should have around 170,000kms+ then rebuilding the engine adds to the value; otherwise it decreases it

[Weapon_R]

I'd never buy a car with a rebuilt engine.

[Euro838]

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't there varying degrees of "rebuilt". I'm not sure what actually happens on a rebuild and if it applies whenever someone says "rebuild". I don't know if there is a minimum before someone says they rebuilt their engine. Clarification is cool. I also see people like to rebuild certain types of cars vs others. Is that a choice of the owner or car mfg?

I see a lot of people rebuilding their honda engines but aren't they supposed to last like 400,000+ kms? Do people do it just to return to original power/performance?

[Stealth13]

All depends on how you drive the car, I could make the Honda engine last 10k if i wanted to..

[mr2mike]

Depends on body too. If it's rust free then yes I think it does. But then again I rebuilt for forged internals from a specialized shop.
If it's a stock rebuild on a car, I wouldn't bother. I see lots of used low km engines from Japan come in. I'd swap that in and be done.

[heavyD]

Originally posted by Kloubek


...or is a rotary.

That's the exception. With a rotary it adds value as you don't wan't to buy one that's near the end of the latest installed engine's 20K lifespan.

[rockanrepublic]

well im trying to figure out the value on my friends 2000 civic si the engine was rebuilt at 90,000kms its 106,000now and im wondering if it would be worth more or less then a civic thats the exact same with 106,000 on the engine and body not just the body.

[Zero102]

Less, unless you have a really good reason for rebuilding the engine at 90,000km, and you had better have receipts, because as mentioned above, people have different opinions of what "rebuilt" really means.

[XES]

I personally wouldn't buy a civic with a rebuilt motor for half of what an original is going for.

No good reason a civic motor goes after only 96k besides the obvious beat to shit and cold reving.

[MugenBB6]

is steven trying to sell his car already lol