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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: eightyeightmph on 12 September 2008, 10:56
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Mate's got a problem with a "severe knocking" from the engine on his GTi 8V, havn't had a look myself yet but it's not using any oil/water (not leaking anyway) & still turns over OK.
How much £££ for an engine rebuild? :huh:
Bit vague I know, but only looking for an idea?
Thanks! :smiley:
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£300 min - £500 max
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£300
Thats for a full rebuild including rings, balancing and lightening, shells, seals, bearing etc. Ive not so long ago done it, was good funa and now i have a rocket :)
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Brilliant, thanks! Was that DIY or a garage? :huh:
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that was DIY for sure.. had to go to my mates garage to use his honing tool and help me fit the rings and re assemble but thats only cos i was a newbie.
Got the lightening an balancing done for £140 all in and my engine after ran ridiculously smoothly. well worth doing. one of my pistons was 6oz heavier then the rest! All weighing up nicely now tho :)
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Ah right, still interesting though. I'm expecting to have to replace the crank or a piston or something?!
Garage price would be interesting to know.
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garage you'd looking at near on £800 min
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Aha! That's more like what I was expecting! Good to know anyway, might brake out the old tools first then! :wink:
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Glad to help :)
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£300
Thats for a full rebuild including rings, balancing and lightening, shells, seals, bearing etc. Ive not so long ago done it, was good funa and now i have a rocket :)
You had it on the rolling road since you rebuilt it pal?
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Its very difficult to put a price on an engine rebuild, especially if you don't know what is wrong with it in the first place. Replacing the rings is not a rebuild. Its a repair or a freshen up.
If you open up the engine and find a scored bore, you could be lucky with a hone to repair the damage and a re-ring. Otherwise you are in for a rebore. The rebore in itself is not that expensive. The new pistons are.
Regrinding the crank is not a mojor issue either if it needs one, nor is replacing the oil pump. But then if you start going into head work, you could be facing a bill in excess of 400 quid for a recon.
My advice is to open up the engine and find out what the problem is, then address the problem. Whilst the engine is open, a new oil pump is a good idea. If you start going too deep into the engine and wanting to repair everything you see, you will end up with an empty wallet. A re-build is not what is called for, but a repair, dependant on what is wrong, should see the engine through to long after the car is dead.
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Surely it would be cheaper to get a 2.0L from a MK3 and have a garage install it?