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Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

Haha yeah i have been entering my vin into most of the free sites but they only tell me the year and make and offer a paid version for more info ill check with the ones you posted thanks.
 


Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

search the site with google, theres a few threads with free carfax, some work still some dont.

start the search with grandprixforums: free carfax.
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

I forgot to kention when i checked in the free sites earlier one mentioned it had a calculated 144xxx miles another one said there was a calculated 3 previous owners. Makes me wonder how accurate those could be, and theyre offering paid versions for "more" info.
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

i may spend on the carfax report but i doubt theyd give a refund if no info comes up. Besides taking the word of the ppl at the yard how else can advertised mileage me verified if not through the odometer? Im afraid my only answer is you cant but maybe theres something??
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

I have. It's been running great the last 4/5 years

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Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

Forgot to mention Im also buying a used tranny unfortunately this one has 84k anything to look out for?
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

not really, unless you got x ray vision, lol its been tested before it was pulled like the engine.

just make sure its the tranny for your year car. and a n/a tranny. the sc cars have a hd tranny with lower gears. your pcm wont like that gear change at all.
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

I did for $350. Had 87,000 miles on it out of a park ave ultra. Never had a problem with it. When I sold the car I had put another 20,000 miles on the JY engine.

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Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

Spend a little more and you can l26s with next to zero miles
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

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So here are pics of the engine with supposed 1k on it. Doesnt look as clean as i expected , it is dusty though.
 

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Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

My best chance is perhaps removing the oil cap and looking inside with a light
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

Click my link in my sig

thats 6 miles

1,000 shouldn't be far from that

if it looks like chocolate syrup oil and kingsford carbon build up, I'd know it was duped
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

If it's truly that low miles you can tell. Clean spark plugs. Minimal oil buildup in the TB. Little carbon buildup in the EGR. PCV clean. Pulleys run smooth, tight, without noise or play or noticeable wear. No sludge buildup inside valve cover. Electrical tape connections not worn or heat damaged.

Gaskets may leak, hoses may dry rot or brittle, engine may be dirty from being outside, etc.

If it was me I would pull an oil sample and send it to Blackstone Labs. For $20-30 it's worth it.
 


Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

I would but they drain the engines of oil and its about three hours away.
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

Well hopefully ill get some more pics of what it looks like inside theyre supposed to dust it off tmrw and give it an inspection and take a look inside valve cover, did anyone who bought one carfax to see more info, did it actually have info or would an engine with such low miles show anything? Im looking for a total loss or wreck report that hopefully shows the mileage at the moment of crash.
 
Re: Anyone ever bought an engine from a salvage/wrecking yard?

Mine said
delivered to dealership
title - totaled
the miles were right next to the locations where and when it departed and after it was totaled
 
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