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anyone heard of or used these guys?
« on: January 09, 2010, 21:58:16 »
engines seized on the disco, so i did a search for a second hand one via breakerlink or someone...... anyway, i got a call from a company called "recycling lives" saying they had a 200tdi with 524000 miles on it, 6 month guarantee, delivered, for £300! sounds too good to be true, so anyone used em?
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2010, 22:12:01 »
If it's too good to be true...


Saying that £300 for an engine is run of the mill, so probably genuine.
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2010, 22:17:31 »
you think? ok, maybe worth me calling em back then
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2010, 18:02:27 »
Quote from: jay2578 on January 09, 2010, 21:58:16
200tdi with 524000 miles on it,
:shock: surely not
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2010, 18:10:03 »
that was my first reaction!
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2010, 18:26:11 »
with 524,000 miles on it is quite alot of miles aint it? id keep looking cos there are surely ones for the same price with less miles on
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2010, 15:51:48 »
That mileage is crazy!

I was gutted I missed this one. Not cheap, but not bad for 45,000 miles on a recon unit.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Discovery-200TDI-engine_W0QQitemZ290402063134QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item439d4fd31e#ht_500wt_1082
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2010, 18:20:02 »
524000 MILES!

Glad someone else is shocked, keep looking, theres two for sale up here at 500 and 800 quid, maybe its too far for you though
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2010, 16:58:49 »
you could always offer him 200 quid and then have it overhauled so its virtually a new engine. but even with a guarantee thats far too overpriced. speak to Solihull-Mick. he might show you the wear and tear of 500,000+ miles, bit of piston slap etc lol
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« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2010, 09:43:34 »
Your right jay, just replaced my 300 tdi in bessie after 500.000 miles, still ran just had so much piston slap, got a brand new block off e-bay for 56 quid, swapped all the parts over new gaskets and pistons, running like a new penny, cant belive how much power id lost, she flys again
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2010, 15:21:30 »
SORRY! typo its 56400 not 564000!!!
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2010, 20:42:41 »
thats a bargin it it atrue
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2010, 20:54:22 »
Quote from: eugene on March 31, 2010, 20:42:41
thats a bargin it it atrue

Not really, about right for any common 2nd hand engine.
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Re: anyone heard of or used these guys?
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2010, 18:35:50 »
Well i`ve had a few quotes and they were all arond the same money, but the mileage was upto around 85k
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