Reconditioned a legal term?

[Dutch01527]

But he has made it clear that he does nothave that kind of money.

The engine has only run a few hundred hours and the faults discovered so far are relatively minor and there is no reason why a strip down, clean and put back together plus a replacement starter, alternator, mounts and wiring loom should not result in a reliable long lived engine for a fraction of £12k.

My advice would be to take the head and sump off to check the crank at one end and the valves at the other, plus strip the turbo. If that shows no nasties then clean it all up and put it back together. In short, what the previous owner should have done in the first place.

I could not agree more. Sort out the things that need doing ( oil pipe, wiring, alternator, mounts, inspect turbo) and ignore the slightly low compression. Then use the engine hard until confidence is regained.

If you ask a main dealer they will always take a ultra cautious view - they need to to prevent potential come back.

I am willing to bet that many if not most older engines have similar compression issues and still run perfectly acceptably.

 

[Malabarista]

Thanks everybody for the excellent debate. In the interests of closure, i got properly bogged down with the engine ( should have listened to Paul) had a friend who is a tractor mechanic come take a look and there was definitely evidence of hydrolocking. He was amazed that it had run in that condition at all but agreed it was possible. His advice was to ebay it for parts and look for another. We have now bought the same model of engine ( but without the turbo) from French Marine for a great price. It will be fitted shortly by them and we feel a lot more confident having a new one to rely on.
Thanks again

 

[PhilMaSails]

TLDR - too long a thread didn't read, am assuming this engine was purchased as a second hand 'Used' reconditioned unit.

One comment to make: Euro legislation, all used and second hand consumer items sold in the EU are legally required to have a 12 month warranty (new is 24 months, thereafter you have to prove defective manufacturing practice), legislation in question is EC/1999/44 don't ask me which section chapter etc as am too tipsy to go look, linky to PDF: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:31999L0044

Its in there somewhere, you should have legal recourse if its a uk seller and engines are always an expensive 'Problem'. Most are unaware of the above, said legislation is legally enforceable via a small claims court though a registered post letter or email is usually enough to force a company to comply IF they are aware of their legal obligations, send them a link and make them aware. Brexit may change this situation. I have used the above legislation to good effect to the tune of $500+ compensation with an American company who supplied eventually faulty computer components to me in the EU - UK, this was the long haul option and I was broke so had little choice and plenty of time, said time being 9 months.

good luck.

 

[Malabarista]

TLDR - too long a thread didn't read, am assuming this engine was purchased as a second hand 'Used' reconditioned unit.

One comment to make: Euro legislation, all used and second hand consumer items sold in the EU are legally required to have a 12 month warranty (new is 24 months, thereafter you have to prove defective manufacturing practice), legislation in question is EC/1999/44 don't ask me which section chapter etc as am too tipsy to go look, linky to PDF: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:31999L0044

Its in there somewhere, you should have legal recourse if its a uk seller and engines are always an expensive 'Problem'. Most are unaware of the above, said legislation is legally enforceable via a small claims court though a registered post letter or email is usually enough to force a company to comply IF they are aware of their legal obligations, send them a link and make them aware. Brexit may change this situation. I have used the above legislation to good effect to the tune of $500+ compensation with an American company who supplied eventually faulty computer components to me in the EU - UK, this was the long haul option and I was broke so had little choice and plenty of time, said time being 9 months.

good luck.[/QUOTE

Thanks mate
I was really just closing this as it was a year ago. I was searching for something unrelated and realised that I hadn’t explained what the outcome was. Kinda back to the future if you catch my drift.
Go back to your wine …nothing to see here…?

 

[PaulRainbow]

TLDR - too long a thread didn't read, am assuming this engine was purchased as a second hand 'Used' reconditioned unit. .

Might be worth reading what actually happened

 

[Hoolie]

Might be worth reading what actually happened

What? Not reading the posts on a thread before replying is a long standing tradition of the forum

 

[RichardS]

Might be worth reading what actually happened

I guess that the thread is too long for that although I do remember "hydrolocking" being a key discussion subject with strong opinions on both sides.

Richard