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BIG PaPa
Daughter-in-law's car, fix or dump?
As far as cost, (if you?re doing the work yourself) it might be better just to make repairs. If the cost of new bearings (main, rod, and probably cam), a possible rework of the crankshaft, maybe cams and lifters if needed, likely an oil pump, and a complete gasket set comes out cheaper than a replacement engine then I would go that route. In fact, I bought a GMC truck with no oil pressure and a heavy rod knock really cheap because the owner didn?t want to fix it.
Option B would be to buy a used engine from the salvage yard. Did that when my son was a teenager and his car spun a cam bearing. Once again it was a cost (and my time) thing. The complete used engine was around $350 and I swapped it out in half a day and had him back on the road.
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