aaz knacked, refurb aaz or 1y/aef? costs benefits?
Posted: 25 Oct 2018, 08:29
Hi some you may have seen my previous thread. Basically the motor oil ran dry, yes I'm an idiot and have cursed myself plent for this stupidity, please don't make me feel worse, in my defense the lack of an oil warning light and a questonable dip stick lead me to think oil was fine, I had checked it less than a week before, obviously not very well. I bought the van 4 weeks ago and have done arround 1000 miles in it.
So my options are a new reconditioned AAZ from AW engineering. This looks like the gold standard route, costs around 1700. But I will need to use the old turbo! will this have been wreaked by lack of oil? how do I test the the turbo? if it needs a new turbo this is an extra 500. Add 700 approx for garag fitting an ths is looking a really expensive option.
Or a kind forum member has offered a 1Y or AEF engine. About 600 withnew timing belt fitted from sub 100k donor car. To be honest the loss of turbo appeals reliblilty wise and I drive quite steady anyway. This is my wifes favoured option, saves a grand that we really don't have. The down side is how simple is it to fit an unturboed engine, will they use the same pump? exhaust etc..... will it just raise the cost of the garage fitting a different type of engine that may take many extra hours. This is an unknown I'm worried about, do any of you have further light and knowledge in this area?
I ask you because I don't know and I suspect some of you do!
I've trawled the wiki and can't find much on the diff
So my options are a new reconditioned AAZ from AW engineering. This looks like the gold standard route, costs around 1700. But I will need to use the old turbo! will this have been wreaked by lack of oil? how do I test the the turbo? if it needs a new turbo this is an extra 500. Add 700 approx for garag fitting an ths is looking a really expensive option.
Or a kind forum member has offered a 1Y or AEF engine. About 600 withnew timing belt fitted from sub 100k donor car. To be honest the loss of turbo appeals reliblilty wise and I drive quite steady anyway. This is my wifes favoured option, saves a grand that we really don't have. The down side is how simple is it to fit an unturboed engine, will they use the same pump? exhaust etc..... will it just raise the cost of the garage fitting a different type of engine that may take many extra hours. This is an unknown I'm worried about, do any of you have further light and knowledge in this area?
I ask you because I don't know and I suspect some of you do!
I've trawled the wiki and can't find much on the diff