How Much

[Guest taxisteve]

Hi Guys

How much would any of you pay for a x reg galaxy 2.3 petrol with gas conversion 100k on the clock and comes with an added extra "a siezed engine"

I'm thinking of either fix it or sale it .

 

 

steve

[Guest taxisteve]

Ok I've decided to fix it so how much should it cost roughly to unsieze an engine or is it a new engine if so how much for that

steve

[tiny]

A Seized engine is a very broad description, most people will think pistons and rebore, but at the end of the day this is a "how long is a piece of string" type question! any amount of engine components could be U/S

 

Things that may be damaged or need replacing could be

Pistons+Rings

Main+big end bearings

gudgeon pins +little end bearings

oil pump

 

Add to this a rebore at

[tim-spam]

Select top gear, find several strong friends to push it to the top of a steepish hill, get up to some sort of speed and then 'pop' the clutch and, bingo, it should start. A friend of mine did this many years ago with a Beetle he managed to run up the M1 with no oil until it siezed - puzzling really as he had a can of oil in the boot. Anyway, after filling with oil, the car did start and got everyone home, but this was obviously not a long term fix.

 

Seriously though, you're right to fix the problem, as a car with a siezed engine is worth peanuts. It is important to find the cause of the siezure - it may just need a crank regrind and new bearings, although I would always replace the oil pump as well. If the bores have siezed and there is other damage, I would be tempted to go down the secondhand or recon engine route.

[Bigjeeze]

Select top gear, find several strong friends to push it to the top of a steepish hill, get up to some sort of speed and then 'pop' the clutch and, bingo, it should start. A friend of mine did this many years ago with a Beetle he managed to run up the M1 with no oil until it siezed - puzzling really as he had a can of oil in the boot. Anyway, after filling with oil, the car did start and got everyone home, but this was obviously not a long term fix.

 

Seriously though, you're right to fix the problem, as a car with a siezed engine is worth peanuts. It is important to find the cause of the siezure - it may just need a crank regrind and new bearings, although I would always replace the oil pump as well. If the bores have siezed and there is other damage, I would be tempted to go down the secondhand or recon engine route.

 

 

Always assuming of course it hasn't thrown a Con rod or similar!!

[Guest taxisteve]

me again

would a siezed engine try to turn over cos i'm getting nothing from the starter when turning the key is this normal or am i being really thick

steve

[Bigjeeze]

Probably not - If it is seized you will need to try putting it in gear and jerking it free. It might work - then again it might not!!

[Mauser]

Would it be worth removing plugs and tipping some light oil in there, then pushing ?, don't suppose th engine can be turned backwards rather than forwards ?.

Good luck anyway and keep us posted.

Simon