worth it?

[littlegearl]

i'm after a Vauxhall "red top" 16v for my Cavalier, was wondering what people think of this engine...

couple of things make me suspicious:

1. price almost too low, normally twice this price for a standard engine
2. dismantled for ease of storage? failed attempt to rebuild it after headgasket, block failure?
3. missing bottom pulley... big problem?

any thoughts gratefully recieved... don't want to buy a lemon! or am i being too suspicious

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2484646959

[MrFlibbles]

Have you tried asking the seller?

Only 95% of the people on eBay are dishonest!

[dern]

littlegearl said:

2. dismantled for ease of storage?

Difficult to believe as it would take up more room in bits.

Mark

[Pigeon]

Price - well you're looking for a bargain...
Bottom pulley - swap the one off your current engine

BUT

Dismantled for a reason that doesn't make sense... Don't touch it!

[Munter]

If it's local go and see it. Take a digi camera so you can post pics. If it's not local walk away...too much risk

[deltaf]

Dont buy dismantled engines!
Only buy them if youre allowed to dismantle it yourself first (ive done it) as youve NO idea of whether or not its any good, due to unscrupulous people swapping bits into the package from "another engine".
This can cause you all sorts of strife such as cam bearing caps not fitting (theyre machined for the cam in some engines), piston rings that are too slack/tight, excessive crank endfloat, in other words parts NOT being matched or way outa tolerance.
Also the seller cant spell "courtney" correctly so he's most likely a Ned.
HTH.

[paolow]

deltaf said:

Dont buy dismantled engines! Only buy them if youre allowed to dismantle it yourself first (ive done it) as youve NO idea of whether or not its any good, due to unscrupulous people swapping bits into the package from "another engine". This can cause you all sorts of strife such as cam bearing caps not fitting (theyre machined for the cam in some engines), piston rings that are too slack/tight, excessive crank endfloat, in other words parts NOT being matched or way outa tolerance. Also the seller cant spell "courtney" correctly so he's most likely a Ned. HTH.

echo what delta says

walk away.

[littlegearl]

deltaf said:

Also the seller cant spell "courtney" correctly so he's most likely a Ned.

didn't actually notice that... i do have a rule not to buy something off of someone that can't spell what they're selling though!

thought £150 for 150bhp sounded too good to be true!