Cost of rebuilding a six cylinder engine .
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Wellytrack
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6 bags of Tayto.
fiat 9090
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- co offaly eire
different engines different prices are you talking wet liners dry liners air cooled deutz takes less hours than a new holland imo
Wet liners
Any six cylinder , change the liners , strip and rebuild , private mecanic versus main dealer price .
ROBINWORKS
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- Strathaven
Customer had a Mercedes om 366 engine full recon for £2500+vat, inc injectors, fuel pump, liners ,pistons gaskets, crank ground, strip, clean and rebuilt
ollie989898
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Bargain.
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- South West
Main dealer, man with a van or mates rates will all have different labour rates as will genuine or aftermarket parts as parts will be needed and why would anyone fit parts that they do not know the origin of,? and there's engine rebuilds and engine rebuilds. How far do you wants go. Personally your question is almost impossible to answer as massive variations WILL arise
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- North West Wales
What’s a rebuild? Head and sump off, new liners, rings and crank bearings with the engine still in situ or a proper engine out, full strip down, everything checked, measured all wearing parts replaced?
Done in situ it’s two to three days work. Proper rebuilt will take a lot longer
Done in situ it’s two to three days work. Proper rebuilt will take a lot longer
leone75
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- Newtownards N.Ireland
Labour for a 6 cylinder 400 hp engine I charge £3000 or there about.
This includes a little risk money if anything was to go wrong that is a proper rebuild with all bearings including cam and thinking gears , waterpump rebuilt and bench run
4 cylinder Perkins 1100 series £800-£1000
This includes a little risk money if anything was to go wrong that is a proper rebuild with all bearings including cam and thinking gears , waterpump rebuilt and bench run
4 cylinder Perkins 1100 series £800-£1000
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- Agricultural Engineer, Lancashire
Yep, that's exactly where I'd be at too. The number of times I come across a supposedly 'rebuilt' engine that has maybe had the sump off and pistons out is unreal! So it depends what the OP classes as a rebuilt engine. My view is that you've to end up with a bare block and fully re-assemble having cleaned/measured and rebuilt all the components as required to achieve new or very nearly new spec. Something which takes time i'm afraid, so I'd expect figures to vary quite a bit on the work involved. Especially as some engines are much better thought out than others i.e. liners that can be replaced as opposed to re-bore and oversized components. Open deck vs closed deck...
So it's quite a broad question really, but I think a lot of the replies so far ain't far off the mark. The person getting Merc engine sorted as a job lot for £2500 + VAT got a good rate.
@ around £3.33 a bag no doubt??
Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
Northern or Southern Tayto? Individual bags, multipack or sharing bags? What flavour?
Wellytrack
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Well firstly Salt and Vinegar, obviously proper sized sharing but I’m not sharing bags, Northern but after tomorrow tariff free Southern ones should be acceptable.
michael N123
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fiat 9090
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- co offaly eire
it would cost a lot to do a valtra engineIt’s a Valtra but he won’t tell you that
I don't know what it cost to do up an engine. we send away the complete engine to a man here when it needs done if its a front line machine. our man will bore out the old liner, press in a new one and bore it out to the right size again for the new piston/rings, never had a problem with him yet. think last we paid was 1500 odd for a 390 engine and then pump and injectors on top
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
What sort of warranty would a man in van provide for the rebuilt motor compared to a dealer?
Come to think of it do dealers actually rebuild motors these days or just try to sell you a new one?
Come to think of it do dealers actually rebuild motors these days or just try to sell you a new one?
Finn farmer
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Then again Valtra has reman engines, that are 20-40% cheaper than new ones. They undergo the same testing as new engines. ~1000 engines are remanufactured yearly in Finland, and they come from all over the world.