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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
It makes sense if you pay for the R & R and cannot afford to have the vehicle down for more than three days and absolutely are unwilling to do it twice (or thrice).
Otherwise, a roll of the dice on an engine with 150K would probably be a better financial decision.
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I agree that a used engine will always be cheaper, but I wouldn't do it again. Messing around with junkyard engines (and the crooks who sell them) is just more trouble than it's worth. I spent too many hours on the phone to justify the savings. Also, I don't really know how much life is left in my "new" engine (it's doing fine after 100k, but you never know). It is getting pretty difficult to find a good 150k mile engine, most have closer to 300k.
Honestly, if I wasn't willing to pay for a reman engine; I would probably just buy a newer car (and you know how much I dislike newer cars).