Hello All,

I thought I had a simple oil leak, but it turned into a huge problem and now needs a new engine. It's a 92 Accord with 130,000 miles. My mechanic quoted me $3,000 (he said it's not worth doing it and just buy a new car).

Any suggestions? An engine rebuild is slightly too complicated for me to do, so I would have to pay someone. I just purchased it last year for $2600.

Thanks

Simple oil leak and new engine does not compute. Tell us more. Do you trust the mechanic? 130K is not alot of miles on the engine.

Unless you ran it outta oil and spun a bearing or soemthing...

I agree, 130,000 isn't much. My mechanic (whom I trust, he has worked on the car for many years) explained it to me, but it was beyond my technical abilities.

Is it even worth considering replacing the engine?

Not for $3000...but a nice 120,000 mile salvage motor for $600 + $500 labor or something might be....

http://www.urgpartsearch.com/link/searchresults.cfm?RequestTimeout=500

If that's the non-VTEC motor (DX+LX), here's one in Marion, NC that will ship it to you for $1067...it has 101,000 miles...one year warranty, and they can have it to you in 2 days.

Go get it rather than having it delivered, and it should be much cheaper...look around where you live, you might do even better..

Looks like what...100 miles from you or so?