Recommended Company
Posted: 28 Aug 2015, 22:17
I was on this forum looking for some guidance on who would do a great job of providing me with a refurbished jx engine for my T3 Westy, after the oil cooler let water into my engine.
Like all VW Owners, I wanted the best repair not necessarily the cheapest. Trying to find a company who would show the same attention to care and detail as a VW owner would prove a difficult task.
I received a few replies where certain companies were recommended.
One company put forward was AW Engineering (vwenginerecon.co.uk). I checked out their website and they had very detailed information on the process they undertake to refurbish an engine.
They had some nice testimonials, but ever the curious I contacted these previous customers directly on FB and they confirmed their positive opinion of the company and that their refurbished engines posed no problems 12 month later.
I could have taken a refurbished engine off the shelf, but being fussy wanted my own engine back. I phoned the company as did my mechanic to scrutinise the process. Everything stacked up. With the cost of couriering the engine it made sense for me to travel the 3 hour drive to North England to deliver it to the premises.
I was also keen to oversee the process and to my surprise the company were totally comfortable with this. I had heard horror stories on forums about other outlets finding single faults with engines, repairing them and the block being painted and then put back out as refurbished.
Anyway I booked an appointment at fairly short notice and travelled down to Darwen. Met both Tony and Keith a father and son team. Really nice guys. Got a cuppa or two and full access to their clean and tidy workshop. They talked through the process and I witnessed all the boring and rebuild with new parts.
They were really professional and oozed experience in their field of refurbishing VW engines.
Turned the job round in a few hours and I was back on the road with my engine ready for fitting by my mechanic with a 12 month warranty.
Although I have not yet tested the engine, I am completely comfortable in recommending them, based on my experience in dealing with them, both over the phone and in person on site.
Like all VW Owners, I wanted the best repair not necessarily the cheapest. Trying to find a company who would show the same attention to care and detail as a VW owner would prove a difficult task.
I received a few replies where certain companies were recommended.
One company put forward was AW Engineering (vwenginerecon.co.uk). I checked out their website and they had very detailed information on the process they undertake to refurbish an engine.
They had some nice testimonials, but ever the curious I contacted these previous customers directly on FB and they confirmed their positive opinion of the company and that their refurbished engines posed no problems 12 month later.
I could have taken a refurbished engine off the shelf, but being fussy wanted my own engine back. I phoned the company as did my mechanic to scrutinise the process. Everything stacked up. With the cost of couriering the engine it made sense for me to travel the 3 hour drive to North England to deliver it to the premises.
I was also keen to oversee the process and to my surprise the company were totally comfortable with this. I had heard horror stories on forums about other outlets finding single faults with engines, repairing them and the block being painted and then put back out as refurbished.
Anyway I booked an appointment at fairly short notice and travelled down to Darwen. Met both Tony and Keith a father and son team. Really nice guys. Got a cuppa or two and full access to their clean and tidy workshop. They talked through the process and I witnessed all the boring and rebuild with new parts.
They were really professional and oozed experience in their field of refurbishing VW engines.
Turned the job round in a few hours and I was back on the road with my engine ready for fitting by my mechanic with a 12 month warranty.
Although I have not yet tested the engine, I am completely comfortable in recommending them, based on my experience in dealing with them, both over the phone and in person on site.