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Is it better to burn out, or to fade away? I guess it's one of life's inevitabilities that the engine will die at some point. I've often thought that it would be nice to have our current engine reconditioned rather than transplant a different one. Would this be impractical for any reason? And what are the costs these days?

It depends on what you want out of it and if your doing it your self? These are fitted guide prices
Scooby engine cost £5-6000 but simulator mpg much smoother and faster engine
Gti lump £4-6000 with slight better mpg soother faster engine
Rebuild £2-4000 ish similar mpg slightly better performance
Or something a little different but that could equate to how big are your pockets?
Or the dirty d word for much better mpg but the uncertainty around it does make me think twice
I think I’m going agg 2.0 8v gti with a flipped Passat box.
This question has been plaguing me for years now and finally feel I have got the answer. I may be shot down but currently spend £2-3000/year on fuel so not only better performance but also hope to save £1000/year on gogo juice by going from 18-25mpg to 20-30mpg.
Currently running ‘85 1.9dg 5speed


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The impracticality would be the rebuild time which is why it's usually done on an exchange basis I would imagine. Recon engines look on just kampers, brickworks, heritage parts, the engine shop, they are all about the same sort of money, but obviously you have to swop out your engine and ancillaries

Or there's me.

I have been known to fit a temporary loan engine, whilst building/rebuilding a bespoke one for the customer. I'm out of commission temporarily, but will be back once settled North of the border.

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Il vouch for Andrew's campershack , first hand experience- great care and work [THUMBS UP SIGN] where in Scotland are you moving to?

How much would it cost to rebuild an existing 1.9 petrol engine? And how long would it take?

Just reading this again reminds me that I got stuck with a poorly engineered rebuild WBX in about 2008 and in spite of my doubts about it, managed to use it all over the UK and Europe successfully at times towing a boat up until a few months ago when it spat it's coolant, oil and some molten aluminium out of one of the spark plug holes. On partial strip down I found the "rebuilders" had grounded the buzzer of doom and virtually blocked the thermostat housing with silicon sealant among other things. Being a bit suspicious about the rebuild and having seen their workshop I took the precaution of saving up the money over time ready for an instant replacement engine, and having made sure I had breakdown recovery especially in Europe I carried on in blissful self induced ignorance on the basis that if it went bang I could get it home and fix it straight away.
In fairness I should add that the dodgy firm did a warrenty "rebuild 18 months into the verbal two year warranty when the cam gear came off and broke the crankcase.)

So in the event it lasted about 11 years in the end and when it did literally go bang in the end I had a rebuilt exchange engine delivered in four days obviously from a more reliable/accountable organisation - PM me if you want to know who. That plus my on-line 80-90 forum VW T25 motor engineering course sets me up pretty happy so far.