Hello,

My oil pump failed on the Bay Bridge the other day. My engine only has 60k miles on it and Roverland in SF (great people!) is telling me that it needs a bottom mount. The top's in good condition. So far, they can't source an engine with low miles and suggest looking in the UK. I love this car, but I may be done. What would people suggest? Should I part it out? Should I even bother trying to sell it? I just put 5k of work into it, so I'm a bit exhausted at this point. It a 2004 with 62k.

 

I should have added... if anyone is interested in buying it, please reach out.

 

Did the oil pump explode and the engine seize up? Or what happened?

I would say I guess it depends on how bad you want to keep it. If you're exhausted and don't want to drop any more money into it then you could part it out or sell as a parts truck. If you want to keep it, you have a few options, keep looking around for an engine (may not be low mileage), look into a Turner Engineering reman, or maybe hold out a little longer for an LS conversion kit. An engine swap done by a shop is going to cost a pretty penny I'd imagine.

Edit, if it were me, given my current financial situation I would search around for another engine and DIY swap it. Failing to find a cheap engine I'd have to sell it. I'm still 2 years out from looking at a more substantial engine swap.

 

I appreciate the quick reply.

Yes, the engine seized. I think I may be done since an engine swap doesn't appear to be a quick process, and I need a car sooner than later. Also, I live in the city and I don't have space to store it in the meantime.

 

Did the 5K you recently spent included any engine work?

 

I spent 5k to fix the headgasket and coolant tank.

 

Might be interested. Can you message me?

 

Do an LS swap via ACE engineer!