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Used D4 - is a new engine a good sign or a bad sign?
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Pedros
 


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Not sure what the draw is for a vehicle with a replacement engine. Are they much cheaper perhaps?
I'd much rather look for an original D4 with a good service record. It's true that some fail, tell me a car where that doesn't happen. But the percentage is small.

Anyway, what would you prefer? An original factory fitted engine, where they do that day in day out, a dealer fitted engine (they will be trained, and might have done a few but mostly will service your car and fit peripheral things that go wrong) or someone else whose fitted an engine?
  
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Fair question, I was just wondering whether having had a replacement engine was perhaps an especially positive sign - renewed all the parts that may have worn out by now. But I think I will be avoiding D4s with replaced engines of any type based on all the advice here...
  
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Thing is nowadays with modern vehicles engines do not really wear out like days of old, there is always some other part that fails making the car unecomical to repair.

I have always said repaired/remanufactured/recon etc, none are as good as it left the factory with.
  
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