Took the head off to find this...

[JamesWilson]

Recently purchased this from a member I know of on here who had bought it from another member on here. Took the head off today to find this...

I bought it due to my own engine seems to be using oil from somewhere, so I decided to buy this one to have ago at building myself. Working on a fairly tight budget being a student I picked this engine up for £150. I was told it needed a dephaser and belt, and it came with nothing on it. Which I thought was okay as the belt would need doing anyway and I'd change the dephaser for new and there is nothing wrong with my current auxiliary parts.

Having taken the head off today and found this I am pretty miffed to say the least, oh and yes there was no piston in there yet it seems to have been turned over and now has deep scores on the bore, and at least 2 of the valves are bent. Personally I don't think its worth salvaging due to the amount of money and time it will need.

After speaking to the member I bought it off he seemed pretty shocked when I sent him through the pictures, I still doubt that he or the original seller is going to give me my money back, not sure what I can do about this??

 

[NorthloopCup]

Is your bum sore? I'd imagine it's red raw tbh. Thats not worth salvaging either especially if your on a budget.

 

[racedan]

could of been worse buddy you could of fitted the belt and dephaser and gone through the hard work of putting the engine in to find it knocking its tits off and miss firing lol

take the head to scrap your get 20-30 quid for it and weigh the block in too

not your fault buddy your friend trusted the person who gave his word on the engine so dont go blaming yourself

 

[Tony Hunter]

So the original member shafted both of you, nice person then.

 

[MartinR]

Name and shame as i wouldn't like to be buying anything off him/her

 

[Lal B3N]

How did you pay? To long to claim it back if it was paypal?

 

[LiamR172]

Name and shame as i wouldn't like to be buying anything off him/her

+1

 

[MicKPM]

f**king piston Ninjas are at it again... that's pretty awesome though!

I've got a bottom end you can have if you collect. Its had oil starvation due to some muppet using way too much silicone on the sump which has blocked the strainer in the pickup but its rebuild worthy and ***FREE***

 

[Harbinger]

Yeah Name and Shame this, no way they didn't know this was happening to the engine, save someone else the Misery. that's f**king awful someone on here sold you that.

 

[Advikaz]

That's only good for a coffee table tbh.

Name & shame

 

[.GAZ.]

Oh dear!

 

[JamesWilson]

Can't stop laughing at the piston ninjas reply!

I'm not usually one to make threats over the internets but I'm seriously pi55ed off about this cause they must have known it was like that, f4r meets living room window...

 

[MicKPM]

All 3 cylinder engines burn a bit of oil though - that's awesome

 

[Addicted]

Nice quality engine there =D

So who sold you it? certainly seems like someone to avoid.

 

[Matt@codered]

Wow! I'd say that's.....

 

[-Danman-]

What a nice seller! Hope you sort it out mate, refund through paypal?

 

[Mr Plums]

Who sold it to you??

 

[JamesWilson]

Paid with cash I'm afraid, I bought it off kris dark he said he got it off a member from Sunderland and it only needed a dephaser, not happy cause I still haven't got any money back and haven't heard anything off the fella kris bought it from.

 

[MartinR]

Any idea on forum name??

 

[Westyfield2]

Whoa, definitely name and shame! There's no way they couldn't have noticed it wasn't right!

 

[boom]

Do you no who it was off from sunderland?

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

How you couldn't tell that was like that I dunno. That would of knocked louder than my DCI used to!

 

[Bluebeard]

The way it SHOULD go, is Kris Dark refunds you, you take engine back to him, he then gets his money back off whoever he bought it off.

How it PROBABLY end up; Nothing will happen. Sold as seen. Tough titties.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I like titties.

 

[JamesWilson]

Kris said his name was Paul, not sure on username yet. Kris is trying to sort it cause he's as unhappy as I am.

 

[JamesWilson]

Still no parts or money, any advice guys?

 

[McGherkin]

Holy f**k.

 

[levaz]

Still no parts or money, any advice guys?

turn it into a coffee table and sell it for £180?

other than that, I don't think anything will happen.

 

[Addicted]

Kris said his name was Paul, not sure on username yet. Kris is trying to sort it cause he's as unhappy as I am.

I bet he's not, he got his money back!

If he was that annoyed surely he'd be posting in here too.

I'd not get your hopes up tbh, I can't see any resolution happening!

 

[JamesWilson]

Just been talking to a friend of mine who knows him, told
me it's not the first time he's sold things dodgy. Sold an iphone 4 on eBay and only sent the box out.
Absolutly raging sat here, thing is I know exactly where he lives, it's ome thing selling dodgy over eBay but selling from your house and being a c**t. Well that's not smart really.

 

[Tony Hunter]

So the middle man got his money back, but not the end user. Have I missed something??

 

[JamesWilson]

So the middle man got his money back, but not the end user. Have I missed something??

Correct.

 

[Tony Hunter]

So he has now been paid twice for the same engine. Nice work.

 

[JamesWilson]

He bought it from a lad in Sunderland, and I bought it off him, so they have money and I'm left with essentially scrap unless I spend money on a piston, liner, couple of valve guides, and some aluminium welding on the combustion chamber

 

[Tony Hunter]

From what I read though, the Sunderland guy has paid your mate his money back, but he has not paid it to you, and seeming you paid him, he has been paid twice now for pile of sh1t you have sat at home.

 

[Fred@BTM]

He bought it from a lad in Sunderland, and I bought it off him, so they have money and I'm left with essentially scrap unless I spend money on a piston, liner, couple of valve guides, and some aluminium welding on the combustion chamber

ie impossible to repair, the block is scrap, and the head is 95% scrap

 

[JamesWilson]

Yeah, not worth repairing in my eyes bye bye £150.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Who are these good people you have been dealing with then?

 

[Fred@BTM]

£150 for an engine???? WAY too cheap anyway (sorry!)

 

[Tony Hunter]

£150 for a lump of metal???? WAY too cheap anyway (sorry!)

EFA