Can anyone give me an estimate on the price for a new AND used (rebuilt) motor and transaxle for my car? a 1993 Mitsubishi Eclipse 4cly SOHC front wheen trive automatic transaxle.
I want to completly replace both my Engine and Transaxle... both have over 250,000 miles on them, and are starting to wear down.
2006-10-14 20:11:06 · 5 answers · asked by Landon Parks 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I own an auto repair shop and I can guarantee you it will cost more than the car would be worth. Time to dump it. Trade it in on your next upgrade. Just a guess on cost... $4000 or more.
2006-10-14 20:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by MikeyDo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow you are better off buying a new eclipse. A rebuil wich will increase your piston size hence the cam, valves, springs, will all have to be replaced as well will only gurantee about 12,000 to 25,000 thousands miles of use before your head gasket will need to be replaced again, the thing about mitsubishi is that they are build to the dime meaning any changes and the whole engine management system is trown off, your car will run hotter, you will need to get a new cooling system, reprogram your computer, all this also making the vehicle emmissions compliant, costing you about $10000 plus and only gurantees your vehicle working for under 30,000 miles if you get a new eclipse even with a rebuilt from someone else just to bolt in you are talking about $4000 at least plus $2000 install tuning and $3000 for a transaxle $2000 install. Still talking about $11000 plus that does not include the wear on your vehicle springs, balljoints, shocks. Most rebuilts only gurantee limited 25,000 miles and only they know what they have used. Best bet get a new one, if cant affort it lease it once you get the use of it and you get bored you can get another or if you like it buy it and keep it for at least 10 years.
2006-10-15 04:21:01 · answer #2 · answered by wiseornotyoudecide 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I'd say dump it too. Those engines aren't like Honda B series engines where you can find a bunch to swap or rebuild and swap.
2006-10-15 04:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by Petey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will cost you way more than it's worth,time to get another vehicle.
2006-10-15 06:32:31 · answer #4 · answered by want2wild 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go ahead and spend $5,000 on a car worth $300, nobody here will care how stupid you are to do so.
2006-10-15 04:37:03 · answer #5 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋