Originally Posted by
CanadianRyan
Thanks for the detailed write up. I wonder if any shops in Perth would go to this sort of effort to inspect / diagnose the issues before repairing. The two places I've spoken to over the phone both suggest rebuild - one would remove it and ship it to Sydney for rebuild by ZF, the other would swap it for a reconditioned unit on their shelf (apparently they keep 2 in stock at all times). Both options are $7500. Given the age of the car and its market value I hesitate to spend about 35-40% of the cars value on a rebuild, especially since I just paid for a new engine install a few months ago. On the other hand I don't want to do a part-fix which will have to be re-done again in a few years. Decisions decisions.
Ryan
Maybe my man’s maths isn’t as it should be, but if I had just replaced the engine I would be more likely to do a rebuild. If money and woman’s maths allowed of course.You then had a D3 with the two most costly parts theoretically “problem free” for many years to come. My D3 has done 220,000kms and I haven’t reached the stage when every service requires something else replaced. I’m planning to hold onto mine and have factored a transmission rebuild and an engine replacement at sometime. A transmission oil change gave me 20,000 kms before the shudder came back. Might get another 5-10,000kms before a rebuild. Am going to do a rebuild rather than just the TC.
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