[notfarnow]

Yeah, ~1300 is probably about right. He paid a "premium" price because it is a complete, low-mile engine. He's probably best to sell it as such, instead of splitting it up.

The EcoDiesel isn't all that desireable AS-IS... it doesn't have boost enrichment on the injection pump, meaning it doesn't give an extra squirt of diesel under high boost. On the other hand, because they don't have that, they generally last longer and don't have their pistons burnt up from abuse. So, an engine like this is generally a great starting point for an engine swap, but you'd want to change the injection pump for one with boost enrichment.

If he broke it down, here's what the "bits" would probably be worth:
-Pistons & rods: $150
-crank: $75
-turbo $300 (that looks like a really good k14... a great turbo)
-Head $350
-injection pump $100 (no boost enrichment)
-manifolds $75
-turbo downpipe $40
-injectors $80
-injector lines $40
and then another $100-200 for assorted bits & pieces

So, in summary he's better of selling it as a complete low-mile engine because that's the only reason it was worth ~1300. I typically buy a 1.6 turbodiesel like this for 2-500, but never with low miles like that. I can usually squeeze $700-1000 in parts out of it, assuming nothing's too far gone. I have a 1.9 turbodiesel I just picked up for $200... THAT's a desireable engine. I may crate that one into the states... it's only got 100k miles on it, probably worth a quick 1500.

Hope that helps!