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Originally Posted by tonythetarga
before you decide what to do, have someone remove your engine and open it up. You may not have much left inside to rebuild. My local shop has one right now that has failed and the only re-usable parts are the heads. You may have to bite the bullet and just get a new motor.
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Thanks for the tip. I have been warned of this possibility.
The current plan is to pull the spark plugs and run a fiber optic bore scope first to check out what damage is visible inside the cylinders. This is not comprehensive, but it is cheap. If that passes then we will tear it down. At that point we will know the total cost of rebuild. In parallel I am trying very actively to source another motor under $10K. So far nothing but I have some leads.
I am talking to 3 shops (Campbell CA, Rancho Cordova CA and Reno NV) that can do this sequence and are tooled for the rebuild. Much depends on schedule and I am researching reputation (two of them seem to be well known). I hope to get the scope done mid next week.
I will blog this, stay tuned.