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Originally Posted by SkunkWorks
Sounds like you're deadset on it. If you like gambling then well, it's your money.
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Starting to sound like that to me, you're just looking for someone to say "Go for it!"
Not smart.
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Originally Posted by sam911
i know it would cost way more than 1200$. that's just what the BMW dealership charged to look at the car with compression test!!!
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+1 That is 8 + hours of work to diagnose the problem, has nothing to do with the cost of fixing it.
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Originally Posted by gearby
Something is amiss here. In the quote they say it needs a complete engine. An entirely new engine or a complete engine what? Just the head gasket set and the new stretch bolts are going to cost you most of that $1200 I would think.
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See above - $1200 was the diagnosis cost.
So if things go well you get a car for a nominal discount due to the fact that someone ran it into a lake and caused the motor to hydro-lock.
If things go bad a used motor on Ebay goes for about $7K-$10K plus installation.
Then if there are any leftover problems from the flood that case cause you to have bad ECUs and wiring harnesses, all of which are not cheap.
Clearly you want to buy this car though so i'll make it easy for you
YOLO *****ES! GO FOR IT!