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Originally Posted by nathanbs
How do you figure a grand or two? To install the oil return tubes it’s quite a bit of labor as the heads I think have to come off the one side I believe? What value do you put on the gouged case?
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You'll have to be the one to determine the level of devaluation that comes with a scarred-but-functional case. As for the oil return tubes: obviously the parts are cheap, and with a nice, clean engine sitting on a stand it's not a difficult or particularly time-consuming job.
That said, if you have any work performed at a different shop you'd be wise to have the builder acknowledge - in writing and in advance - that having the work performed elsewhere will have zero impact on whatever warranty he gave you on the engine, lest the engine grenade (or even something less severe) and both shops claim it was the other's fault and leaving you ... guess where?
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