where to find a PT cruiser motor

[Silver86]

a friend of mine toasted the motor in her cruiser (timing belt went). so... does anyone have one for sale or know where she could get one for fairly cheap? the car is pretty new (for her) and she just got the loan refinanced... lol what luck.

[Prince Valiant]

www.car-part.com

[srt4eh]

turbo or not?

[Silver86]

turbo or not?

non

[spooln30]

I know these engines are interference engines but why not try putting a t belt on. You don't have to put it all back together right away if it works the finish it up. At my shop any interference engines that have broken t belts, we tell our customers that there may be internal damage. Most don't want to spend the cash to pull the head and opt to just slap a belt and hope for the best. And I'll tell you I've had success and a lot of them were totally fine.
I also know that replacing t belts on pt's and neons are a pain in the ass due to the bracket with the long bolts.

[Silver86]

I know these engines are interference engines but why not try putting a t belt on. You don't have to put it all back together right away if it works the finish it up. At my shop any interference engines that have broken t belts, we tell our customers that there may be internal damage. Most don't want to spend the cash to pull the head and opt to just slap a belt and hope for the best. And I'll tell you I've had success and a lot of them were totally fine.
I also know that replacing t belts on pt's and neons are a pain in the ass due to the bracket with the long bolts.

asked her about having that done... see sounded uninterested.

[srt4eh]

I also know that replacing t belts on pt's and neons are a pain in the ass due to the bracket with the long bolts.

QFT

Perhaps look on some PT Cruiser forums for some engines for sale.

[Prince Valiant]

http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi

cheapest on the 4th page come in around 500-ish.

[spooln30]

QFT

Perhaps look on some PT Cruiser forums for some engines for sale.

What is QFT?

[STANMAN]

What is QFT?

Quoted For Truth.

[That_Guy]

B&m in waukesha..

[SLOWC5]

LKQ SMARTPARTS. That is where we get most of our engines.

Bruno's auto also has good prices

Jeff

[Silver86]

nevermind guys... looks like she didnt want to wait and save some cash... shes now paying 4x the price... whatever.

[Ricky Bobby]

nevermind guys... looks like she didnt want to wait and save some cash... shes now paying 4x the price... whatever.

typical female

[Silver86]

typical female

no kidding...

she spent almost $4k and it still isnt totally fixed yet.

[Moparjim]

Jesus you weren't kidding. I could have done it for half that or so with a reman, less with a used motor.

[77thor]

She should have gotten rid of the cruiser and bought something else.

[Silver86]

She should have gotten rid of the cruiser and bought something else.

shes still paying for the car... and on top of that... she bought it at the beginning of summer... lol

i pretty sure shes put more money into this repair than what the car is worth at this point.

[Moparjim]

Sucks. Sounds like its her fault totally though, you have to do the timing belt when its due lol.

I have several of em, one has like 180K on it and both of mine have proven to be pretty reliable, I haven't had to do anything to them that I would consider outside normal maintenance. The 180K one is still on the original clutch even...