Explore your options
Before diving head first into sea of reconditioned engines, ensure that root cause of your vehicle's problem is in fact its engine. Consult a garage or your mechanic to run diagnostics and if problem turns out to be in engine then first explore economical options like engine repair, only when all preliminary solutions turnout to be insufficient, move towards replacement engines.
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Making the investment
After it's established that reconditioning is the only solution, start looking for garages offering reconditioned engines. Also ask your garage, if he fits engines purchased from other dealers, go through his policies and proceed accordingly. As far as searching the right reconditioned module is concerned, start from eBay and incorporate Google as well. You will be amazed to know the number of garages offering complete engine replacement services within your county.
Stay clear of tuner imports
Though you may be tempted to get tuned engines at this time, but it's practical to avoid them for multiple reasons. Tuned imports tend to be on the costlier side and majority of garages can't fix them as these modified engines are slightly larger than company fitted engines. They are costlier to run and rarely prove to be as reliable as factory fitted engines.
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