b_kennedy

Hi guys. Where do I start :-(

Bought an RS Turbo for £250. Bought it off a very good friend of mine who gave me a list of what needed doing, (welding, valve stem seals etc). Have rebuilt head and done various bits and pieces but then I noticed the block was seized!! After removing 3 and 4 piston and slackening off 2 The crank decides to move. Piston 3 crumbled in my hand and 4 is black :-(This was a brand new engine about 4000 miles ago provided by ford!!!). Now I hear through the grape vine that a guy came to buy the car before my mate offered it to me and on the test drive it went BANG! Really Reaaly pissed as you can imagine but what do I do frfom here.....

We just had a little one and cant afford to fix or get replacement block. I bought this car because it was mainly time and not money needed. Any advice would be so much appreciated. I know its a good excuse for zvh but again more money. Do I break it or sell it as a whole or what???? Completely gutted :-(

Nash_mr2

you got stung mate - £250 for an RS Turbo should have had alarm bells ringing straight away!!! - I paid £770 for the rusty'est, crumblyest RST u've ever seen and i thought that was too cheap!!!

b_kennedy

He is (was) a really good mate of mine. We known each other good few years now and he always skint and selling stuff just for a bit of p**f so thought nothing of it. I still would have paid £250 if I had known cos I would have bought a block but now cant afford it cos spent it on other stuff ARGHHH

rog

iTrader: (2)

Get what you pay for I'm afraid....!
Depends how much you want to hang onto it really, if you need the money and want the car gone then break or sell it, can u not just get another 2nd hand standard RST engine cheap???

Magnex20011

The way i see it is like this : 250 quid is fuck all. The car is probably worth more in bits ...

b_kennedy

Thats what I'm thinking. I'll get my money back. I just been offered a 1.8 sierra cvh for free just wandering if I can use a decomp plate and run it on that??