What to do with my car - 07 Passat

jrochie

Guys,

Looking for a bit of advice on what to do. My car, 07 VW Passat, is banjaxed, broke down the other day and now needs to have the engine replaced. Basically there is a hole in the bottom of the engine and the crankshaft is wrecked. Knowing what I know about cars, that means very little to me but I know its not good.

I've gotten a few prices, averaging around the €2k mark for a 2nd hand engine and labour. So the car is 10 years old with about 280k miles on the clock. It had been running very well before this. Now I'm looking to see what my options are with it.

I had already been planning on changing this year anyway so this has pretty much made up my mind on that but trying to figure out what to do with my car. I've had a look around donedeal etc. and looks like €3-€4k is the most i would get for it if she was running properly. Would anyone know what I'd be likely to get for it as is? Trying to figure out if its worth spending the €2k to get a bit for it?

Any advice or ideas would be very much appreciated!

Stoolbend

It's pretty much worthless as is.

I'd imagine you should be able to get an engine and have it fitted with new timing kit and water pump for closer to €1500.

Did you ring any breakers to price an engine?

Mooooo

jrochie wrote: »

Guys,

Looking for a bit of advice on what to do. My car, 07 VW Passat, is banjaxed, broke down the other day and now needs to have the engine replaced. Basically there is a hole in the bottom of the engine and the crankshaft is wrecked. Knowing what I know about cars, that means very little to me but I know its not good.

I've gotten a few prices, averaging around the €2k mark for a 2nd hand engine and labour. So the car is 10 years old with about 280k miles on the clock. It had been running very well before this. Now I'm looking to see what my options are with it.

I had already been planning on changing this year anyway so this has pretty much made up my mind on that but trying to figure out what to do with my car. I've had a look around donedeal etc. and looks like €3-€4k is the most i would get for it if she was running properly. Would anyone know what I'd be likely to get for it as is? Trying to figure out if its worth spending the €2k to get a bit for it?

Any advice or ideas would be very much appreciated!

I'd wonder if anyone would be achieving 3/4k for it tbh, if you put in the 2k you may only break even. Anything over 10 years now insurance will be going up too

jrochie

Mooooo wrote: »

I'd wonder if anyone would be achieving 3/4k for it tbh, if you put in the 2k you may only break even. Anything over 10 years now insurance will be going up too

Yea to be honest I just had a look there again and narrowed my search in a bit, looks a lot closer to €2k - €2.5k like for like.

ScouseMouse

Would you believe I am trying to sell an 06 comfortline belonging to my brother? He is in the middle east and its sitting outside his gaff in kildare.

Advert is here.

Car is just sitting up. Any interest?

Special Circumstances

VW BXE engine strikes again?


Some posters on here make out that if you change the shell bearings every third oil change it'll run forever and that there's no real issue....

mickdw

ScouseMouse wrote: »

Would you believe I am trying to sell an 06 comfortline belonging to my brother? He is in the middle east and its sitting outside his gaff in kildare.

Advert is here.

Car is just sitting up. Any interest?

Jesus I'd lose the bit about the beast under the bonnet.

Truckermal

mickdw wrote: »

Jesus I'd lose the bit about the beast under the bonnet.

It's way overpriced too...

Special Circumstances

Truckermal wrote: »

It's way overpriced too...

You sure? It has rally spots to light up the night when beast mode is engaged. Which is ALL THE TIME by the way.

Don't confuse it with the 1.9. The 1.9L comfort is boring and lethargic. The 2L Sportsline has a beast under the bonnet. Sports arrangements, lowered suspension, front spots, leather sports steering wheel and bigger wheels with 140BHP, originally costing 40K

Jimmy Garlic

VWs aren't what they used to be.

punisher5112

€4k for an 06 Passat ?????

Way way overpowered I mean overpriced.

That's more like 08 money.

Special Circumstances

In terms of useful contributions for the OP... you may struggle to find a replacement engine. You are far from the first person to find their BXE engine punched a hole in itself.

punisher5112

Special Circumstances wrote: »

In terms of useful contributions for the OP... you may struggle to find a replacement engine. You are far from the first person to find their BXE engine punched a hole in itself.

They done well to get nearly 300k miles all the same.

Streppy

ScouseMouse wrote: »

Would you believe I am trying to sell an 06 comfortline belonging to my brother? He is in the middle east and its sitting outside his gaff in kildare.

Advert is here.

Car is just sitting up. Any interest?

You'll be trying for a while. €4k for an 06 Passat with no NCT or tax.

Good luck with that..

Toyotafanboi

punisher5112 wrote: »

They done well to get nearly 300k miles all the same.

Yeah.

And as of yet it could be a bkc

Cee-Jay-Cee

OP I'd advise you to cut your losses. Advertise the car as not running/for parts only and see what you can get for it. yiu might be lucky and get €350 but I wouldn't hold my breath.

keyboard_cat

+1 for scrapping my 2l Passat engine went a few months ago and I dragged it to the scrap yard took the alloys off it and claimed the tax back
Not worth the headache
To the guy selling the passat you might want to reconsider the price 3k for a car with no nct and a oil pump which is a time bomb

ScouseMouse

Price was dropped to 3k today. He got that price from looking online, but told him that was the ASKING price.

I brought it upto dublin today and might NCT and tax it and keep it. We shall see.

selous

http://www.iviengines.ie/index.php?page=home

No VW engine on their list but do have a symbol there for them, only a phone call will find out.

Toyotafanboi

IVI will supply and fit a BXE for around €2500 iirc.

selous

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

IVI will supply and fit a BXE for around €2500 iirc.

Ouch,

Gun Monkey

jrochie wrote: »

Guys,

Looking for a bit of advice on what to do. My car, 07 VW Passat, is banjaxed, broke down the other day and now needs to have the engine replaced. Basically there is a hole in the bottom of the engine and the crankshaft is wrecked. Knowing what I know about cars, that means very little to me but I know its not good.

I've gotten a few prices, averaging around the €2k mark for a 2nd hand engine and labour. So the car is 10 years old with about 280k miles on the clock. It had been running very well before this. Now I'm looking to see what my options are with it.

I had already been planning on changing this year anyway so this has pretty much made up my mind on that but trying to figure out what to do with my car. I've had a look around donedeal etc. and looks like €3-€4k is the most i would get for it if she was running properly. Would anyone know what I'd be likely to get for it as is? Trying to figure out if its worth spending the €2k to get a bit for it?

Any advice or ideas would be very much appreciated!

BXE is directly interchangeable with BKC which is SLIGHTLY more reliable. You can buy one from a breaker for €700+ if you are lucky. You will still need to find somebody to fit it though and allow for a new t-belt and if you have any sense you should change the flywheel too.
Best of luck.

jrochie

Guys thanks for all the advice.

Edging closer to just scraping it at this stage, gonna do a bit of a ringing around this week and see what comes of it.

Just want I want in the middle of planning a wedding!!!!

porsche boy

ScouseMouse wrote:

Would you believe I am trying to sell an 06 comfortline belonging to my brother? He is in the middle east and its sitting outside his gaff in kildare.

With the best will in the world they are terrible pictures. Price is high also for what is a basic car.

Jimmy Garlic

What engine does the 2007 Skoda Octavia ambiente 1.9 tdi have, is it a BXE?

punisher5112

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

What engine does the 2007 Skoda Octavia ambiente 1.9 tdi have, is it a BXE?

2l was the one with issues.

kona

ScouseMouse wrote: »

Would you believe I am trying to sell an 06 comfortline belonging to my brother? He is in the middle east and its sitting outside his gaff in kildare.

Advert is here.

Car is just sitting up. Any interest?

140bhp beast under the bonnet.

God I love pisshat drivers always good for a laugh.

ScouseMouse

kona wrote: »

140bhp beast under the bonnet.

God I love pisshat drivers always good for a laugh.

Thats a cut and paste he found on the net.:o