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From: Duncan Wood on 12 Feb 2007 15:24
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:14:11 -0000, Tony Brett <tony.brett(a)oucs.ox.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I decided not to go the knackered-car-and-swap-engines route and am now
> looking at recon engines. I have had a quote from Heathrow Engines
> (reconditioned-engines.co.uk)for a new engine including fitting for �795
> plus VAT. This is apparently a brand new engine, not a recon or
> remanufactured model.
>
> Questions:
>
> Does anyone have any experience of this company?

Lots of people unfortunately
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cars.maintenance/browse_thread/thread/42ab65c3db764d10/df8daa0a7a71ae5e?lnk=st&q=heathrow+engines+uk.rec.cars.maintenance&rnum=8#df8daa0a7a71ae5e

> Does the quote seems reasonable?
>
> Tony
>

http://www.fer.co.uk/content/find.asp

From: Conor on 12 Feb 2007 21:13
In article <eqqapb$baj$1(a)frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk>, Tony
Brett says...
> Hi all,
>
> I decided not to go the knackered-car-and-swap-engines route and am now
> looking at recon engines. I have had a quote from Heathrow Engines
> (reconditioned-engines.co.uk)for a new engine including fitting for �795
> plus VAT. This is apparently a brand new engine, not a recon or
> remanufactured model.
>
> Questions:
>
> Does anyone have any experience of this company?

Aren't Heathrow Engines the ones that've appeared on Watchdog and Rogue
Traders on more than one occassion?

> Does the quote seems reasonable?
>
No. Far too cheap. I had a Sierra about 5 years ago a bill for a
genuine Ford supplied DOHC engine. That was �1200 ex VAT and was supply
only. Now I realise yours is smaller but several years have passed and
labour rates in the SE aren't cheap.


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........
From: Duncan Wood on 13 Feb 2007 03:28
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:13:00 -0000, Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <eqqapb$baj$1(a)frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk>, Tony
> Brett says...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I decided not to go the knackered-car-and-swap-engines route and am now
>> looking at recon engines. I have had a quote from Heathrow Engines
>> (reconditioned-engines.co.uk)for a new engine including fitting for �795
>> plus VAT. This is apparently a brand new engine, not a recon or
>> remanufactured model.
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience of this company?
>
> Aren't Heathrow Engines the ones that've appeared on Watchdog and Rogue
> Traders on more than one occassion?
>
>> Does the quote seems reasonable?
>>
> No. Far too cheap. I had a Sierra about 5 years ago a bill for a
> genuine Ford supplied DOHC engine. That was �1200 ex VAT and was supply
> only. Now I realise yours is smaller but several years have passed and
> labour rates in the SE aren't cheap.
>
>


However those engines are a lot cheaper than the DOHC.
From: Tony Brett on 13 Feb 2007 05:23
SteveH wrote:
> Tony Brett <tony.brett(a)oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Given that the car is only worth about 800 quid anyway, I'd flog the car
> on ebay and buy another.

Really 800 quid? I'd say more like 1500 looking at recent ebay sales.

Tony
From: Tony Brett on 13 Feb 2007 05:27
Duncan Wood wrote:

>> No. Far too cheap. I had a Sierra about 5 years ago a bill for a
>> genuine Ford supplied DOHC engine. That was �1200 ex VAT and was supply
>> only. Now I realise yours is smaller but several years have passed and
>> labour rates in the SE aren't cheap.
>
>
> However those engines are a lot cheaper than the DOHC.

But the Zetec-SE is a DOHC engine. Confused now.

Tony
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