Salvage yard just offered me £120 for the ZS

[MG ZS STE]

Can't you get any money back from the dodgy engine you were sold?

[littlened]

Originally Posted by MG ZS STE

Can't you get any money back from the dodgy engine you were sold?

It's way out of it's warranty now.

The engine just looks like it needs the timing putting right, once that's done it should be a decent car.

I'm having a serious think about what to do at the minute. If I fix the timing, and tidy the car up a little it'll definitely be sellable.

It's just hard at the minute because we're trying to decorate every room in the house before the baby arrives, and I'm absolutely stacked up with work, but I also can't justify throwing more money at the car, so if I fix the timing, I'll have to do it myself.

[talkingcars]

Originally Posted by MG ZS STE

Can't you get any money back from the dodgy engine you were sold?

I'm still owned money from the same source from years ago, good luck with that one.

[Supercharged_Z]

so was the engine dodgey in the end? or had you done anything to it?

[Ritchy]

Thats what happens when you go to scrap a car, its irrelevent whether its runnong or has mot because its getting scrapped

[Nobrainer]

If its not running then anyone is going to believe its terminal. And if they can't drive it then there could also be other problems that aren't visible so the best price you'll get really is going to be scrap value. Can you not put off decorating every single room. Its only a baby after all and this is your car we're talking about! :-)

[littlened]

Originally Posted by Supercharged_Z

so was the engine dodgey in the end? or had you done anything to it?

I have done nothing at all with the engine other than drop it in. I am assuming somewhere along the lines the timing has jumped a tooth maybe. I have not touched the timing belts.

[littlened]

Originally Posted by Nobrainer

If its not running then anyone is going to believe its terminal. And if they can't drive it then there could also be other problems that aren't visible so the best price you'll get really is going to be scrap value. Can you not put off decorating every single room. Its only a baby after all and this is your car we're talking about! :-)

The car runs and is belng used as a daily driver, it just only revs to 5500 rpm.

It looks like my wife, probably rightly is going to make me sell the TF before I buy another car, so it looks like I will have Saturday to try and put the timing right.

[Eastwood29]

Its worth £200 as scrap. Take it to a actual scrap metal yard that accepts cars not a car breakers yard. The breakers offered me £50 for my old 214 sei wedge. I turned them down and drove the car with log book, to a large scrap metal yard . They weighed it and offered £195. They wasn't bothered about any parts that was missing (bumpers,interior ect) just the weight of metal. And that i had the log book.

[fastmike]

It would be a crying shame to scrap that