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December 17th, 2009 07:15 AM #11do you have a friend who is into importing surplus? You can ask him to import an engine for you. That's what i did for my brother's cefiro. It has nothing to do with flooding or with Ondoy. Nag overheat, marami ang nasira. After getting a quote from Nissan, I asked a friend of mine how much to import an engine. We gave them the engine details, and they were able to find an engine in Japan. The problem was that it didn't come with an ECU. Good thing Nissan was able to utilize the original ECU into the surplus engine. My point is that these cars may not necessarily have available local surplus engines, but if someone will look for it in Japan, there surely will be.
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December 17th, 2009 08:50 AM #12
hehehe.. you also didn't read Boybi's post..
Boybi, IMO just sell the van, then dagdag mo na lang nun 200k na gagastusin mo sa repairs to buy a new one.
I don't think it's worth it, hanap ka sa mga buy and sell meron bibili niyan "as is"...
palugi yun price but at least wala ka na sakit ng ulo. parati mo pa naman yata ganagamit yan pang biyahe papunta dito sa Manila.
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December 17th, 2009 09:47 AM #13
lahat talaga even Honda mechanics are telling us na theres no assurance that the vehicle is problem free after repairing it. Risk na talaga yan sir.
Its better to sell it sa mga taong nag buy and sell ng flooded cars or car engine problem.
thats what we did. =) mas hindi masakit sa ulo.
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December 17th, 2009 10:11 AM #14
second the motion on how much is brand a new engine option. then tsaka na lang mag decide.
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December 17th, 2009 10:28 AM #15
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December 17th, 2009 01:37 PM #16I am in the same situation, my Avanza got flooded up to glove compartment during the Ondoy typhoon. I asked a car electrican and he found out that the EFI was damaged. I went to Toyota Bicutan where I bought my Avanza, the parts manager quoted same price around 200K. I also checked with Toyota Makati but they have long lines of Ondoy victims cars. I finally checked with one of nearby repair shops, they quoted me much less amount, 15K for labour and 9K for EFI. Even though it would void the warranty I decided to go for the shop repair. I've been wondering why such a big fuzz with those Toyota workshops, they don't provide us the best after sales support. It looks like they are only friendly when you are buying a new car from them, afterwards they left you hanging on the air. I wish they would change how they deal with their customers after the sale had been consumated.
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December 17th, 2009 05:21 PM #17
A new engine is 600K++
Right now I'm decided that I would be selling the car as is. Any takers?
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December 17th, 2009 06:08 PM #18
^^ Madami bibili nyan sir boybi. Try posting it in ad sites, yun nga lang palugi ang selling price.
Try mo i-alok dun sa bibili ng flooded fortuner sa isang thread. Baka interested siya.
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December 17th, 2009 08:33 PM #19
Have you tried looking into those who import used cars from Japan? I see JDM Previa units similar to the 02/03 to 05 models we had locally (they seem to be sent in through Cagayan as they have the B plates). Perhaps you can find an engine through them. Do you have a list of what has to be repaired? If its hydrolocked then its mainly the engine block and cylinders/cylinder heads/valves that need replacement IMO. Try also asking some Toyota spare part shops in (i.e. NGK, Aerodynamic, etc) if they can source the parts for you then just have a competent shop do the work.
A second opinion shop may help also. Toyota seems to be charging a hell lot. My friend hydrolocked his Sentra before and it cost him around 20K++ in the Nissan CASA. They changed the valves and other stuff; good thing his cylinder head was not damaged.
On a sidenote, a friend's car which got flooded was first brought to Toyota and because the quote was friggin high, Prudential Insurance sent it to another shop in Pampanga. It seems to be even better as when i passed by and looked at their work it was obvious they removed everything and systematically cleaned it inch-by-inch and checked each part and harness which would need cleaning or replacement. The 2008 Camry they worked on and finished looks deceptively new (a guy bought it flooded for 400K and he spent another 250K to 300K for the repair and now uses it as his personal drive).
I stopped sending my Altis to Toyota after the 10,000kms service and based on what i've been reading on the net about CASA service, looks to be a good decision.Last edited by vinj; December 17th, 2009 at 08:44 PM.
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December 17th, 2009 08:39 PM #20
Puwede i try, 1. Palit air filter 2. Linis throttle body 3. Linis MAF sensor 4. Check spark...
high idle RPM at engine start