2009 Tiffin Phaeton Engine Rebuild
Our 2009 Phaeton has a Cummins ISC 8.3 needs to have hte engine rebuilt. Cummins gave me an estimate of $66,000 and a reman engine is $78,000. Sounds ridiculous. Anyone have an experience with this...
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eHoefler wrote:
A long block is not the same as a complete engine, it is the block, crank, rods, pistons, and cam. That is it. You still have to reman the heads, turbo, pump, injectors, valve train, gaskets, etc.. Then you have to flush cooling system and after cooler. Not to mention all the other parts that need replaced, coolant hoses, charged air boots, fuel lines, filters, oil, coolant, etc.. The access is nothing but a pain in the ass and removal of the engine/transmission assembly is the only option to even try to work on it. It has to be dropped from the bottom or slid out the back. That takes a lot of man power and equipment. Sound's steep, but that is what you get in a pusher motor home
You are wrong about a long block. It includes the head. There is no internal/machine work required w/a long block. Any engine.
Regardless, at least the OP recognized someone trying to rip him off.
Now to find an honest shop that will first diagnose it correctly since the OP was very vague about what went wrong with the motor.
Leakin injector burned up a hole? Sleeve and piston
Lifted the head? = top end work only generally.
Rod knock? Yeah now maybe in the short or long block scenario.
Not enough info to even begin to guess, other than the prices he was quoted are about 300% greater than they should be “if” he actually needs and engine.
At that cost, it’s better to just write off the Moho and have it hauled away…
