Floods in Dubai - my Lumina waterlogged EDIT : bye-bye V8

muneemmk · 20th January 2009, 00:28

What really happened in the end ? how did the story end ? did u have to try all the engines like with our normal amby/landy story or the single engine transplant solved the whole problem ? sorry for digging this up

Steeroid · 20th January 2009, 02:05

You had to revive this almost exactly a year after!

I guess this incident heralded the start of a very painful motoring year for me, one that cost me more money and hundreds of visits to various garages for all my vehicles one after the other.

Things are thankfully looking up in the new year with most things falling in place neatly - I only have the Landmaster to worry about now and even that is nearing completion (finally!).

To answer your question I replaced the engine with a newer (but still used) version of the same V8, found a friend who was interested in buying it and sold it to a good friend who knew the cracked block history and paid for it after a 45-day no-obligation trial period. It was running beautifully, still is running around with no issues.

PS: Mods please close this thread.

nishant_kingpin · 20th January 2009, 02:41

Sorry to hear this Steer. Thankfully it all seemed to work out the way you planned. All the best for the new year.

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muneemmk BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cochin Posts: 832 Thanked: 99 Times View My Garage	What really happened in the end ? how did the story end ? did u have to try all the engines like with our normal amby/landy story or the single engine transplant solved the whole problem ? sorry for digging this up
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20th January 2009, 02:05	#77
Steeroid Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: N.A Posts: 7,046 Thanked: 2,751 Times	You had to revive this almost exactly a year after! I guess this incident heralded the start of a very painful motoring year for me, one that cost me more money and hundreds of visits to various garages for all my vehicles one after the other. Things are thankfully looking up in the new year with most things falling in place neatly - I only have the Landmaster to worry about now and even that is nearing completion (finally!). To answer your question I replaced the engine with a newer (but still used) version of the same V8, found a friend who was interested in buying it and sold it to a good friend who knew the cracked block history and paid for it after a 45-day no-obligation trial period. It was running beautifully, still is running around with no issues. PS: Mods please close this thread.
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20th January 2009, 02:41	#78
nishant_kingpin BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 335 Thanked: 4 Times	Sorry to hear this Steer. Thankfully it all seemed to work out the way you planned. All the best for the new year.
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