Well my car's engine siezed today, got someone coming to look at it tomorrow, but want to open my options, so has anyone got a car with atleast 6months MOT for sale, just to last me till May when I should be getting a new car.

You talkin about the Mazda, Lee? I shall keep my eyes peeled for you, what sort of budget you looking at?

Yep the Mazda, Apparantly the big end has gone and the piston hitting the valves and something about the oil and hydrolics, It was all gobbley gook until he said atleast £1800 to fix, in the current market, dont think the car is even worth that, thinking of scrapping and getting a <£500 run around to get me to work and back till next may, when my Daughter becomes eligible for Motability.

Have you tried sorcing a replacement engine? or birkenhead engines?

yeah Andy, I've sorced an engine (not bought one yet tho) and got someone coming to look at it tomoorow about doing the engine swap, just want to explore all my options.

dead easy to do a swap, would take about 2-3 hours i had the engine out my cav in 10 mins
second hand engine is around £100 from a scrappie, PM me bud as ive just done the eingine non my cav might be able to help!

theres a few decent cheap cars out side the tyre guys in wallasey may be worth having a look

A cav is old school tho, where as this is a 2004 electronically controlled engine thanks for the offer of help tho.

what car is it bud?
empty yer PM box bud
by the sounds of it the oil pump went, if a big ends gone and a valve follower has gone! thats caused by a lack of oil supply,

Its a 2004 Mazda Premacy 2.0L sport

PM box now empty.

I sold my escort gti on ebay earlier this year for £116.

It was nothing special but had 5 months T&T.

I was actually gutted that it didn't sell for more but that's what you get for starting auctions at 99p right?

My point is :-

You'll get a decent run around on ebay for less than £500 - if you're not fussy, then just go for anything that's cheap but has T&T.

You might just be surprised how long it lasts, lol.

Good luck

wow what a bargain

yeah! that's what I thought - aswell as thinking - OH ****!!

ha ha

lmfao!!! get a life. a 2004 Mazda is f uck all like a cav engine fitting it,

£100 for a 2004 mazda engine think it would be bit more than that. you crack me up.

hence why i said it took me 10 mins, if you read above i said it would take a few hours

and it is £100 for just the engine, no box etc, ive just been and priced one in neptunes for a 02 BMW turbo with the turbo

A BMW engined Mazda

what im trying to say is that it will cost basically around that for the engine, then of coure its the rule of thumb to service it do the cam belt, tensioners water pump etc etc

He wont see it like that though chris....he's not the sharpest of tools in the wood for cutting down trees's eh waddi

Try this Wadster!

Or you can have a sift through this lot

Thanks everyone, but I should be ok for a while now, car is being picked up today and taken to Manchester to have a new(ish) engine fitted, will be ready for Monday, due to work tho I cant pick it up till wednesday tho.

It's the putting back in that's the hard part. It took me about 2 years to put a Skyline engine back in.

have u found a car yet?? i may be able to help

If you don't get one then my missismight sell hers for a couple hundred this week. Got about 9/10 months T&T I think. 1.0 punto.

Only selling as I'm buying her a new Fabia (hopefully)

Possible to see Any pictures or have more info on the punto, please wheels

Thanks