What is availability and cost of a good quality replacement engine?

Where is a good place to source an engine?

How many miles do you consider a good long time?

How many miles do you consider a good long time?

[quote="jrsavoie"

So, I'd say if you take good care of the engine, it should be good for 200,000 miles.
Maybe even more?

I had my CRD from 30k to 134k miles. In that time, I did not have a single instance of more than 30k miles driven without a major repair bill. I was very careful about maintenance and always using the best fluids I possibly could get, changing them often. 80% of the driving I did was highway, and perhaps 1% of those miles were towing. I do not beat on my vehicles while they are towing, and not often otherwise. I don't like paying for fuel or broken parts.

In 100k miles, it destroyed two engines exactly the same way: bottom end failure, and a rod / piston leaving its assigned duty station.

I had a 2001 VW Jetta TDI that I drove like a go-kart when I was younger. In 150k miles, it didn't break anything major other than a fuel seal in the injection pump, that I was told was caused by the switch to ULSD - it was happening to everyone's TDI around that time.

I now have a 2003 Jetta TDI Wagon (same engine and automatic transmission) that had already gone 244k miles before I bought it... And I have upped that to 274k since October 7 when I bought it. I'm on track for 50k miles this year, and crossing 300k before the end of October.

Will any CRD be able to match that? I seriously doubt it. The engineering quality just isn't there on the VM engines. Then there is the question of what Chrysler changed on the engine when they put it into the Jeep in the USA, versus the international markets. Something is subtly different on the US Spec models, which causes these rocker and bearing failures. We really need to figure out what that is, and if it can be fixed.

I did like the vehicle, but I need a RELIABLE car to get me to the films and TV I work on. When they call, I have to be ready to GO, because it usually involves a good drive to a location somewhere. The Jeep just couldn't offer that.

Didn't you lose the engine from the turbo failing? Not saying that sucks any less///

When I pull that motor, which I plan to do this year, I intend to do a detailed post mortem of it. In particular, I am going to look at the crankshaft and the block to determine the feasibility of repairing the block and reusing the crank. We shall see.

right now the game plan is to build a good motor from the core I have and swap that with the one in Geordi's buggy. The new build will have:
ARP head studs,
Possibly ARP rod bolts,
Blueprinted or larger oil pump,
New turbo with new oil feed path that does NOT drain the block if the turbo goes,
Supplemental filtration, either a centrifuge or a bypass system.
Possible supplemental oil pressurization.

Where would you feed the turbo &/or a bypass filter from? What would be your source of pressurized oil without robbing the block of anything?

Would it be possible or feasible to add a sump to the oil pan with a 12 volt pump to feed the turbo and bypass filter? Possibly running through the bypass to the turbo and back to the pan.