Car Talk — Remanufactured engine right move for 21-year-old Explorer - Charleston Post Courier
It’s a ’94 Ford Explorer with the tow package. I know you’re going to say that Explorers have problems, but I really love this car. The head gasket is blown, even though the engine has only 65,000 miles on it. I was leaning toward having a Jasper remanufactured engine put in. My line of thought was that due to the engine’s age and the overheating that caused the blown gasket,... However, on your radio show, I recently heard you recommend that a caller have her engine rebuilt instead. If you’re planning to keep the car for a long time, then I think a remanufactured engine always is the best option, if you can get one. There are factories that do nothing but remanufacture engines, and they have the machinery and expertise to do it very well. That means the tolerances (the spaces between the things that really matter) are likely to be more accurate, which produces better results and fewer problems later on. If you have a car that’s so old, or so rare, that a remanufactured engine is... In fact, we’ve bought dozens of remanufactured engines from Jasper over the years, and I remember only one of them that caused us any trouble. Source: www.postandcourier.com
