[928uk] Replacement engine or rebuild?

[marton hasenberg via 928uk]

204K is not high miles for a 928.

I was in the Porsche factory some years ago and they had a 928 in for 
service with 750K Km on the clock.

Mit freundlichen Grüssen/ with best wishes

Marton Hasenberg
Rheinstrasse 2
8193 Eglisau
Switzerland

076 514 84 08
On 19/09/2015 18:21, Mike barnett via 928uk wrote:
> Looking for advice... Have recently purchased a 1987 S4 which is in great condition but has high miles.... 204k to be exact...
>
> Although the car has a full history with all receipts from new even the purchase invoices the engine is definitely a bit tired and has a bottle of a rattle at part load which isn't the cam chains...
>
> According to Paul Anderson it has had an odd  noise since about 140k miles ...otherwise it drives great and touch wood everything works even the memory seats and air con...
>
> Since we plan to keep the car long term I am torn between stripping this motor to rebuild, buying a secondhand motor (Braunton Engineering advice) from somewhere like Doioglas Valley breakers or even importing a rebuilt motor from 928 International in the States...
>
> We brought the car pretty cheap due to the miles so was planning to spend some money on her .
>
> Since new to the 928 scene would love some thoughts on the matter...
>
> Mike Barnett
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