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26th January 2023, 11:29 PM
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used Jap engines anyone bought ??
Hi ive seen many used Japanese engines on Alibarba, are there any pitfalls buying said, I know theres no real warranty, appart from that has anyone bought one. Are they any good. re there lots of surprise fees, ie import duty, or does not conform to emissions standards ETC
Thanks David
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26th January 2023 11:29 PM
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27th January 2023, 03:54 PM
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Never have, but you will attract import taxes and duties if the invoice value is over $1000. As for emission standards I don't think this is checked.
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28th January 2023, 09:18 AM
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Administrator
What country were they from on Alibaba?
@MB and I did some research ages ago and I can’t remember why but ones out of china couldn’t be used or just too hard to convert.
Mb do you remember what the issue was?
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28th January 2023, 07:28 PM
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Travelling Podologist
I bought a Jap import motor years ago, it was already here in Oz, there were wreckers who specialised in importing used low mileage ones. It was a nothing special stock Toyota Crown motor I put int a two door Corona Coupe. Lasted me for many years & then my son had it for a while as a bush basher. Was ultra reliable.
Also got a similar ED33 Nissan motor (3.3 litre 4 cyl diesel) to replace the one we had in our bus.
If buying a low mileage import motor it may have been sitting on a shelf in this country for a long time, so expect a few external gaskets to have become a bit crumbly. Eg. Exhaust manifold.
Each came with a warranty one 3 months, the other 6 months.
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