Rebuilt Yanmar 6LPA-STE on Ebay?

[yodani]

Hi there,
I am curious to know how reliable are rebuild cores and if I should go for it or not?

I leave in Europe and here is damn hard to find good used marine engines but the other day I have seen on Ebay many companies selling rebuild engines at good prices. I have asked the seller about shipping to Romania and he gave me a quote of 1.200$ for two Yanmar 6LPA-STE. He asks $25,995.00 for the pair so that would be about 26.000 shipped.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pair-Yanmar-6LP-6LPA-STE-315HP-Marine-Diesel-Engine-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3a6003ee04QQitemZ250718973444QQptZBoatQ5fPartsQ5fAccessoriesQ5fGear#ht_1097wt_1165

For that price I could buy here one new VW-Marine 256hp V6 diesel.

Anyone here with experience in rebuild engines? What are the downsides and the bad things about this engines?

Thanks,
Daniel

[eggman918]

In my experience it all depends on the shop that did the rebuild.
A properly rebuilt engine is as good as a new one,I would be most comfortable
dealing with a shop that I could visit.But machining is my trade and you can tell a lot about a shops quality by looking around and talking with the personal.
I would research the shop a lot before I entered into a transaction for that amount of money and at that distance.
This is just my opinion, I hope this helps.
Steve.

[JustinJ]

I am the seller of the Yanmars on ebay. Engines are professionaly rebuilt. Dyno tested etc.

References are available on request.

We ship internationaly on a regular basis

[Frosty]

I don't know what you mean you live in Europe so cant find second hand diesels.???

The place is flooded with Mercedes.

The Yanmar 6lp series are Toyota 1HD and the 4 valve head 300HP model had tremendous trouble with dropping valves, but Im sure the valve seal problems are now long gone.

However if it were I,-- I would buy a local engine and overhaul it locally.

You really don't want to be calling on a guarantee at the other side of the world with a heavy engine.