What Should I Do with My Zu?

Ok i've got a tough decision to make with my Rodeo. Let me give you some background on this truck. 95.5 4x4 209k miles V6 Manual Rodeo.

It currently has 209,000 miles on the engine and body(body is in ok condition). Oil Change Regularly. It ran perfectly before the engine quit on me 2 days ago because of(before this happened, it was making this ticking noise) a broken
tensioner thingamajiggy pulley,replace header, no compression, bent piston ??rod blah, blah(don't rememeber the technical terms my mechanic explained to me(yes i have no clue about engines )

Anyways long story short, it's going to cost $2,500-$3,500 to get the truck repaired. Question is should I?

A. Spend $2500-3500 and Repair the engine, keep the same 200k mile truck, and hope nothing goes wrong with it too soon.

B. Rebuild engine, that has 209K miles.

C. Swap with new 99-03 v6 rodeo engine (don't know cost wise or where to get engine? or if this is feasible?)

D. Part out the rodeo and sell parts through ebay, and Buy a new or used truck w/ proceeds and some extra cash to have more miles to drive with a semi used or new car?

Which of these do u guys think is the better route? Thnx for your opinions

btw, i've owned it since it was brand new,paid off and well taken care of


Wil

When an engine is rebuilt it can, pretty much, be considered new. If you like the truck, it's really a personal decision on wether to spend the money on a new engine or scrap the truck. Keep in mind, it can be a real pain to part out a vehicle, especially selling parts over E-bay. You've got a partially disassembled vehicle sitting in your yard and then there's the risk of selling on Ebay, and then the shipping hassles, the time invested in removing parts for people, etc. BUT, as a general rule, you get alot more money out of a cars parts than if you were to sell the whole car in one piece.

Buying a replacement engine is pretty much the same thing as rebuilding the one you have. You'll be getting a rebuilt engine either way. The advantage to getting a replacement is time. Usually, the engine rebuilder will have one ready to go and then its a simple swap.

If you replace the engine, thats the most major thing that can go wrong. Except for the tranny, the rest is relative nickle and dime stuff.

If it were me, I probably would not part it out, just because of the hassle. If I could afford it, and I liked the truck, I would spend the money on the rebuilt engine.

Also, there is an option of buying a used engine. There are people that import used engines from Japan that are perfectly good, but according to strict environmental laws, they can only put a certain number of miles on them before they must be replaced. I've done this for some friends almost 5 years ago and the car is still running great and the motor was less than half the price of a rebuild. So, unless they never used that particular engine in Japan, that could be an option as well.

I hope this helps.