Dylanviey
Registered User
2000 Chevy C3500 6.5L diesel
The other day my motor made a bad noise then just shut down while climbing a hill. I was able to get it to restart in high idle after letting it sit for a bit but but it wouldn't stay running and sounded like ****. (wasn't overheated) Also the engine was showing no signs of going bad leading up to this.
Got it towed to a shop and they say my crankshaft is ****** and I need a whole new motor. ($10,000) had a 2nd shop give a quote for $12,000 for a new motor but couldn't look at it to see if it was something else because it's stuck at the other shop. But I do have a feeling that's their "I don't know what's wrong, and I don't want to spend the time to figure out what's wrong estimate" Because it was dropped off after hours and I showed up 1-2 hours after they opened the next morning and they told me this.
Problem is I don't have that kind of money and I really need the truck and all my tools back on the road since trucks around me are are listed at around $7500 with a blown transmission or a frame that's about to snap in half from rust.
The truck is 98% rust free and I would hate to scrap it because of the motor being blown. I also just rebuilt the whole front end and did a bunch of work on the motor. new turbo, and fixed a broken injection stepper motor. Also TONS of electrical fixes and improvements. Engine was always smooth starting and smooth sounding.
From digging I find the 6.5L are hard to find and when you do find them they are ungodly expensive. Only place I know of I haven't checked yet is Jasper Engines but their website is screwed up at the moment and I have no hopes of anything different from them.
I was wondering what options I have (that are relatively simple.)
Is there another engine that's more common and cheaper that is an straight bolt up with no or minimal modifications?
Or is there a common failure with these engines that causes this and that is repairable that I can look for?
I really want to keep the bill around or below $6,000.
The other day my motor made a bad noise then just shut down while climbing a hill. I was able to get it to restart in high idle after letting it sit for a bit but but it wouldn't stay running and sounded like ****. (wasn't overheated) Also the engine was showing no signs of going bad leading up to this.
Got it towed to a shop and they say my crankshaft is ****** and I need a whole new motor. ($10,000) had a 2nd shop give a quote for $12,000 for a new motor but couldn't look at it to see if it was something else because it's stuck at the other shop. But I do have a feeling that's their "I don't know what's wrong, and I don't want to spend the time to figure out what's wrong estimate" Because it was dropped off after hours and I showed up 1-2 hours after they opened the next morning and they told me this.
Problem is I don't have that kind of money and I really need the truck and all my tools back on the road since trucks around me are are listed at around $7500 with a blown transmission or a frame that's about to snap in half from rust.
The truck is 98% rust free and I would hate to scrap it because of the motor being blown. I also just rebuilt the whole front end and did a bunch of work on the motor. new turbo, and fixed a broken injection stepper motor. Also TONS of electrical fixes and improvements. Engine was always smooth starting and smooth sounding.
From digging I find the 6.5L are hard to find and when you do find them they are ungodly expensive. Only place I know of I haven't checked yet is Jasper Engines but their website is screwed up at the moment and I have no hopes of anything different from them.
I was wondering what options I have (that are relatively simple.)
Is there another engine that's more common and cheaper that is an straight bolt up with no or minimal modifications?
Or is there a common failure with these engines that causes this and that is repairable that I can look for?
I really want to keep the bill around or below $6,000.