Used engine quotes
with VIN fitment reviewed.
Request a used engine quote and compare the available condition, mileage information, warranty terms, shipping, and final price for your exact vehicle — all before you approve a purchase.
Used Engine Quote Details
Engine pricing depends on the exact engine code, mileage, condition, included components, warranty terms, shipping, and availability. Use our used engine quote guide for buying context, then request a quote for the exact vehicle.
What Happens After You Request a Quote
Share your VIN, year, make, model, and engine details so we can review the application.
A specialist confirms the condition, mileage information, warranty, and shipping options that are available.
You receive the complete price and terms before you decide whether to purchase.
What to Confirm Before Buying a Used Engine
What to Know Before Buying a Used Engine
A used engine can be a lower-cost alternative to new or remanufactured options, but value depends on condition, correct fitment, warranty, shipping, and installation. Here is how to buy with confidence. Curious how engine demand compares nationally? See where engines rank in our national used-parts demand study.
Judge condition, not just mileage
Lower mileage usually means more life left, but a well-maintained higher-mileage engine can outlast a neglected low-mileage one. Ask about the donor vehicle's history and why it was scrapped, and look for a compression or leak-down test. Our used engine inspection checklist covers exactly what to verify before you buy.
Know what's included
"Engine" can mean a bare long block or a complete drop-in unit with intake, sensors and accessories. Not sure which is which? See our guide to short block vs. long block vs. complete engine, then confirm what's in the quote so you can budget for any extra parts or gaskets.
Match it to your exact vehicle
Engine code and displacement matter as much as year, make and model — two identical-looking cars can take different engines. Search by VIN so you only consider engines that will bolt in and pass emissions.
Understand the price
Pricing depends on the vehicle, mileage, engine type, included components, freight, and warranty length. See our used engine quote guide for the details to compare before you commit, and our used-parts warranty guide for what coverage to expect and what voids it.
Engine parts we also quote
A whole used engine, or just the failed piece: block, cylinder head, crankshaft.
Intake and exhaust manifold, oil pan, injectors, turbo.
The same engine code still might not drop in
The engine code gets you the right family; it doesn't prove the unit fits your installation. Settle what transfers off your old engine and what must match on the donor. To identify the engine, see our used engine inspection checklist.
What must match, and what you move over
Oil pan and pickup. The sump follows the chassis, not the engine: a transverse front-drive pan can run the full length of the engine and foul a rear-drive car's crossmember and steering rack. Your own pan usually fits, but the pickup tube and windage tray are a matched set with the pan and change with it.
Flywheel or flexplate. A manual needs a flywheel for the clutch; an automatic needs a thinner flexplate bolted to the torque converter shell. Which one the donor carries follows the transmission type, so say which you have.
Sensors move between years. On GM's LS, Gen III carries the cam sensor at the top rear of the block, Gen IV puts it in the timing cover, and the crank reluctor went from 24 to 58 teeth, which the controller must match. Give year and VIN, not just the code.
Brackets, manifolds, accessory drive. Application-specific, so they are reused off your engine, not supplied. Confirm yours are undamaged, and ask whether the pan, timing cover and balancer are included.
Used Engine FAQs
How do I find my engine code or engine size from the VIN?
Federal rules require characters 4 through 8 of the VIN to identify the vehicle's attributes, engine type among them (49 CFR 565.15 and its Table I). What the rule does not fix is which of those five characters carries the engine, or what a given letter means — that is set by each manufacturer, so counting to the eighth character and reading a chart from another brand is how people order the wrong long block. Send us the full VIN and the engine is resolved against your exact vehicle. The number cast or stamped on the block itself is worth photographing too: it confirms what is actually in the car now, which is not always what left the factory.
How much does a used engine cost?
We publish no price ranges, because the figure follows your vehicle rather than the model name. What moves it: whether you need a short block, a long block or a complete engine; how exactly the code has to match; donor mileage; the warranty term printed on your quotation; and freight, since an engine moves as heavy freight and a shop with a dock is not quoted like a residential address. A core return, where one applies, changes the total again. Send the VIN and you get one written figure covering all of it.
Are used engines tested?
Testing practices vary. Ask for the available inspection or test information, donor-vehicle details, and written warranty terms before you buy.
Do you verify compatibility?
We use your VIN to match the correct engine; fitment is confirmed on your quote before you buy.
How long does shipping take?
Timing depends on the engine, source location, freight arrangement, and destination. Your quote should state the expected dispatch and delivery options.
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