Reconditioned Marine Engines
 

Just curious,
Has anyone done any business with Rapido Marine in Florida.
They do have an interesting web site selling recondioned marine motors for a reasonable price. Called up Marine Engines did a search and their site came up?
Thanks Brian

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who ??

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i just bought two new crate moters from 1800runsnew.com, I will let you know how well they warranty their stuff in a week or so.... one went down 2 hours into runtime...

the guys at 1800runsnew.com have been responsive so far, as well as I could ask for....

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Keep us posted Im curious that outcome. Also, what happen to the engine. Did you fill out the warranty card that came with it? Reason I ask all this is because I bought a crate a couple months ago.

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I just bought a 351w reverse rotation Long block from them for my buddy. I ordered it on the 11th of August, told them we needed it here in Vt for the 18th! They built it Monday and shipped the same day. Got it on time and was back in the boat on Sat am. Delivered to our door for $1750.00
Couldn't go wrong for that price.

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so far they have over delivered on everything promised, I can't find an ounce of fault with them. Of course it is still honeymoon stage and so far it has been the easy stuff, now the hard stuff starts. I will keep everyone posted, and I have no reason to doubt them, other than they are in a marine industry, and we all know that means have reason to be skeptical.

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Talk to Raul @ Rapido if you have any questions. I bought to long blocks from him. Similar deal to DrippenwetII...Were delivered in a week and no problems so far.

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called the guys at 1800runsnew, told them an engine went down, of course they said they need to see it, but were responsive, said as soon as I get it on a crate they will pick it up. If it is my fault they will rebuild (my cost of course), if not then they ship a new one and pay install cost. So far so good. They were not trying to shift liability or act squemish, it is a good sign, not the whole picture, but a good sign.

before it goes to them I will kow what is wrong, machinist going over to look at motor tonight.

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dean keep us posted i was looking at a pair of thier 632ci na's a while back. wondering how they do business. thx, rm

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They are pretty good guys over there (ie: RunsNew in Holliston, MA).

However, dean51267 , with the amt of engines you've gone thru it may be a safe assumption ? at this point that there is a rigging / fuel tank / or bolt on part (that gets swapped from motor to motor) issue ?

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yes, and no. I am DEFINITELY having problems, engine set 1 was installation, set 2 was machine shop (they gave full warranty), set three and four did the EXACT same thing....

The ONLY parts that have not been changed to stock are intake, carb, valve covers, flame arrest or, and headers. Spark plugs all indicate proper fuel mixture in proper amounts.

Headers appear to be only common denominator, but the way the motors went it seems unlikely it is exhaust. Motors go at 3800 RPM, but act like massive water in a cylinder, run perfect at idol, at that RPM it is unlikely there will be reverberation as exhaust gas is exiting at high rate of speed. If it were header/reverberation problem it should be more prevalent at idol. Thereis little chance if any of water ingestion.

Will pressure check headers in next day or so. It is possible that two motors had different problems, set three had a piston explode, set four seem to have bearing problem.

I agree it sounds more like a boat problem than a motor problem, but damn, there should be an answer somewhere. There is a lot of smart people scratching their head right now....

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well, I can say 1800runsnew is not willing to even discuss warranty issues. They claim bearings washed by over fueling cylinders, this is DEFINATELY NOT the case, plugs and burn pattern on cylinders clearly tell that story.

Sad part is I can not definatively say what DID happen, and since RUNSNEW has given a bull schit excuse, may never know. I am not 100% convinced it is their fault, but the reason they give is BLATENTLY false.

I tried HARD to have an intelligent conversation, all I get is "that is my findings, I do not have time to discuss this, if you do not like it, sue me"....

And yes, that is an EXACT quote.........

At a minimum there should be some degree of explination, expecially given visual evidence, three merc techs, and a local engine builder say his excuse is blatently wrong.

Kind of paints me in a corner.......

the issue is not over, but it will take an extreme level of force to get them to even look at the motor for more than a few seconds and discuss anything other than an excuse that benefits them.

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DID YOU GET THE OIL ANALYSIS BACK YET?

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still waiting..... :(