How much will a major overhaul cost and is there a way to avoid it?

Not every car enthusiast, even an advanced one, knows the cost of engine overhaul. But this is the second most expensive part of the car after the body!

Usually a 1.4-1.8 liter engine, which was properly looked after: timely oil and coolant changes, not overheating and not allowing water hammer to occur, lasts about 200,000-250,000 km. This is if we are talking about modern, not old foreign cars, there was a time of million-horsepower engines, but that is over. Manufacturers do not benefit from such strong cars, they need to force you to change your car more often... Domestic ones usually last much less, but there are exceptions: some VAZ engines "run" up to 200,000 km or more. It should be taken into account that these are average values ​​taken from statistics, as already mentioned above, there are exceptions.

What indicates the need for a major overhaul?

Many will say that high oil consumption, smoking and loss of power. They will be right in many ways, but there is a more important sign - low pressure in the oil system. Such a defect can lead to the immediate death of the engine with crankshaft scoring. And it can also be dangerous for the driver and passengers of the car: if the engine loses power and the ability to rotate during intense overtaking, for example.

So how much does a major overhaul cost?

It should be immediately noted that we are talking about fairly common modern engines. No boxer engines, no rarities.

According to experts in the services market in Moscow and the Moscow region. A major overhaul of a foreign car engine in the economy segment will cost about 180,000 rubles , if it is not necessary to replace the basic parts (cylinder block, crankshaft and cylinder head).

Diesel repair will be a little more expensive - about 220,000-230,000 rubles. The reason is that such engines have more expensive piston group elements, and working with the cylinder head is more difficult. Sometimes removing injectors and glow plugs takes a lot of time. And they can be damaged in the process. Engines are less common, and therefore the waiting times and costs for components are somewhat higher. And all this does not take into account the repair or replacement of the turbocharger - an integral part of any modern diesel.

As for domestic engines, you can restore a VAZ engine three times cheaper than a foreign car engine, because the prices for spare parts for imported cars are much higher.

In any case, a major overhaul hangs over the car owner as an inevitability. Especially if this car is no longer new, because more than 70% of all cars on the roads are older than 5 years. It turns out that the car costs 350 - 400 thousand rubles and repairs are almost 50% of its cost.

Today, the interest of car owners in various anti-friction additives in oil in order to extend the life of the engine has grown many times, especially if this resource is already half spent. It turns out that it is much cheaper to use an additive and drive some more than to do a major overhaul.

There are a huge number of different additives in oil on the market for any, as they say, color and taste, but they all work using different technologies. So before using this or that additive, carefully study the information about the processes of this product inside the engine, the amount of additive required to slow down wear, read reviews.

We offer you the time-tested anti-wear additive Lubrifilm Metalyz, this remetallizant is based on the technology of restoring rubbing surfaces. It has long been noted that soft metals delivered by oil to friction zones not only create protective anti-wear films, but are also able to effectively restore the damaged surface of the engine, thereby restoring working gaps and normalizing oil pressure, compression and, accordingly, fuel and oil consumption.

How does this work?

First, it is advisable to flush the engine from the remains of old oil by flushing the oil system.

After changing the oil, heating the engine and introducing Lubrifilm (translated into Russian as lubricating film) into it, we can carry out repairs on the go without the involvement of a professional car service. The result speaks for itself, and you will like the huge savings.

You can learn more about the work of Lubrifilm in our presentation .

Lubrifilm also has an anti-friction additive Bortec based on a revolutionary technology of applying microceramics based on Boron Nitrite.

Lubrifilm BORTEC Friction Fighter is an ashless additive to motor oil with the properties of reducing friction and antioxidant, based on a new generation of boric ether, which gives unique properties to any standard motor oil.

The additive Lubrifilm BORTEC Friction Fighter forms a protective layer of microceramic structure, thereby protecting friction surfaces from wear even under extreme loads and temperatures at which conventional oil cannot cope with its functionality and simply burns out.

Highly polar borate ester forms a protective layer of boron nitride, which helps reduce friction (under pressure and when heated) and increases the protection of all engine parts most susceptible to wear.

The ceramic coating sticks to the surface of internal engine parts and stays on them even after the engine is turned off, providing additional protection against wear when starting and while driving.

With the additive BorTec, even conventional motor oil becomes unique in terms of standard properties.

The difference in these additives is that BorTec is better used for engines with a mileage of 5 thousand km to 150 thousand km. And Lubrifilm Metalyz with a mileage of over 50 thousand km. Since Lubrifilm Metalyz is designed to restore engine wear.

Lubrifilm products are developed by the Swiss company Artex using technology developed at CERN and are also manufactured in Europe. The quality of the products has been guaranteed since 1997. Tested by millions of users around the world, hundreds of thousands of grateful reviews and expert opinions.

Our goal is for you to drive a million km without a major overhaul!