Junky
Well Known Member
Just received my answer about my insurance claim.
Received a OK, all I need to do is drop off my deductible fee ($100) portion.
New short block & intake with all the parts and labor it totals $10,000.
Going to talk to the dealer also as to what the time frame will be. I don’t want to have to pay for the rental vehicle For very long.
Had a friend that waited for months to have a dealer finish his engine rebuild.
if that’s the case, I’m going to see what the dealer has to offer on a trade in.
My 2019 GMC Sierra Denali only has 14,000 miles on it, so the dealer can do the rebuild and have a very good truck for it’s used car lot.
again we will see.
Be careful what you do in advance, because the insurance company might not pay the full claim if you don't have the new engine installed. You want to have them install a factory new crate engine. Shouldn't take but a week or two to get one. Make sure that they don't try to pass off a junk yard engine as a new one. That is what happened to a friend, when they quoted him a price on a new GM engine, and they installed a used engine from a salvage yard. I caught the "fraud" when I looked at the engine, and noticed that it had overspray on top of grease. Looked the engine over closely, and found the VIN stamp from another vehicle. He reported what I found, and the state attorney general's office had the State Police do a VIN inspection, and determined that the engine was from a totalled truck. It went down hill from there, but eventually that traded the truck for a much newer and better truck for short dollars to end the "fraud" claim.