A couple months ago the engine in my 05 TB started making a tapping noise. I parked it and had it hauled to a shop to find out what was the issue. The shop doesn't do deep engine servicing and called me back to let me know that the sound was coming from the block and was likely a bad rod bearing. I talked to them about options and was told I could take it to a machine shop and pay $5-6k to have the rod machined and new bearings installed, pay about $700-1.5k for a used engine and then find a shop that will swap it out or I could just junk it and get a new vehicle - which both service desk jockeys said is what they would do.
Since then, I have let the TB sit while I figure out if I want to get another TB or do the engine swap bit. With a new-to-me TB I could inherit new problems. With a used/junkyard engine I could end up with a lower mileage engine, but with how computerized the engine is, I don't know if this could lead to its own set of problems. Plus I keep finding engines for 02-04 and 06-up, which suggests the 05 had it's own flavor of the 4.2L(?).
So... Opinions? What would you do?
Since then, I have let the TB sit while I figure out if I want to get another TB or do the engine swap bit. With a new-to-me TB I could inherit new problems. With a used/junkyard engine I could end up with a lower mileage engine, but with how computerized the engine is, I don't know if this could lead to its own set of problems. Plus I keep finding engines for 02-04 and 06-up, which suggests the 05 had it's own flavor of the 4.2L(?).
So... Opinions? What would you do?