New CG13DE engine
Several weeks ago I was messaged about a guy selling this complete CG13 engine with extras for £80 + £40 postage, probably done 100k, only owned by two prev victors so it's hardly ragged but he's down Suffolk.
other local offers where £150 but they're just for a bare engine or short block.
the guy needed time finding a pallet & sorting courier before I could buy it, and since I had other stuff in the engine bay to fix, I patiently waited.
he had a slight issue with the courier who won't collect the pallet without his signature and he couldn't have it collected from his new work place
but then he said he was driving up to Lincoln to visit his gf on weekend and it's only £40 of fuel in total for me to drive there/back, exactly the same as the courier.
so I drove 4hrs down to lincoln, brought the whole thing for £80, another tiring 4hrs back home and wahey I have a new engine along with tons of bonus extras

yup it's a cg13de
begin stripping all the bits off
checking 4 plugs, they're simply perfect. been running spot on
removed inlet mani and even the gasket is still intact
inlet is real clean
here's the oil filter that's fitted, but wth? it's brand new, still fresh dry and never used before I brought this


saves me buying one
exhaust gasket is that nasty cheap graphite composite type
nice lean dusting of soot
fresh manifold with an O2 & cat
still clean & flat face compaired to mine
here's a surprise, normally these philips screws on the rocker covers are often seized at this age but amazingly they all loosened off easily

inside looks quite nice & normal with no sludge

it looks hardly used
water pump is also kinda recent but has this strange jelly deposit from the dried coolant?
stacking up all the major bits & pieces in the garage, good to know I'll have plenty of spares to keep her going for many yrs

checking the valve clearances first and wow they're all spot on within spec.
Inlet 1 (0.305 / 0.279)
Inlet 2 (0.279 / 0.305)
Inlet 3 (0.279 / 0.305)
Inlet 4 (0.279 / 0.279)
Exh 1 (0.381 / 0.381)
Exh 2 (0.381 / 0.356)
Exh 3 (0.356 / 0.381)
Exh 4 (0.356 / 0.356)
this is by far hands down thee best conditioned, easiest to work on and absolute bargain spare cg13 I've ever brought

