Is it time for an engine change?
Published 9:05 am Friday, April 22, 2011
When serious engine trouble hits, repowering your vehicle rather than buying a new one is an environmentally sound decision that lets you keep more “green” in your wallet.
For the cost of an average down payment on a new car or truck, repowering adds years of reliable vehicle life, improves fuel efficiency, and reduces operating costs and harmful emissions, all without monthly new car payments and higher insurance rates.
With repowering, a vehicle’s engine or an identical one from another like-vehicle is completely disassembled, cleaned, machined and remanufactured/rebuilt. Unlike used or junk-yard engines with an unknown performance and maintenance history, repowered engines are dependable, reliable and backed by excellent warranty programs.
Remanufactured/rebuilt engines save the tremendous amount of energy used in processing discarded engines and vehicles. Repowering also saves an incredible amount of raw materials that would have been used in building a new engine.
To learn more about engine repowering, visit www.enginerepower.org.
Ken Carter
chairman
Engine Repower Council
Bethesda, Md.