Kar King Auto

bob5944

Our 09 Pontiac Vibe had an engine failure and needed to be replaced. I found Kar King Auto online and after reviewing their Customer reviews and looking at BBB information I felt they would be a good choice for purchasing a rebuilt engine. Although their shop is in California and we are located in Michigan there was no problem getting the rebuilt engine to us and the shop installing it gave it good marks as well. The motor looked great and is performing as it should. Thanks George!

jack olsen

Superior quality engine remanufacturing. George is excellent to deal with. Delivery to home by truck with tailgate was no problem. Great service, communication, and quality workmanship. Thank you Kar King!

Alex Darington

I bought a new long block from Kar King after one of my connecting rods punctured a hole in the block. For awhile, it ran just fine and gave me no issues. Gradually, however, the cracks started to show: several minor oil leaks had developed, with the biggest ones being the valve cover and oil pump. This wasn't the biggest deal, but when my head gasket started to fall apart and combustion gasses from the cylinders started getting into the cooling system, I started to realize that I had purchased the motor from a company who didn't care to use OEM replacement parts or install them correctly. When I asked the owner about it, I mentioned that I hadn't even driven the car 3000 miles yet, but he still wouldn't honor the warranty because too much time had passed. Fair enough, I suppose, but if you were teleworking during the peak of the pandemic as I was, you were left out to dry if anything went wrong. He wouldn't even meet me halfway on the necessary headwork needed due to the extreme temperatures it had been subjected to, so I was left to foot the entire bill for essentially an entire teardown and rebuild of a motor I hadn't owned for two full years yet. Hopefully, I'm past the issues with this motor. The bottom end is fine for now; I can only hope that it holds up at least half as well as the motor that came with the car did. Can't say I'll be calling up Kar King in the event I need another, though.

Donny

Bought a engine and transmission 8 years ago from them that they installed themselves. 8 years later on my truck with 15k miles on the rebuilt engine the timing chain went and head gasket blew. For a rebuild to only last 15k miles and the company that built it take no responsibility ….not even a discount towards a replacement I wouldn't recommend them to anyone (I mentioned on the phone that I wasn't expecting anything for Free but no discount was ever mentioned. You said you could do nothing about it. I am aware I'm past the warrenty but a engine with that low of miles shouldn't fail. I wasn't completely blaming y'all for the failure but based off the mileage I was expecting some discount.