After reading the opinions of others on this site, I decided to keep my current engine because it still runs like new (thanks for all the messages). Yep, around 180K, no smoke, no ticks (thanks Marvel Mystery Oil!) and still gets approximately 30 mpg.
Probably the most dependable daily driver I have ever had.
My question is this, it is time for the '60k' maintenance which will include timing belt, hydraulic tensioner, water pump, etc. What about the oil pump? Should I have that replaced also?
I have read horror stories about the new oil pumps and how they were faulty.
I was also looking at a few on Ebay including
this one
I am not a 'hard' driver, in fact, I don't think I've ever been over 5k on the tach.
Eager to hear your opinions and thanks in advance to everyone.