I bought a Northstar engine from mid city auto salvage May 9th. I was told it was a 1998 engine with 32000 miles on it carfax verfied for $1750.00. During the install process the mechanic had problems with the intake manifold aligning with the throttle linkage and the knock sensor was not in the same place. Had to move the intake manifold from the original engine to make it fit. I took the engine #s to the cadillac dealer to get the VIN for the vehicle and as it turns out the engine is really out of a 1995 Seville and had 39,000 miles on it in 1999. I ran a carfax on the engine and current mileage is unknown but based on averages it is well over 100,000.
I got the car back and after one day the check engine oil light started coming on periodically. The condition continued to get worse until know when the engine warms up about 10 miles the oil lamp lights. The low oil pressure message came on a message to stop engine came on. Took it to a local mechanic and was advised engine has internal damage. After some hunting around I found that Midwest auto recycling was the same company opened because of licenseing issues for midcity auto salvage. When I called midwest auto recycling they had me fax all the evidence of the bad engine. This was actually before I knew it was bad and wanted to get some money back for the false advertising. I got a call back from a man named William who told me midwest and mid city are not the same company and he could not help me.
I found that odd since the web site for midwest was the same as midcity's and even had a reference to mid city in the web site which has since been removed. GO to this site to see what the better business bureau has to say about this company and the relationship between midwest and midcity.
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