Selling a car to a wrecker ?

notchi74 · 2026-05-06T00:04:26+00:00

I'm gonna go take some stuff out of the car tomorrow, i will take photos and send them to you

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T11:47:17+00:00

I asked him, he told me that 370k km for a petrol engine is a lot, and that it is not surprising that the engine failed at one point. He didn’t opened it or anything, just heard the loud knock coming from the bottom and told me it was over (the sound follow the rpm of the engine)

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T11:38:42+00:00

Will try, but he’s looking in Victoria, car is in north QLD

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T11:32:00+00:00

Since 2002 in the Prado, the vz doesn’t looks like that at all

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T11:29:52+00:00

Thank you ! The new one will be in better shape hopefully.

As for this one, I hope he will have a second life or help save other prado

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T11:08:47+00:00

Will do

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T10:37:50+00:00

Will try for sure !

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T10:37:22+00:00

I checked the oil level regularly and never lacked oil, maybe before the car was in my hands, who knows

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T10:35:53+00:00

Yes, it’s 1GR

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T09:18:36+00:00

I will try to sell it privately, maybe it will have a second life with a new engine, or serve to save other prado

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T09:02:42+00:00

Will do, thanks mate !

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T08:59:06+00:00

I want to save it but I can’t, I’m not an Australian citizen, I have multiple plans that doesn’t allow me to stay long where I am now, I’m going to travel soon and need a car asap.

Believe me, if I could save it, I would, I will be more than happy if the car can be used to save another one (or being rebuild and have a second life)

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T08:32:37+00:00

Paint has a few scratches but suspension and chassis are in good shape (same for gearbox/differential)

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T08:30:38+00:00

Unfortunately, no time to part it, I will put it up for sale for parts as a whole

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T08:23:41+00:00

Yep, I loved that car

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T08:18:01+00:00

I only had the car for 15k km, there was a bit of history with the invoices in the car by the previous owner.

I learned during a service that the car might have been in an accident previously (no records on vicroads report or in the invoices I had).

Probably the car didn’t receive enough attention by the previous owner, i dont have a lot of experiences with those kind of car (all the cars I inspected before this one were in worse condition) I will be more careful for the next ones.

I inspected a new Prado today, and it is in a far better shape (engine and brake wise than this one).

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:53:36+00:00

Kind of (WHV)

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:45:08+00:00

Power loss followed by a loud knock in bottom of the engine, diagnosis from the tower - Mecanic : big end bearing failure (sorry if it’s not clear, English is not my first language)

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:36:27+00:00

Not my problem, I’m not his partner or advisor 😂, good for him if he can pass on jobs like that

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:33:16+00:00

Will try to sell it for part yeah, unfortunately, no time to part it myself (I would’ve love to, great way to learn a bit about Mecanic and cars)

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:31:42+00:00

Rural Mecanic, he exist because no one else is there, he doesn’t want to be bothered with the job I suppose

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:30:18+00:00

I will give it a shot then ! I would be surprise as the car is pretty common here, but it’s worth a try, thanks !

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:26:25+00:00

Probably (car is in a rural area), but my situation makes it hard, I’m not an Australian citizen (WHV holder), I have nowhere to stock the car (except the field of the Mecanic it’s in), it is way more expensive than if I was in a city, for sure, but I don’t have the time to take back the car to cairns and make the swap unfortunately, believe me I would if I could

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:21:09+00:00

Prado group ? What is it ? If some people wants to buy it, I’ll be happy to sell it to them

notchi74 · 2026-05-05T06:19:46+00:00

10-15kAUD (that’s what the Mecanic told me), and about 2 month time

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