Holden Captiva: Engine damage

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The engine in our 2008 Holden Captiva has gone after just 85,000 km. We can get a second hand engine with approximately 40,000 km on it at a cost of $10,000, but we're concerned that this model has engine problems and that it may not be worth the $10,000 to fix. I'd appreciate any comments or advice you may have.

You have to fix it, it's worth virtually nothing with a damaged engine, so there's no way around spending the money. But I would be very keen to find out what caused it to fail, and whether it's perhaps a manufacturing fault that has caused it.

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