Opinions on LKQ engines

[Zeille]

Hi everyone, my motor is going out on my 181k mile car.
LKQ has a 84k mile engine from a 2016 FiST out here in AZ, located in Casa Grande.
If I ordered a used motor online elsewhere, I’d pay $2300 after freight, whereas I could go get this for $2300, and take it with me to my friend’s shop.
Has anyone purchased a motor from this company? Could it be trusted? My motor is chewing metal up & has bad valve seals or something. It’s just not doing well.

 

[Grsemky]

Hi everyone, my motor is going out on my 181k mile car.
LKQ has a 84k mile engine from a 2016 FiST out here in AZ, located in Casa Grande.
If I ordered a used motor online elsewhere, I’d pay $2300 after freight, whereas I could go get this for $2300, and take it with me to my friend’s shop.
Has anyone purchased a motor from this company? Could it be trusted? My motor is chewing metal up & has bad valve seals or something. It’s just not doing well.

I've used LKQ without issue, do they have compression testing results?

 

[Zeille]

I've used LKQ without issue, do they have compression testing results?

i don't know, but that would be a good question. it looks like the motor comes with a 6 month 6,000 mile warranty that covers quite a bit of stuff. head, head gasket, block, oiled components like crank, cam, bearings, oil pump, maybe water pump?

 

[Intuit]

It's been a couple of decades but worked for a company and used them at the time. Compared to other sources they were pricey but had decent luck with them; no failures or quality issues that I recall. That company I worked for was always looking for bottom dollar deals so they were used in situations where options were more limited.

 

[Zeille]

It's been a couple of decades but worked for a company and used them at the time. Compared to other sources they were pricey but had decent luck with them; no failures or quality issues that I recall. That company I worked for was always looking for bottom dollar deals so they were used in situations where options were more limited.

I'm just looking at this, since it's a motor local to me (in Casa Grande, so still in the valley I can go pick up) and is pretty comparable to finding another used motor online + the freight cost to get it to me.
My other alternative is potentially buying a copart car & taking the motor from that, and parting the rest of the car out. I might be able to do that within reason, and I might break even.
edit: nevermind on the copart idea. not able to break even. i might just go the LKQ route but want more advice on that