Engine Repair & Replacement in Edmonton

Engine trouble is the bill everyone dreads, and it's also where drivers get the worst advice. A knock, heavy oil consumption, or coolant loss doesn't always mean the engine is done — and a check engine light almost never does. Before we talk replacement, we diagnose: compression and leak-down testing, oil pressure checks, cooling system pressure tests, and a proper look at the scan data. Plenty of 'blown engines' turn out to be a failed sensor, a valve cover leak, or a head gasket. When the engine really is finished, we'll tell you straight and lay out the options with real numbers.

Here's where we're different from every other shop in Edmonton: our sister company, Eskimo Auto and Truck Parts, is one of Edmonton's largest parts operations, pulling, inventorying, and shipping genuine OEM engines across Canada and the USA. When your engine needs replacing, we source the replacement directly through our sister company — direct access to a huge inventory, and no waiting on a broker who's never seen the engine. The same team answers for the part and the installation, and you get the warranty terms in writing before we start. A genuine OEM engine is the exact engine your vehicle came with, built by the original manufacturer.

Alongside genuine OEM and new sit two more options most shops can't offer properly, and we're set up for both. First, we rebuild engines in-house — when your engine has a known weakness worth correcting during assembly, our techs machine, reseal, and rebuild it rather than sending it away to an anonymous machine shop. Second, we supply and install ATK remanufactured engines: professionally remanufactured units built to OE specifications or better, with warranty coverage in writing. Genuine OEM, in-house rebuild, remanufactured, or new — we lay out the options that fit your vehicle and tell you which one we'd pick if it were our truck.

On cost, honestly: engine replacement is typically 10–20 hours of labour depending on the vehicle, plus fluids and the while-in-there parts that are foolish to skip (seals, thermostat, sometimes a water pump). A genuine OEM engine (through Eskimo Auto and Truck Parts) often runs $800–$3,500 for the unit depending on what it is, so a typical genuine OEM engine swap lands somewhere in the $3,000–$7,000 range all-in. Whether that makes sense depends on what the vehicle is worth and what shape the rest of it is in, and we'll walk through that with you honestly.

Edmonton is hard on engines. Cold starts at -30 and -40 are the single hardest thing most engines ever do — thick oil, slow cranking, seconds of poor lubrication before pressure comes up. A working block heater on a timer, the correct oil spec, and not flogging a cold engine will add years to its life. We handle the full range of engine work in between: head gaskets, timing chains and belts, oil leaks, misfires, and cooling system failures that take engines out before their time.