S&J Engines S and J Engines S&J Engines Warranty is a Joke! Dont Buy! Also known as S and J Engines, sandjengines.com, S&S Rebuilt Engines, rebuiltautoengines.com and bunch of other names! Scam! Rip Off! Internet

HAVING READ SOME REPORTS HERE, I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH "RIP OFF" CLAIMS. I'VE BEEN IN  AUTO REPAIR FOR 45 YEARS, KNOW ALL THE CREW AT S AND J ENGINES, AND THEY DO GREAT MACHINE WORK. PERIOD. I AM VERY FUSSY ABOUT CYLINDER FINISH AND CRANKSHAFTS, THESE GUYS DO GREAT WORK. PERIOD. I AM AN AUTO RACER BOTH DRAG AND OVAL TRACK, THEY DO LOTS OF MY MACHINE WORK. I HAVE ALSO INSTALLED OVER A HUNDRED OF THEIR LONG BLOCKS AND SHORT BLOCKS. NONE HAVE FAILED. PERIOD.

Obviously, any business will have interactions which do not please customers.  This is reality.  Equally obviously, warranty simply cannot cover every eventuality.  Sometimes the failure IS caused by something other than a failure of the work performed. 

It is entirely reasonable for S&J to investigate the cause of any warranty-claimed failure, and to limit the labor.  As both a retail consumer (I buy their services for all my own cars) and a shop that installs S&J's engines in my customers' cars, I compare their warranty to what is offered by competitors.  I have had opportunities to file warranty claims, and have never once felt that S&J did not perform above and beyond the stated terms of the warranty they offer.

I have always approached warranty claims professionally, and find that honest discussions with adequate documentation usually gets me taken care of very well.  S&J has offered free or reduced-price service regarding failures, even when the failure was no fault of S&J.  Most recently, A customer failed to install the oil-pump drive on a Ford 370 truck engine, which, of course, did damage by the time the error was identified.  S&J re-overhauled the engine back to their warranty-able condition, charged only for parts, and issued a new warranty certificate.  (They also asked that the next install be inspected by another mechanic prior to start-up...)

S&J is a business, and they make sound business decisions.  The adage is true: You can't please all of the people, all of the time.  But S&J is as good at pleasing most people, most of the time, as anyone I know.