I will definatly consder getting a Montero with a bad motor. Infact I went out and looked at one 3 times two weeks ago.

It had a low end knock which came and went. The guy had both heads replaced too. The guy wanted $500 for it. But it didnt run too good and I wanted to make sure that the 4wd worked too.

When i climbed under it, I saw mud jamed packed in every knook and cranny. All of the plates which cover motors, trannys and so on were bent and tweeked. Drive line had a crease in it.

I got to talkin with the owner about all this mud and damage, he told me that his boys went bogging. Thats when I realized why the motor was smoked.

I backed away from it. Scared I'd find other aboused components. I feel that in this case I did the right thing.

But If I could find a daily driver which simply had the unfortunate luck of blowing its top! Hell I'll buy that right now!