Make sure to not use us wholesale machine! I was promised a motor over six weeks ago and Mark never shipped it. Kept coming up with excuses and never produced a tracking number like he said he would!! The motor was never shipped. His rating on eBay is bogus. He will also ask you to pay outside of eBay!!! read more

California Engines - Auto Parts & Supplies Near Me - Truckee, California

Scammers! I paid them $2,050 for an 302 Ford engine that was never delivered. They ask me to pay with a credit card around ebay and never delivered the engine. read more

Total scammers!! I paid $2060 for a Ford 351 Marine Engine that was never delivered. Mark kept telling me it was on its way and even said it was returned to them once because no one was around when it was delivered. That is total BS. He refused to give me the shippers name so I could check on delivery myself. He even asked me to confirm my credit card number over the phone so he could run the purchase around EBAY where I did my order. I didn't see that one coming.This made the purchase not covered by EBAY guarantees which is exactly what these crooks wanted. You should note that they do business under several names which should be a warning sign as well. Their prices look good and they talk a good line but you will regret doing business with them if you do. My only word of caution - DON'T! read more

beware of this business. as you can see by other reviews, he doesn't have a very good reputation. I bought a 4.3 l Mercury engine for a 2005 boat. he sent me a non-vortec motor which my mechanic said was ridiculous because they haven't used those since 1998. it took 3 months to receive the wrong motor. I still haven't received a return shipping label from him a year later. he keeps telling me the other motors on its way 2 days and it never shows up. this guy should not be in business read more

I had issues with this vender and I let Ebay know about it... there were shipping issues. I had gone to the depot and picked up the engine myself. After letting Ebay know about my displeasure with this company the rep contacted me and informed me that they had sent me an engine that had a 4 bolt main and because I "bad mouthed" them they should charge me for the upgrade! He literately called me a liar and said that he had called the depot and they said they delivered my engine to me which they didn't. I didn't install the engine until April 2018 because I wanted to get another season with the old motor. I am now in the process of having the engine broken down. With less than 15 hours on the engine I have antifreeze in my pan! My Mechanic says it's a bad head gasket, head or cracked block. What really upsets me is that Ebay removed my initial review of this vender. I have done a lot of business with Ebay but no more not when They support venders like these people. I am retired on Social Security and $1600.00 doesn't grow on trees! Since the above content was sent to Ebay, my mechanic removed the head and found a bad head gasket (less than 15 hours on engine). The machine shop said that 3 valves were leaking! What substandard work this was. Both the Mechanic and shop said that the head probably was not tightened properly! Since I wrote Ebay, last one head that was examined has poor value seats and 3 of the valves were leaking badly. I had the other head removed and checked and 3 valves were so bad they had to be replaced. I was told by the shop that the heads were not even the SAME!. I am in to this process for over $500.00 counting new gaskets but not labor! ExtremeMachine has a no return policy but (lol) a 5 year warrantee. Like I said less than 15 hrs on this great engine. After reading these reviews I now see what a scam artist good o'l Mark is. I've decided to turn this over to my Washington State Attorney General's Fraud Division. If you are smart you will stay a thousand miles from this guys business! read more

I purchased my remanufactured engine from Mark at California Engines, aka US Precision Machine, on eBay. Mark's seller ID, xtrememachine, has a 100% positive feedback rating, and there's a reason for that, which I'll get to. Wanting to do my homework, I contacted Mark and he gave me his phone number. I called him and spoke to him for the better part of 15 minutes. Satisfied that he knew what he was talking about, I pulled the trigger and purchased the engine. This was April 11, 2017. The engine did not arrive until June of 2017, two months after I purchased it. I say this because you can NOT leave any kind of feedback whatsoever on eBay after two months, hence the 100%positive feedback rating. When I received the engine, I happened to look in the exhaust ports and saw that the valves still had carbon deposits on them, the camshaft had no lubrication on it and the timing chain was not a double roller as pictured in his ad. When I called Mark, he told me that the guy who rebuilt the heads no longer works there and was doing a terrible job. He told me to call him back the next day, so that he could give me the information I needed to send him the engine to have it redone. Having already waited two months for this engine, I decided to take it to my local engine rebuilder. We went from "This engine would have lasted 3000 miles" to "This engine wouldn't have lasted ten seconds on startup". As my engine rebuilder dug into the engine, he found that the camshaft that I had asked Mark to install was not the one installed and no lubrication on it; the wrist pins were dry as a bone, as were the cylinder walls/pistons. The tips of the valve stems were mushroomed; the push rods weren't straight...the straightest one was .024" out. The final insult to this was that the engine was darn-near impossible to turn. It took my engine builder 24 lb/ft to turn the crank, and that was without the pistons and rods in the engine. The reason for that is because the crank was .001" larger than the mains. One of the things I asked Mark was whether his company does a line bore on the mains. His answer was no, because it's just going to go out of round anyway. Long story short, it cost me an extra $2969.49 to have my engine properly rebuilt. I could have and should have just had my old engine rebuilt, which would have saved me time and money, the latter being very important to me, given that I am a disabled Veteran, and every penny counts. read more

Save your money, time and go elsewhere! Unprofessional, rude, etc. Never received my core exchange refund. Horrible customer service. In regards, to the engine work. Well that Engine blew within 2 years....Enough said. They actually don't deserve the one star.... Beware! They are also known as US Precision Machine . . read more

Nothing but problems! contract is bogus protection and they will stick you with the core. That's if the motor works.... They seem professional on the phone but will take your money and send you a poorly rebuilt motor. Ours had a dented timing chain, frozen crank, rocker arms not properly installed on listers. Really simply crap. He will tell you they have been doing this for years and then blam the mechanic or shop installing. The shop rebuilt the crap they sent... I paid to have the core picked up and Cal Engine or whatever they call them selfs now would not come pick it up. Stealing the core charge. The contract reads free shipping so you will be screwed when you dispute the charge. STAY AWAY. Not worth the trouble. Summary: Terrible craftsmen ship, poor shipping, lies, lies, lies, sticks you with core, karma will catch up to these crooks! Wish I could leave zero stars! read more

Purchased a marine engine from this scam artist thru eBay under "xtrememachine". Sent me an engine that knocks like a sledgehammer on tin. Tried to call, email, contact thru eBay and nothing. So I'm out $2500 plus the proceeds of the resale of the boat (which I described to Mark, the seller) was going to underprivileged kids, so he scammed them too. He falsely conned me into paying outside of eBay because he said they can't process large payments. I highly doubt his 100% rating on eBay because I have read the reviews here. I wish I had done that prior to purchasing this piece of crap. DO NOT SPEND YOUR MONEY WITH THIS LOSER. read more

This business also does business under the name US Precision Machine, which has been reviewed here: http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/US.Precision.Machine.530-550-0355#b and on ebay under the seller name: Theemporium1988 http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/theemporium1988/?_trksid=p4340.l2559 In a nutshell, I saw their great engine price on ebay for a Jeep rebuilt engine, called in and ordered over the phone with my mastercard, they promised a 3 week delivery.... 7 weeks later, they aren't answering my calls,or returning my messages, I was able to contact them intermittently where the gave me various excuses, when finally on the 6th week when I was told it would be shipped out that Thursday I never receive any confirmation number, when I call back the next week no one picks up my calls (after calling 10 times, leaving messages, and an email, but when my brother calls and someone picks up, they tell him the shipping guy isn't in. I do some research on these guys and find their DBA name US precision machine, read the 2 horror story reviews and contact one of the ebay people who had purchased an engine from them to find that they do this regularly. The ebay guy I spoke to lamented that he could not change his review rating, but eventually someones going to leave a bad one, also if you check out their ebay sales history 75% of the items they are rated on aren't even engines, it's some kind of pussy cat novelty item, so don't take their ebay rating as security. Fortunately my bank USAA and mastercard are able to get me a refund, this is my warning to other people considering doing business with these guys. read more

Like stated above, if there were negative 10 stars for bad service, these guys would win the award. Bought a 5.7 liter engine for my boat. After being lied to about shipping it out right away, it took over 2 weeks to get it. The excuse was, well, we can only deal with what we have. Once they get your money on their stupid warranty, you're toast. First day on the water the engine overheated and we had to be towed back to the dock. This has been over a year ago. I have made repeated calls, always left a message, never a phone call returned. I called every 10 minutes, used different phone numbers, nothing. I wish yelp would post the negative comments and not try to hide them. read more

Do not trust these fraudsters! They post on eBay and go by a variety of names including "bestmotorbuilder71"; "xtreme engines", etc. Their license has been revoked in NV as well. They received my payment for a remanufactured engine and shipped a used, unusable motor. The head gaskets were blown, the cam worn, the head bolts incorrect, etc, etc. The point of contact "Joe" is a liar and fraudster who is simply looking to steal from innocent people. Disputed the charges with my credit card company and recovered my payment. read more

California Engines owes my for two core charges, $2000.00. When I called them, I was told they would look into it and never called back. That was the first few calls. Now they do not pick up the telephone and if you leave a message, they do not call back. I have found several complaints online and would like help tracking down the owner's name so I can service him/her with a lawsuit. The company does not even have a DBA filed with the county. Watch out this company also sells on EBay. read more

Threatened me on my voice mail after I cancelled because they were 4 weeks late! Stay as far away from this business as you can! Can't say you weren't warned! read more

Here's my review of this business, I found them on ebay and was really excited because I didn't have a lot of money and needed a new engine for my boat. All of the info on the add was really impressive. 5 year warranty had lots of pictures of the process and his price was only 2000, and he didn't even want a core swap. So because I was so naive and ignorant of anything about engines. I contacted him via his phone number. He (Joe) sounded really nice and helpful. I told him up front I don't know anything about this process so please be patient. I asked him if I sent him my entire engine would he take the usable parts off mine and put on the new core, so it would all be painted and match! He said of course he would be happy to do it. Well here is where things start to go south. He sends me a paypal invoice for 0.00, I'm a computer guy, so I try to help him with this part, and after 2 tries gets me the correct invoice, which I pay. My friend gets the engine out of my boat and prepares it for shipment. I give him the address and tell him to prepare the shipper to come get it. This is July 29 2015, Aug 14, 2015 someone finally shows up to pick up the engine, it arrives at his shop on Aug 19, 2015. After some exchanges via text messaging that I need a new starter, and new fuel pump, and exhaust manifolds (manifolds I knew were bad) and some hoses, he sends me the price for fixing it and sending it back to me. $3162, I pay it as soon as I get the invoice. This was Sept 2, 2015, so we wait for parts, for my engine for almost a month, on Sept 30 he says the engine is done and it will be picked up for shipment today. A few more text messages exchanges it's now October 28, and it is still not been picked up. Nov 20 he says it's in Nashville, and being held up because of weather, and finally on Nov 24 it arrives here. And here is where it really gets bad. The shipment was supposed to be engine, and two boxes of parts. (he said they had to take them off the engine for hazmat reasons) But I only got the engine and one box of parts. Here is where I really get in trouble. I don't know I'm missing half my engine. My friend who is going to put it back in the boat assumes I'm going to be buying new parts for the engine, and I assumed the parts came in, with the shipment. it's not until Jan 4 we realize we are missing my parts that were supposedly in the shipment. When I call Joe, he says they were in the shipment, the box weight on the package was 63 pounds, my engine is missing flywheel, raw water pump, all the hoses for water and raw water pump. The only thing that came in the package was the starter, and the alternator, and the power steering pump.The starter that was sent back was supposed to be brand new, it was not, it was bad, and the exhaust manifolds never made it at all. I ask for a refund of the parts, he says the only ones I didn't get was the exhaust manifolds. I could not prove it so I say fine, refund me the 700 for the manifolds... check never arrives. It's now Feb 24, 2016, he will no longer reply to text or answer his phone. I guess if your going to get screwed, this is the guy to do it... Thanks Mr Joe. I really appreciate a job done well. read more

same story, I looked on ebay for a crusader reverse rotation chevy 350, This company in Truckee named Calofornia engines, or aka precion machine came up with a great price, I looked up feed back looked good, I called the company the man was real nice said he could build this motor in about 3 weeks for 1,500 bucks, great warranty, I pulled out the credit card on may 4, 2011, 5 weeks went buy no call , I called them no answer, after 3 more weeks of no answer I called from a different phone # the same man answered, real nice parts on back order, call when parts come in, 3 weeks later no call, finally get a hold of him and he tells me the motor has been done and it says local pick, that is a lie, I tell him to ship it he says not a problem, I still have no motor and it has been over 4 months, This place is a big SCAM dont do it they will screw you. read more

Do not do business with this company. We were looking for a place to do local business with for our engine installs. After several engines we decided that the units provided were not the caliber of product that we choose to install. We had nothing but problems with the product, the customer service, and the honor of the "warranty" expressed. This company choose in the end to ignore us, and thus lost yet another customer. There are plenty of reputable rebuilders out there that do quality business, CAL ENGINE is NOT one of them. read more

I read the ebay feedback for this place and thought that it was legit, so ordered a dodge 360 engine for a friends 1986 ramcharger abso out mid month june, and here it is the beginning of september and they say it is on its way. So much for a two week delivery. I hope that anyone who reads this either steers clear of this place, and/or tries to help get rid or this terrible place. I don't even know how these people can sleep at night doing this to other people. Just goes to show if a deal seems too good to be true, it most likely is. I can guarantee from know on if I go to make a major purchase on ebay I will most definately do more research on the company before I do. read more

I two have a bad experience.Order a Jeep motor year ago installed and always had a noise in it,well it blew a rod been a month and they will no return a email or phone call,don't buy from them,it hard to find a rebuilder in California but look else where,going to call BBB on Monday and channel 2 these guy do not deserve to be on business. read more

Do not buy an engine from this place. My husband ordered a 1998 remanufactured marine engine on June 15, 2011. Of course, we were charged for the full price immediately. To date, September 23, 2011, we have not received the engine. Multiple phone calls and messages to this place went unanswered. At one point in early August, we got ahold of someone who said they'd received a shipment of bad blocks and had to redo them before they shipped our engine. They promised it would be shipped in 7 days from that August date. On September 19, 2011, we miraculously got ahold of someone and they said "oh, you haven't received your engine? "We shipped it a month ago." They asked for our phone number to call us back after they research what happened. We told them they have our phone number on our invoice. They finally admitted they couldn't read the phone number because the invoice must have jammed in their printer and crinkled the paper. No return call, so we called them the next day.. they said "your engine sat in a warehouse for a month and they didn't know where to ship it, so they sold it." "We'll have to ship you another one in 7 to 10 days." I am now working with our credit card company to request a full refund. California Engines is a SCAM. read more

Do not buy anything from these people. I bought an engine and know they will not return my calls to send shortblock back to receive my credit. Know the phone number I call is to some exchange company that will not return calls either. read more

shipped engine to them back in May, still received no payment for the boat engine I have sent. every time I call and ask for the core, Mr. Thomas is not available. now they don't answer my phone calls, no matter how many times I try and/or leave meassages. they are rude, and unprofessional. read more

I had placed an oder for 2 chev 350 motors for marine application. I was excited in repowering my boat. I had put a deposit down and signed the contract, but wasn't to big of a hurry to recieve the motors. I did have a few questions along the way and tried to contact company. It was sometimes difficult to get hold of somebody. I started to get a feeling that the company wasn't was it was made out to be. I then started digging deeper into the company reading reviews and such. I then tried to cancel my order. Once the owners and I sat down and had a heart to heart they sent my motors with the promise if I didn't like what I saw I could send them back for a full refund. I did recieve them and i am pleased, hence my rating. read more

Save yourself from this nightmare... I looked at many motors on Ebay and eventually settled on Motorbuilder71 or California Engine exchange because they had a great price. Just so Ebay knows we eventually ended up doing the deal skipping Ebay for a couple hundred dollars less. The Price Was Right!!! And then everything went downhill from there. I ordered and 8.1L HO motor in Red. Communication sucked during the process once I had given my AMEX number. I was never given any paperwork and was never told any tracking numbers. I only dealt with a man named Joe who's phone appears to be a Las Vegas number. Whenever I called he would never answer and would never return any messages. Well, surprise-surprise, one day the motor shows up and I thought GREAT! What was suppose to be a RED motor ends up coming in BLACK. OK, so I dealt with that. My particular motor came with 2 studs in the heads that were not long enough for my particular application. I tried everything to get them out-even torched them and they did not budge. So my exhaust system was down two bolts right off the bat-it probably leaked. The motor was also missing many brass plugs. The ad listed on Ebay said that it would come with an Oil Pump which it never did. Anyway, so I get my motor installed and I thought I was done dealing with this mess. The motor "lower bearings" failed after about 20 hours. This engine was built like crap!! Buyer beware!!! They are cheap because they are pieces of shit!! You get what you pay for!!! So, I contact Joe and let him know what happened. I can't believe he answered his phone. He agreed to set up the shipping to come pick up the broken motor. That was a nightmare in itself just to get that done. It took about 15 phone calls and many threats and about 3 1/2 weeks before it was set up. Joe has his head up his ass! Next, they received the motor and it took another 2 weeks before I heard what they were going to do. Long story short- Joe kept telling me they were going to rebuild the bottom end. Then three more weeks go by. I never received a new motor. I was miraculously able to get in touch with Joe and then his next move was that the freight company had lost the rebuilt motor and they were going to make a brand new one. Well, At that point I had had enough of his Bullshit!!! I immediately called AMEX and disputed the charges. Joe, Motorbuilder71 or Cal Engine Exchange never disputed my claim because they know they suck!! I got my money back and had my local engine builder build me an engine that I can trust, should have done that from the start. This is my first and hopefully only review that I have ever written, but I felt the need to let others know about my experience. If you want a cheap engine that will break quickly motorbuilder71 is your company. If you feel like dealing with "SPICOLI" from "Fast times at Ridgemont High" JOE IS YOUR MAN!!! read more

BEWARE!!! Upon placing our first complaint on 6/12/11 telling the original story about the engine we received a phone call at 2pm on 6/13/11 assuring us was an oversight, mistake "the bookkeeper doesn't even work there anymore". He assure me he was writing out the check and dropping it in mail that day. By the end of that week we had received no check and no one was answering the phone or returning messages. After 3 more phone calls we did receive a check on 6/27/11 and took it to their bank. The original core amount was $500.00. They sent me a refund of 355.00. They charged me 20.00 for the cam shaft eccentric, which was missing from my core and 125.00 for the undersized crank shaft. At my local parts store a new eccentric is $8.70. At two different crank shaft grinders located in Hayward CA a used good core crank shaft is $60 -65.00 respectively. As of this writing we are still working out the smog equipment which was gone from the car. I shudder to think what if any recourse I would have if there is any mechanical problem with this rebuilt engine as we have still not been able to drive this car legally on the streets of California. Bottom line California Engines does not know the meaning of customer service. Additional note: I took their check to their bank who charged me a $5.00 service charge to cash that check. Once again insult to injury. read more

cal. engine exchange will rip you off. do not use this company. i started with a 360 engine for 1800.00 dollars in oct. 2010. they said they had a 1972 360 engine, for my 1973 dodge dart swinger. they shipped down to los angeles, through reddaway freight a engine. up side down on a pallet. in late nov. the engine looked ok. and it was a 1986 eng. we installed the engine. it would not run corectly. no. 6 and 8 were not fireing. we tried everything. i have been working on cars since 1968. most likey it was a bad grounding on the cam. i took the engine back to truckee, approx 800 miles. since it was under the 5 year warranty. they said they would rebuilt it. it is now may 2013. still no engine. they do not answer the phone. they will never call back. if you do get them to pick up the phone. they do not know were your engine is. they will tell you it has been shipped with no tracking number and no freight company name. they are rude over the phone and hang up on you. i have to sue them now for over 2000.00 dollars. i will let ebay, know what they are doing. they have bad bussiness practices. they do know how to build engines. if you can get one. this company mess with the wrong italian. i will sue them, fill up there one phone number with voice mails. i do know where they live.in truckee. i repeat do not use this company. you will be disa pointed. al. read more