Buy this rebuilt 1g motor?

[TSIHero]

My friend has a 1G motor rebuilt by a machine shop. The motor has about 25 miles on it. Was in his car, drove it, decided to part his car out and now its up for grabs. When he initially had it in the car it was smoking pretty bad and his headgasket was leaking. So he replaced the headgasket and now its not smoking but occasionally some smoke does come out of the exhaust.

Is this prone to new motors? Is it just the motor wearing in? I mean there is absolutely no miles on this thing. He is asking for about $1000 for the motor rebuilt with stock parts, no balance shaft, blueprinted.

Good Deal? I assume so, he paid close to that to get it rebuild by a machine shop.

My question is: on rebuilt motors, should smoking be expected?

 

[fourreGsixty3]

Yes for all the rings to seal them selves it is ordinatry for it to smoke a little, because it only hasd 25 miles on it, I would do a motoman break in on it. it keeps it from smoking, during break in most of the time, and gets broken in in like 200 miles. Did your friend have the rotating assembly balanced? Was the head and block shaved and checked for flatness? What OE internals were used? All stock 1G internals? Or 1G rods, and 2G pistons? Did he put cams in it, or those stock too? What was done to the head? Any port work, ect...? If all checks out its definately worth the 1000$.

Dustin

 

[TSIHero]

As far as I know he had the engine hot tanked/magnafluxed.. rebuilt with all 1G internals, bored .20 over, Balance Shafts removed and the motor rebalanced.