Colorado Component Rebuilders

Having a nightmare of a time trying to get the $ 300 refund they promise if you send them your core back. Going on month four now. I was a mechanic for Toyota and before I sent the core back I inspected it and cleaned it, drained it of all fluids, and sent it back to them a week later so they could make good money off of it hoping that would motivate them to send me my check. Should have kept my core. I could of rebuilt It by now and sold it myself for a lot more. Will update this if I ever hear good news about my refund. Probably not. Really disappointed since I sent them customers who have ordered and installed their engines. I have stopped recommending until this matter is sorted out. Glad I kept video footage of me inspecting and sending off the core to CCR engine. Might need it if I have to get be BBB involved. Everything went good up to this point and so far the engine they sent is good except for cracked plastic and stripped bellhousing. Also bummed I missed their $ 300 off promotion in December by a week and they wouldn’t honor it. It was actually probably less than a week but oh well.

I am definitely «a fan» of this place.
I have a 1999 Subaru and the engine went out at about 80K miles (that happened 8 or 9 years ago…)
Online research led me to CCR, and I got a rebuilt engine from them for about 60% of the price my local mechanic quoted for a new engine. I went to their shop and looked around, they showed me what they did and were very upfront and open. I liked the idea of getting a good engine for less, with OEM parts.
I realize this is only one anecdotal case, but our ’99 is still on the road today with 220K on it and still going. The rebuilt engine has outlasted the factory engine by double the mileage.
If this engine ever blows up (or I need another Subaru engine) I know where I“ll go.

I purchased a 2.5L SOHC engine from CCR on 08÷07÷14 with the funds being drawn from my credit card the same day. I didn’t receive the engine until 08÷29÷14, well worth the wait had I received what I paid for. The engine looked very clean and well packaged, but later was disappointed to find the alternator mounting holes stripped. I was even more disappointed on the test drive when the engine was a lot louder and rougher than my previous engine. Within a 100 miles of driving it started generating P030X errors (engine misfire on cylinder x). Assuming the issue was a sensor, I spent the next couple months replacing parts with no success. I finally took the car to the local Subaru dealer to have them diagnose it. They kept the car overnight and gave me a free loaner. The next day I got the bill and a report. Kudo’s to East Side Subaru in Kirkland WA because they only charged me for 2 hrs labor even though they must have had every mechanic they had look at this. The final conclusion was that a sticky valve was causing the misfire error and the engine was out of balance too.
With the diagnosis in hand, I started contacting CCR on 04÷02÷15. The receptionist was friendly and said she’d pass the info onto the person responsible for returns. As directed, I also faxed a copy of the diagnostic report to CCR the same day. After a week with no response I called back on 04÷06÷15 and talked to a different receptionist who had no knowledge of the first call. Again, she was friendly and said she would pass the information onto the person responsible for returns. Calls made on 04÷24÷15 & 04÷27÷15 had the same result; that is no progress has been made, but was recommended to try emailing instead. On 05÷04÷15 I followed up with an email and attached the diagnostic report just in case the first one got round filed. It is now 05÷12÷15 and I still have not received any contact from CCR. I expected to hear something since I filed a complaint with the Colorado BBB yesterday. I guess they just don’t care.
CCR may have been a good company in the past, hence all the good reports I found on the Subaru boards, but I would stay clear of them today as they obviously do not stand behind their product or their warranty. It would be one thing if they disputed the claim, but they won’t even do that. Just silence. So my plan is to keep posting complaints on different Subaru boards to let other people know to stay away. Maybe CCR will lose enough business that they will go back to providing a good product and when a mistake happens, stand behind their warranty.

I purchased a long block EJ251 engine from Colorado Component Rebuilders about three years ago now for my Subaru, figuring that I was probably better off to let someone else build it. The purchase process was easy and straightforward, and it was built and shipped pretty quickly. When it arrived though, I was more than a little disappointed. For $ 3500 I was expecting a little more than rusty hardware around the timing cover and valve covers and parts that looked like they hadn’t even been for a bath in the parts washer. I thought «but hey, they say they like to be environmentally friendly — I guess I can go for that.»
After following the break in procedures, maintenance, and warranty procedures to a T — 10,000 miles later I lost the right headgasket. That’s worse than when Subaru made these engines originally and had failure issues. I didn’t let the car overheat, and sent an email to CCR asking about how we could resolve the issue and never got a response. Sent another, and never got a response. Because it was my only car, I elected to go ahead and have my local shop take care of the issue for me. When they cracked it open they found incredibly dirty pistons, some corrosion on the cylinder walls, and general old engine gunk everywhere. My mechanic looked at me and asked what junkyard I bought it from. I was ashamed to tell him that I paid $ 3500 to CCR for it. After fixing that headgasket, the other failed shortly thereafter, and I began to run into compression/​oil burn issues. When I took the heads in to get redecked they told me that it would be the last time they could shave them, because they had to take a lot of metal off them in order for them to true out. I never let the car overheat, and thus it is my opinion that this thing was sent to me with warped heads, a completely untouched bottom end, a pretty new water pump, and a pretty new timing belt. Additionally, the oil pump cover plate was still stuck to the engine with the original Subaru sealant (complete with clutch dust impregnated in it… my car is an automatic, so it must have been from the previous car it lived in) and the screws that hold it on were seized after 20k miles. Seems fishy.
I have since rebuilt this CCR engine myself (and built a spare one out of my old engine!), and am happy to say that it runs like new now, but I am incredibly disappointed that I had to rebuild the engine that I paid $ 3500 for not 30k miles ago. I really hope that my experience was a rare one and not the norm from this company, as they were very kind and helpful through the purchasing and shipping process.

We have been customers of and acquaintances of the folks from CCR for years, and we have nothing but positive things to say. The owners know their stuff and take excellent care of their employees. They do top-​notch work for a reasonable price– they are responsible for 2 of my husband’s engine rebuilds, and they have done a great job! In the rare event that something goes wrong, they fix it.
The owners are great people with integrity, and that can be hard to find anymore among small business owners.