How your payment is protected
Wiring money to a supplier you have never met is the hardest step in this trade. These are the terms behind every ENGICOR order — written into the Proforma Invoice before any payment is made, not promised over chat. The structure is the same whether you buy remotely or visit the Guangzhou warehouse on an Inspection Day; on a visit, the 30% starts with a visit deposit (USD 500 for a visit tied to a first order of 10–40 engines; USD 1,000 for container orders), credited in full.
Wholesale onlyRegular orders are one full container — 90 engines in a 20-ft or 130 in a 40-ft, or with gearboxes 45 + 45 / 65 + 65. New customers can make their first purchase from 10 engines (10, 20, 30 or 40), with gearboxes and consolidated shipping, at list price, with no first-order surcharge (LCL freight quoted separately): first-order offer. A second order can start from 45 engines, also at list price. We do not sell single units.
More modelsBeyond the models on this page we hold many more — 488 engine and gearbox families in our warehouse list, always subject to inventory changes. Tell us how many units you need so we can give you the best price: full stock list.
What actually goes wrong in this trade
It is rarely an outright disappearance, although that happens. The common failures are quieter. Money is requested to a personal account rather than a company one, so there is no corporate counterparty to pursue. The terms change between the quotation and the invoice. The photographs you were sent turn out to be of stock that was never yours. Payment clears and the messages stop for three weeks.
Each term below answers one of those failure modes, and each one is something you can check before you send anything.
Corporate account, name-match, T/T only
Every payment is made by bank transfer (T/T) to the ENGICOR corporate bank account, and the beneficiary name matches the company. We never ask for transfers to personal accounts, to a director's name, or to a third party.
This is the cheapest check you can run on any supplier, including us: ask for the beneficiary details before you commit and see whether the name on the account is the name on the Proforma Invoice. A mismatch is not an administrative quirk. It is the single most reliable warning sign in this business.
Our bank: the account is held by Silkvin & Engicor LLC — the Sharjah Media City Free Zone company that trades as ENGICOR — with Wio Bank PJSC in Abu Dhabi, a bank regulated by the Central Bank of the UAE. The full bank details are sent only on your written Proforma Invoice. We never change bank details by e-mail or message: if you ever receive different details in our name, do not pay, and confirm with us on WhatsApp +971 58 560 8718 first.
A written Proforma Invoice before any payment
No payment is requested before sales has issued a written Proforma Invoice. It fixes the models, the quantities, the per-unit prices, the Incoterm, the payment terms and the account the money goes to. A quotation built in the online quoter is valid for 14 days; the Proforma Invoice is what the order runs on. Our trade licence and certificate of incorporation are available on request before any payment.
Two payments: 30% deposit, 70% before shipment
The order is paid in two parts, both calculated on the agreed order total. The 30% deposit initiates the preparation of your order and arranges the shipping booking. The remaining 70% is settled before shipment. If we cannot prepare the agreed lot within 15 working days of your deposit, the 30% deposit is refunded in full. If a unit's photos show a problem and we cannot replace it with another unit of the same model, the part of the deposit for that unit is refunded.
The structure is the same whichever way you buy. On a remote order, your selected units are documented on supervised video and individual photographs — each engine cleaned, its crankshaft turned by hand to confirm it rotates, and photographed from every side, in one file per order organised as Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 3 and so on — and you receive those photos before you pay the balance. If you prefer to see the units yourself, you are welcome to visit on a Guangzhou Inspection Day: the 30% then starts with a visit deposit (USD 500 for a visit tied to a first order of 10–40 engines; USD 1,000 for container orders), paid by T/T to the corporate account after the Proforma Invoice and credited in full toward the 30%; you complete the rest of the 30% within 2 working days of approving your lot, and the 70% is settled before shipment. If the order is not placed, the visit deposit is not refunded: it covers the preparation, sourcing and logistics carried out for your visit.
What the check covers: a manual crankshaft rotation check and an individual photo record. It is not a compression, leak-down, bench or running test, so on its own it does not prove how an engine will run once installed. Used gearboxes in a mixed container are sold untested and as-is (in their current condition).
Export coordinated in the same warehouse
A freight and logistics company has its office in the same Guangzhou warehouse and coordinates the container, the shipping booking and the export documentation: commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, export declaration and bill of lading. The packing list references the engine models and your order file, so the paperwork and the photo record use the same references.
Prices are on an FOB basis, with freight quoted separately; CIF can be quoted on request and is confirmed per quotation.
Never more than five days of silence
From the deposit to shipment you receive milestone updates at least every five days, even when the update is simply the date of the next step. It is a small commitment and an unusually diagnostic one: in the failures buyers describe after a bad container, the silence started long before the problem was admitted.
What we do not offer
No escrow and no marketplace trade-assurance wrapper — we sell direct, and the terms above are contractual rather than platform-enforced. No payment terms after shipment: the balance is settled before the container ships. No warranty period on used engines. No door-to-door delivery and no customs clearance at destination.
Those limits are as important as the commitments. A supplier who agrees to everything you ask on a first order is telling you something about how carefully they intend to keep it, and you can verify a written limit far more easily than an enthusiastic promise. If you want to check us the way we would check a stranger, read our guide on how to verify a used engine supplier.
Price a container yourself
Build the mix you want in the online quoter — 90 engines in a 20-ft or 130 in a 40-ft, or 45 + 45 / 65 + 65 with gearboxes — and the FOB total reaches your inbox the same minute, at our published per-unit prices, every engine Grade A. Prefer to ask? Tell us the destination country and the models you need and we reply within one business day, usually within hours.
New customer? Your first order can start with 10, 20, 30 or 40 engines, with gearboxes and consolidated shipping available — first purchase only, at list price, with no first-order surcharge. See the first-order offer →
Frequently asked
Which bank do I pay, and how do I know the details are genuine?
Payments go to the USD account of Silkvin & Engicor LLC, the company that trades as ENGICOR, at Wio Bank PJSC in Abu Dhabi (regulated by the Central Bank of the UAE). The full details are on your written Proforma Invoice. We never change bank details by e-mail or message — if you receive different details in our name, do not pay and confirm with us on WhatsApp +971 58 560 8718 first.
How do I avoid being scammed when buying used engines from China?
Run four checks before you send money: confirm the beneficiary name on the bank account matches the company; require a written Proforma Invoice with models, quantities, prices, Incoterm and payment terms before any payment; make sure you will see evidence of the actual engines in your order — photographs and video of the selected units, or an in-person inspection — before the balance moves; and make sure the export documents match the order. A supplier who resists any of the four is telling you which one matters.
Do you accept payment to a personal account?
No, never. Every payment is made by bank transfer (T/T) to the ENGICOR corporate bank account, whose beneficiary name matches the company. A request to pay a personal name or a third party is the most reliable warning sign in this trade — from any supplier.
What does the 30% deposit cover?
The 30% deposit, calculated on the agreed order total, initiates the preparation of your order and arranges the shipping booking. It is paid on the written Proforma Invoice issued before any payment. If we cannot prepare the agreed lot within 15 working days of your deposit, the 30% deposit is refunded in full. If a unit's photos show a problem and we cannot replace it with another unit of the same model, the part of the deposit for that unit is refunded.
When and where is the remaining 70% paid?
The remaining 70% of the agreed order total is settled before shipment, by bank transfer to ENGICOR's corporate account. You receive the photos of every engine in your order before you pay the balance.
Are the payment terms different if I visit the warehouse?
Same structure: 30% + 70% settled before shipment, both on the written Proforma Invoice. When you visit, the 30% starts with a visit deposit (USD 500 for a visit tied to a first order of 10–40 engines; USD 1,000 for container orders), credited in full; you complete the rest of the 30% within 2 working days of approving your lot.
Why is there a visit deposit?
The visit deposit is USD 500 for a visit tied to a first order (10–40 engines) and USD 1,000 for container orders. It starts the preparation of your complete lot — including units sourced through our Guangdong network — fixes your visit date within 24 hours and covers hotel pickup. It is credited in full toward the 30% deposit, and it is not refunded if the order is not placed, because it covers the preparation, sourcing and logistics carried out for your visit.
Do you use escrow or trade assurance?
No. We sell direct rather than through a marketplace, so the protections are contractual: a written Proforma Invoice before any payment, a corporate account that name-matches the company, two payments of the agreed order total, documentation of your units before the balance, and milestone updates at least every five days.
What if the photos of an engine show a problem?
If the photos of a unit show a problem, tell us before the balance is paid and we replace it with another unit of the same model, with new photos.
Do you offer a warranty?
No. The engines are used and are sold without a warranty period. What you get instead is the Grade A selection, the manual crankshaft check and photos of every engine in your order before you pay the balance.