Step 1 — Your enquiry and the Proforma Invoice
Tell us the destination country, the engine codes you want and the container size. You can do that on WhatsApp, through the contact form, or by building the mix yourself in the online quoter, which prices it at our published per-unit rates and emails you the total the same minute.
What comes back is a written Proforma Invoice fixing models, quantity, price, Incoterm and the full payment ladder. Everything in this page that reads like a commitment is written into that document — the right to reject, the replacement rule, the approval window, the account the money goes to. If a term is not in the PI, do not rely on it, from us or from anyone else.
Step 2 — 10%: we source and reserve your lot
The 10% deposit activates sourcing. Units are pulled from our own stock and from three to five audited suppliers in China, QR-labelled in Guangzhou against your order, and you receive a preliminary video of the actual lot being assembled for you.
The deposit is non-refundable but credited 100% against the order — it is part of the price, not a fee on top of it — and the reservation holds for 14 days. What it buys you is concrete and quick: within days you can see the units that are being held in your name.
Step 3 — 20%: the deep audit and your approval
The second payment funds the per-unit audit: compression or leak-down where applicable, oil and coolant condition, and a report per engine carrying the EC- serial, 8 to 12 photographs and video. Every test is run and filmed by our own team in Guangzhou, and the complete evidence pack is yours to keep.
Then you approve the lot, unit by unit, inside a five-business-day window. Any engine you reject is replaced free with another Grade A. This is the step that replaces a warranty: the decision point sits before the money and before the ocean, while the engine is still in our building.
Step 4 — 70%: you pay for what you approved
The balance falls due only after you have approved every audited unit, and it is paid before the container sails. We are direct about that sequence rather than dressing it up: you are paying in full before the goods leave, which is the norm in this trade, and the protection you have is that you approved each unit first and hold the evidence.
Every payment goes to the ENGICOR corporate account, with the beneficiary name matching the company and its Ajman Free Zone licence. We never ask for a transfer to a personal or third-party account, and neither should anyone else you buy from.
Once the balance clears we book the vessel and load: sealed container, seal number photographed, loading photos, and a live video call during loading if you want to watch the box being filled.
Step 5 — Documents and tracking
FOB is our standard Incoterm and CIF is available on request. We do not quote delivery to an inland city — the honest limit of what we control ends at the port.
The document set is the commercial invoice, the packing list tied line by line to each EC- serial, the certificate of origin and the Bill of Lading, filed under HS headings 8407 for petrol and 8408 for diesel. Where your market runs a conformity regime — SONCAP, PVoC, G-CAP, SABER — we prepare the export documentation to match what your clearing agent confirms is currently required, before the container ships rather than after it lands.
From deposit to delivery you receive milestone updates at least every five days, even when the update is only the date of the next step. Silence after payment is the most common early warning sign in this trade, and it is one we have written a rule against.
The quantity is fixed, the mix is yours
We sell one full sealed container at a time: exactly 90 engines in a 20-ft and exactly 130 in a 40-ft, our standard load. You choose the model mix freely across the whole catalogue; the number of units is not negotiable, and we do not sell loose units, partial loads or retail.
For a first order a 20-ft is usually right. A 40-ft lowers the freight cost per unit, but 130 units that take six months to move tie up more cash than the freight saves. Size the second container around what actually sold from the first.
How long it takes
Two parts of the schedule are fixed and written into the PI: the 14-day reservation after the deposit, and your five-business-day approval window after the audit. The rest depends on the mix — a container of high-rotation small-block Toyota is assembled faster than one built around large-displacement codes that turn over more slowly — so the sourcing and loading dates are confirmed in writing for your specific order rather than promised as a generic lead time.
If your enquiry is for units you need immediately rather than by container, say so: for the large-displacement families we keep working stock accessible from Ajman, and the terms for that are different.
Price a container yourself
Build the mix you want in the online quoter — exactly 90 units in a 20-ft or 130 in a 40-ft — and the FOB total reaches your inbox the same minute, at our published per-unit prices, every unit Grade A. Prefer to ask? Tell us the destination country and the codes you need and we reply within one business day, usually within hours, with photos.
Frequently asked
How do I order a container of used engines from ENGICOR?
Send the destination country, the engine codes and the container size — by WhatsApp, through the contact form, or by building the mix in the online quoter — and you receive a written Proforma Invoice fixing models, quantity, price, Incoterm and the payment ladder. From there it is five steps: 10% to source and reserve, 20% for the per-unit audit you approve, 70% after approval and before loading, then sealed loading and documents.
What is the 10/20/70 payment structure?
Three staged payments, each releasing proof before the next falls due. The 10% activates sourcing and reserves your lot for 14 days, non-refundable but credited 100% to the order, and buys you a preliminary video. The 20% funds the per-unit audit — compression or leak-down, fluids, serial, 8 to 12 photos and video per engine — which you then approve or reject unit by unit. The remaining 70% is due only after your approval, and before the container sails.
Who do I pay, and to what account?
The ENGICOR corporate bank account, with the beneficiary name matching the company and its Ajman Free Zone licence. We never ask for payment to a personal account, to a third-party name or to an account in a country unrelated to the transaction. If any supplier in this trade asks you for that, stop there.
Do you ship FOB or CIF?
FOB Guangzhou is standard and CIF is available on request. We do not quote DAP or delivery to an inland city, because control ends at the discharge port and quoting past it would be selling something we cannot govern. Sea freight is quoted separately per lane.
Can I watch the container being loaded?
Yes. Loading is photographed, the seal number is photographed, and we will run a live video call during loading if you want to watch the box being filled. You can also visit the Guangzhou warehouse in person — but the whole process is built so that you do not have to.