Originally Posted by
MONSTER
They're only unreliable shonky pieces of cr@p if they're not properly mantained.
A well maintained & looked after cossie will be as reliable as any other car of the same era
Sorry but i disagree a bit with that.
If a guy goes to a major tuner
and Spends money on a Brand NEW engine block, and all the parts to go in it, including a brand new oil pump from cosworth..
thats doing it PROPERLY IMO,
and yet its well documented that recent 200 blocks crack,
and oil pumps fail for one reason or another,
it dont matter if he built the engine himself, or if cosworth built it in their workshop. or Any tuner for that matter... these parts are Proven to be un-reliable of late!
no amount of 'good maintainance' regular oil changing or fresh spark plugs are going to stop this happening!