hi fellas my mate said my engine is doing tell tale signs of headgasket failure he said if i hear water sound coming from what sounds like heater matrix when start up that my headgasket is on its way out how true this is i dont know but its a 2 liter twincam i4 engine got about 110bhp ??
thing is im looking to chage engine for a bit more power not too much i want a very resonable amout of bhp thats is 200-240 max and also i want lots of tourqe
what engine apart from a yb and 24 valve is best and must be lightweight and maybe id fancy a turbo was thinking a 2.3 dohc with a turbo any one messed around with sierras before would be much aprieciated cheers
johnandhissaffy

 

Does he mean you can hear the water flowing round the heater matrix? If so, I wouldn't worry about it. I've got 2 Sierra twincams and a saph cossie and they all make the same noise (if we're both talking about the same thing that is!! ) and there is nothing with the headgaskets on those (well, the saph ain't got an engine at the mo but that's another story!)

As for alternative engines, how about a Vauxhall C20XE or C20LET??

They've been fitted in mk1 and mk2 Escorts, cortinas etc, so why not a Sierra?

 

oh thats good news then i shat myself when my mate said and i was thinking od going back to a pinto as when i went burton got me a little intested in one but if my twincam stays alright i dont see the point in changing for a while
cheers mate

 

Doesn't sound like theres much wrong with it to me. it's perfectly normal to hear the coolant flowing when engine is switched on after being standing.

For me it would have to be a Pinto not just because of the tuning ability of it but also being that Sierras nativly had them would be easy to fit, whereas the 24V did not so not sure the work involved to fit it.

Martin

 

would be interesing to see a c20let xr4i lol, sounds naughty

 

i seam to remember there was a recall at ford about this....

the solution was to swap the coolant expansion tank hose and the heater hose around where tehy enter the block on the right - cant remember which way off the top of my head though

 

mine does the same thing aswell mate was wondering myself if it was broke or not but obv not