bought a rs2000 4x4 yesterday drove nearly 300 miles back from manchester....absolutely faultless i was chuffed to bits, been out to footy this morning left my sisters house, pulled out of a junction only in first wasnt flooring it...and then bang followed by quite a heavy rattle aswell as the oil light come on straight away!!

first thing i thought was timing chain so quickly ripped the camshaft cover off and spun the key a cpl of turns the chain was turning fine but could hear the rattle still there coming from the bottom end...im thinking maybe shot a conrod??? but not too sure as nothing has come through the block and no leak anywhere??

ANY IDEAS OR HELP ANYONE

cheers

 

Really bad luck that mate.
Does sound terminal.
Engine rebuild or second hand engine...,

 

Sounds like a good excuse for a 2300 conversion!

 

same happened me with an mr2 then again it was jap scrap

 

sorry to hear about your bad luck i know nothing about the rs2000 engine or id offer some suggestions as to what maybe went wrong, got any piks of the car?

 

ive been looking on the bay already i see a 2300 galaxy engine....out of interest what sort of work would be involved with a 2.3 conversion?? is it a straightforward swap??

 

ive got a rs2k 4x4 too

go check out www.rs2000-16v.com mate and you'll find all info on previous threads

 

a 2.3 conversion is not a straight forward swap as there is piston skimming etc needed and more ,more detailed info on the above posted site ,by as a rule the I4 is a pretty bulletproof engine

 

Not entirely, no. The tweaks needed are nothing major though. 2300 is best on throttle bodies too IMO. One of the best screaming NA Ford set-ups IMO with a decent amount of torque too.