And its already broke

Completely in love with the car picked her up on friday drove her home from northampton and dhe didnt miss a beat,checked the oil etc next morning all seemed well so off i went mate visiting.

Noticed a missfire anout 5600 rpm so i chatted to a mate who just happened to have his old champion plugs laying about so i set gaps to .5mm and it was sweet as a nut loving every minute of it.

Later in the day i checked the oil again to find a little bit of mayonaise on the dipstick but the oil in the head was fine, i checked the headnuts were still tight and they were,i then decided to bypass the oil cooler and change the oil to see if this was the problem,but it has continued to mix which i find very strange i am thinking the worse i.e cracked head??

Anyway gonna order a steel cometic item tom morn rip the head pff give it a light skim and hopefully this will be enough,something was bound to wrong at some point but its just a bit gutting for it to happen so soon.The joys of cosworth?

 

gutted for you mate.

 

Why do you assume a craked head? could just be the headgasket.

 

any pics mate


oh and shite luck mate

 

 

no pics yet but im sure you have all seen it in the 4 sale section the magenta on rs 7's

it could well be the gasket its been around 5k and its a cometic steel item?

weird how it gavered in the dipstick more

 

how much mayo?

was it short journeys? Try it after a long run IMO

 

on dipstick a fair bit in the sump not a lot and just residue on filler cap!

tried a 20 mile run at 80 mph and still there mate

seems such a shame to take head off shes running so well

 

These things happen

Hope you sort it

Steve.

 

oh it will be sorted mate going into work at 6 to strip her down before customers start to harass me

 

gutted for ya mate

i think howeve rit sound sjust like a headgasket as others have said

 

At least you will know it has been done right though m8.

 

oh and the water that gathers in in the breather is perfectly clear like condensation but theres far too much

 

A cracked head will give the same syptoms. I did 2 head gasket swaps on a car once many years ago before I realised the head was cracked.

 

the car is running 34 psi which i think i may back off slightly,but then its not gone from cylinder to whatever this is why im very suprised its lost its seal between water and oil

 

well mate i am gutted for you as u know the car was sweet as a nut when u took it, u came down and test drove it twice and the second time we were out in it for 3 hours and then when u picked it up friday nite u was there when i checked the oil before u left and it was fine, it has never done anything to me like this and i really feel bad mate a major case of bad luck

 

and thats all it is mate i know the car was fine its just as you say bad luck,just hope its the gasket and nothing major.


but still mate im loving the car i gave her a good wash today and i like it more every time i look at her,that front end has really grown on me.

 

well mate i hope u dont have anymore bad luck with it glad ur liking it well when its goes right anyway

 

gutting for you mate, the joys of turbos and cosworth!

 

thanks i'll keep ya posted butch

 

Zetecfiesta


oh i know mate i have a nice s2 in the garage that also doesnt run lol

 

its not proper broke tho is it its just a minor setback and a chance for you to get familiar with another ford engine bay.

 

Oooh look, im a virgin.

 

mk14dr

dave mate you will always be a virgin my friend


just ordered a cometic fingers crossed its not a cracked block

 

Ain't you done it yet ?

Get on with it

Steve.

 

sounds like there is a lot of virgins in here especially radiant red

 

Tell butch to take it back and fully refund you!






























lol///hope ya sort it mate....pure bad luck by the sounds

 

diesel_dog_24

first post and its pure abuse

fat twat

 

cossie4i

im on with it mate

 

Lee Reynolds


thats all it is mate but i have a set of spanners and a torque wrench so off i go

 

dont wanna piss you off anymore mate but my 2wd was exactly the smae ran perfect but mixed oil and water and had a slight misfire.

Took the head off to find a crack between water jacket and head bolt .

Really hope you dont have the same.

 

PeterLucas


so out came the chemical metal yeah??

well mate im expecting the worse so anything less is a bonus.

 

Shit luck!

 

anyone got a 200 block for sale??

 

chemical metal and a mig welder were considered

but a 4wd studed block seemed like a better idea

Good luck though I remember how fuked off I was