hey, i was drivin my 2.0 fiesta si today when the sump bolt came out!!! which i was un aware of as i was driving. when i came up to a roundabout and pushed the clutch down it stalled (i didnt realise the oil till a minute later when i was parking) could this be ive lost the oil so the tappets have built up air in them as it no longer runs on tickover? but is fine when i rev it?? its louder now when i rev it (not realli loud though) any help much appreciated, cheers guys

 

so u lost all the oil and the warning light never came on

 

bottom end prob fooked

 

bottom end aint knocking or anything, was at really low revs (i know it can still happen) but i think i turned it off before i lopst all the oil. so could my problem be the tappets?

 

IF and I mean IF you've been lucky and the engine's still running the followers are noisey due to lack of oil in them/engine so go get some a bit sharpish!

ps how did the sump plug drop out been upsetting anybody?

 

Assuming you are now testing with a tight sump plug and some oil. If it was air in the lifters they would shut up as soon as they got hot...

If you ran the car for anything over a min with no oil / oil pressure you are lucky its running!

 

ain upset no one lol, never checked it after the conversion, my friend drained the oil and i can only gues the bolt was put in hand tight, i swapped the sump onto the 2.0 and never checked it so my fault . i was testing it with oil but i cant keep it ticking over unless i rev it up?

 

Absolutely, definitely needs a new bottom end, or if you're handy with the spanners, a full rebuild. Ouch. Not a nice start to the new year.

 

theres no noise from the bottom end and isnt smoking as if there is, i went to do a compression test but my tester was only short reach thread sowouldnt work, soi need to get hold of one of these?

 

best thing to do mate is rip the plugs out turn over by hand so its defo not catching the valves on the pistons disconnect the coil pack and turn the engine over as this will pump oil up into the lifters try this first fella also the plug for the i.c.v hasnt come off has it

 

cheers fella, i was thinking ive read before away of helping pump them up before, il check iscv, cheers mate

 

Look at it this way - If you saw the oil light come on, then its fucked

 

 

oil light never came on luckily, providing it works, it starts up though, got a feeling its something stupid

 

cheers fella, i was thinking ive read before away of helping pump them up before, il check iscv, cheers mate

 

[quote="Graceland"]Look at it this way - If you saw the oil light come on, then its fucked


NOT necessarily I know a few Ford models that when low on oil and while cornering a bit fast the oil light WILL come on!


it more than likely wont tick over because the valves are not working properly! try and keep the revs up to about 3 thousand for about 5-10 mins to let the oil get round and into the lifters!

 

If the engine has been out of the car, are u sure the oil pressure lead was put back on to the switch? If not its no wonder it never came on......

 

You sound pretty certain!

Paul you do have some bad luck dont you? If its not ratteling or smoking sounds like you got away with it

What does it go like by the way?

 

problem sorted, bit more petrol andcable had slidon the throttle body a bit causing it to close on tick over, damn im lucky, just need to sort the miss fire now lol, cheers guys

 

Wish I was that bloody lucky!

You cant have lost all the oil then surely?

Either way your in luck

 

imust have turned it off just in time. sum1 loves me up above lol