Ade

My Girlfriend's 1.3 MK4 Escort, minter, 40k on the clock.

Well, it overheated yesterday due to a sticking thermostat... stone cold guage and heater etc while it blew its top....(she only drove it for about ten seconds while it was chugging and steaming).

New thermo fitted, coolant and flushed out.... all seemed well apart from a ticking noise from the top end slightly louder than a tappet.

Took it for a drive, but down on power, gets worse within a few minutes, feels like its almost running on 3 when under load above 3000 RPM.


Going to do a compression test on it today..... any ideas/advice/theories most welcome!

big_wig_074

head gasket gone bye bye?i remember ticking when mine went and no power!sorry mate,sounds like mine did!

Ade

Could be worse I suppose.... did simply a head gasket sort yours out?
No need for skimming or anything else?

big_wig_074

mine wasnt a valencia engine mate and no! i pounded on in mine for half an hour,turned up the stereo to get rid of the annoying ticking noise and didnt notice the temp till it was off the scale! completely screwed a wet liner engine and ended up paying over 700 quid!on a skoda favorit!

Ade

Well that was weird..................

Did a compression test and number 4 was running about 1 bar under, also it sounded like the rattling was coming from this end.

Took the rocker cover off and found that a pushrod had become dislodged and was clouting the rocker arm!
Took off the whole rocker assembly, checked everything for damage, all ok, put it all back together, took it for a long test drive and it's all fine now!

I have no idea how this managed to happen, but I'm damn chuffed at not having to take the head off! Any ideas why people?

James

over-revved maybe?

Ade

That's what I thought would cause that......
I know she doesn't exactly dawdle along but I doubt its seen mega revs.... hmmm, maybe I'll just ask her about that one