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Old 07-06-2008, 08:59 PM
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bloody fiesta went to my mates work today to fit some new brakes , soon as i got on the mway it started to nock quite loud from the bottom end had to drive to 20miles to get it home seems to have fucked the big end ! thorught zetecs were relable , and only 4k after i fitted a re-built engine
Old 07-06-2008, 09:02 PM
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my mates has done over 200000 miles as it were screwed together correctly and doesnt get abused, so id say there pretty reliable, maybe theres a fault with the workmanship
Old 07-06-2008, 09:35 PM
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my mates have got spare 1600/1800/2000 zetec's luke...
Old 07-06-2008, 09:49 PM
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lennie could need a 2.0 i have 2 blocks lol a turbo head and normal one but would be easyer with a full one .. i never built the engine in the car ! was built by a mate , the last engine i built is still goin in a mk4 escort 1.8 zetec !
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oh dear luke, you younguns....
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it sounds more like the poor quality of the man on the end of the spanners rather than the engine.
Old 08-06-2008, 11:13 AM
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i will be checkin everything as it comes apart, as i said before not an engine i built , so sadly i couldnt say , it come up for sale when my rings went on my fez so got it thinking it would be the last time
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