749steve

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is the engine a safe engine
just bought a zs with a broken cambelt tensioner it has jumped the belt
took the head off and the valves look fine and there is no evidence of valve/piston contact

drsrst2zvh

I've heard the don't like any abuse more related to the bottom end. Is it a black top the phase 2style?

zetec-Sam

iTrader: (2)

Nonsence. Bottom ends are prone to going if not serviced correctly, and oil level is not regularly checked. The black top zetec se is the 'phase 2' zetec s style yes, and is also found in mk1 focus'.

lacey

i have one with my old puma 1.7 engine in it and that is 200 miles of 150k on the clock and i dont hang around in it so that aint bad. But i changed the engine coz the std one had a piston and rod missing coz it had jumped ship out the back of the block

drsrst2zvh

That's what I meant when I said abuse, I didn't mean they didn't like being driven hard.

coco16i

Depends on how many teeth the belt jumped.. have had a zetec jump 3 teeth on the belt and was alright.

You might be lucky !


Have you tried filling up the chambers with fluid to see if it leaks past the valves, only safe way to check if any of the valves are bent !

zippyobrien

iTrader: (2)

engines are so cheep, id want to change it,

i had one in that i put a new head on as the belt had snapped, there was tiny marks on the piston, 400 miles later number three piston literally disintergrated.

you might be very lucky, a head gasket is 30 quid.

id look at this as a perfect chance to upgrade to puma engine

749steve

iTrader: (1)

I had the head checked out it had very slightly bent 2 valves but I had them all replaced to be safe. Didn't want to change the engine as it's only done about 61k. I'm just putting it back together then it's up for sale. It's a 2002 car so should fetch decent money when done