diesel

as above me and my mate went for a cooked breky got back in the car turned the key and all hell broke loose,
the engine eat itself the conrod came through the engine, this is my 3rd engine in the car since iv owned it, the last engine done the same thing on no1 piston but i was on boost when that one happened about 5 months ago

this engine was a rare 2.0 cvh american engine so im proper gutted now

i think it might be scrap yard time for this car, what a money pit all fords are the same, im a ford man but i dont know why as there the most unrelable cars on the road by far,

i just want to scream this car pushing me over the edge lol iv had 8 years of hell with it

stevealien

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Did same to mine last Sunday on way to donington rs show. Blew big hole in front of theblock , oil hit the turbO and set engine bay on fire.

Going full zetec now , good excuse for winter project.

You'll come back from it mate.
Still a pisser though

diesel

it,s a nightmare the diesel pumps gone on my transit iv got a bmw that iv just canceled the insurance on to sell it, now iv got 3 cars and cant drive any of them i hate sundays lol

sorry to hear about you car i feel like you did last sunday and it,s not good

BRAMMER

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Thats bad luck, was the replacement engine a rebuilt by your self or just a secondhand fitted in?

I've never had an engine blow up - the only thing that has happened to any of my fords is a cam snapped on the Cossie which was an easy fix.

If you do decide to break my mate is looking for a load of bit's for his RS Turbo

gjh

Give it to me if you don't want it.

Robs Frst

Never had a engine blow in my Ford ownership, to be honest all of them have been reliable. But for some starnge reason I was always paranoid, lifting the bonnet all the time. lol

So went Jap touch wood for a 1yr half it's been all good.

DazC

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The con rod didn't come through the side of the block just by starting it, did it...

haz87

Thats what i was thinking

vaughant

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Always found fords very tough engine wise,but like anything else when tuned up they are under strain.
Perhaps a big capacity n/a would suit you more,nice 2.3 rs2000 lump with a few add ons should give decent bhp and be very reliable.
Even a 2.1zetec turbo running relatively low boost should do just fine,200bhp in any scort is quick!!!

Glenn_

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Nightmare matey.Your car is stunning too.Good luck with the zetec build.

Glenn_

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I blew my old XR3i up years ago when i owned it.

It shot a con rod through the block.It was my own fault cause the car didnt have a rev limiter on it.

opposite lock

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A good cvh should be very realiable sorry to hear your experiences but with unknown engines its always a risk . A good decent rebuild will be a strong and capable unit . Certainly can be VERY realiable it usually means hand in pocket as they are very old now and seen hard use .

12340987

In my many years of owning tuned Fords and knowing others who too share the same cars the majority of the time the engines have blown is because they were not tuned or set up correctly.

It's Czech Mate

Poorly specced, poorly prepared or poorly maintained if you've had that many engines let go I'm afraid. Cvh's are pretty tough little buggers

white2lsr

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I just sold mine while it was right because I couldnt have been bothered if it had gone wrong. I cant be arsed to piss about with cars any more.

diesel

i doesen,t sound right to me either there was no problem when i pulled up but the second i turned the key there was a huge munching metal noise,

the conrod wasnt hanging out but theres a hole the same size as a golf ball right behind the alternator exactly the same as my last engine but in the last 1 the conrod was gone, so im guessing its still in there but getting smashed around,

i will have a good look tomorrow and let you know whats happend, iv never heard of this happening of turning the key

Cossie Sean

never seen an engine spit a rod on startup that wasnt running nitrous.

MO' BENT RIMS

sounds like your doing something wrong to me.. i batter the living shit out of my s2 every single day the car lives on the red line and still survives for the next day. stay on top of everything dude lookafter it an it will look ater you. i know how you feel though but when its working again all be good. . maybe you need to go full zetec and not fuckabout with weak cvh s

bigad4x4

thats the thing cvh's arnt as weak as you think as NMS have proved

DanW@FastFord

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Thats because you're running 120bhp, so its a good 'safe' engine.

luke19790_3

But how much to get 300bhp from a cvh

DanW@FastFord

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Depends whether you actually want 300bhp, or just want the garage to tell you you've got 300bhp!

luke19790_3

i'm off to spec one, skimmed pistons special

Canada1

Exactly! Couldn't agree more.

jonny s2

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put a 1.6 back in on EFI management, best thing i did

diesel

i stripped it down today and the conrod snapped in half just like my other engine, i think a cvh is not for me, or just get a good set of rods next time, i think iv found the cvh,s weakness among aload more lol like the hole thing its a terrible standard engine, but it is old and i never rebuilt it so it my own fault realy

time to leave it in the garage for a few years again and leave the turbo engines alone thay cant handle me lol

stuboy

what about zetec on tb's??