neilscott83

1.6 8v found in the sport ka awful on fuel and gutless.

Rogeyboy

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Ditto that!

AshleyH9194

4 speed? wow i had 5 in mine
but yes it wasn't a very good engine, and i found it struggle with something a big and as heavy as an escort

mick

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2.3 carb cologne.......... nasty..

xr2wishy

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i had a mk5 with that engine, wasn't that bad to be honest, it wasn't fast but was very good on juice.
then the misses took it over and ran it dry of oil, took out the pump, but it still went on, madness!
so not the worst engine, just the wrong car maybe.

gjh

Depends on your ide4a of worst engine, a lot of engines mentioned here have been underpowered, but that doesn't make them bad engines, when they are reliable and easy to maintain, you can argue they are the better engines, My idea of worst engine would be very unreliable, a pain in the arse to work on, give crap fuel ecomomy etc. It just all depends on what you want from an engine.

tdcizetec

Have to disagree fella, the Duratec HE is a good engine IMO, i know of loads with big miles and no problems - I know of a mk3 2.0 petrol with 230k and it runs like new..i reckon a lot of the problems are lack of maintanance and people not using good quality ford spec oil in them - same with the Zetec SE's, frequent oil changes and checks and they are a reliable engine. With mk3 Mondy petrols being a cheap car, i reckon most arent serviced properly with good quality parts.

Only downside to the Duratec HE IMO is that they arent particulary great on fuel for the power of them.

Glenn_

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The sport KA i drove a few years back went well.Thats what i thoughr any way.

melinamotor

Ditto, our fleet of Focus cars at work with the PSA engines have cost an arm and a leg in maintenance!

Derby_Gav

It's all down to the gearing being stupidly short.

+1 on the sport ka engine. It's just a object to make noise and consume fuel, lots and lots of fuel. It's makes virtually no power and sounds shit in doing so.

If ford had fitted the 1.6 zetec se engine out of the fiesta/focus then other than the rust and bendy wheels it would have been a brilliant car.

st220kyle

nothing wrong with a duratec v6,
they were also fitted in mk3 mondeos aswell as other cars.
arguably they could be one of the most reliable engines used in a mondeo even to this day.

Turbo Zetec

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mondeo 1800 zetecs have 115bhp and aren't that bad.... especially compared to the supposed 88bhp (more like 78) cvh sierra! trust me... i have an 1800cvh sierra as a daily driver

tomoyb

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1.8 cvh carb in sierra or 1,4 cvh in escort/orion

infact all cvh they had push on oil caps and seen many fly off and scatter the bay in oil due to oil pressure

packman

1.8 cvh ........

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

I would agree on Sierra 1.8 cvh, pretty much every one I've come across has been shagged out!

Totally disagree with the wee 1.3 crossflow/endurance though - not fast and tappet noise is a pain but so reliable and easy to maintain! Only goosed one I came across was in a mk4 Fiesta where the young girl had managed to put a fist size hole in the block and it still ran!

Ad4m RST

The V6 is the same 2.5 in the Mondeo ST24, not great but by no means the worst mate... Just ask Noble

neilscott83

As said I think it's more down to the gearbox and weight of them that makes them drive well the engines are pants my mrs had one years ago the thing used to drink like a fish.

the_frozen_one

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Definitely the 1.4 or 1.6 tdci from the PSA 'DV' series. Horrid horrid things, made of chocolate, designed with a complete lack of comon sense.

RIP the old 1.8TDCI Lynx. Best diesel Ford ever made

RB26DETT

The YB engines.



No seriously my vote goes to the 1.8CVH.

Chaz888

I can only think of the 1.5 v4 I had in an old saab which I was borrowing as I had rolled my car , fecking oddball thing with coulum shift ,the engine was not great with little power ,a fiber gear driving a balance shaft system which enjoyed lossing its teeth an a carb smaller than the one on my 125 honda still it was ummm well compact !

Chaz888

Yep good lump was the base line for the st200 an 220 lumps and also I think the probe v6 was not a ford anyhow

Glenn_

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The probe V6 was a mazda engine and the 2ltr was also a mazda engine.

Glenn_

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Where i work we had a tranny connect van come in with a misfire and it had threw a con rod through the block.The block had 2 holes in it and the bloody engine was still running.

Maxwell

My ex has a streetka (with the same engine) and she complains of the fuel it uses!!

And they dont sound shit when they have a cat-back system and a panel filter. They actually sound well!!

johnnysash

No one seems to have mentioned the early zetec se lump in 1.25 form..... Good economy and smooth when they are working, but know sooooooo many that munch the bottom end and then you can't do a crank regrind cos the tolerances are too tight.... Then there is the issue of them dropping valves and the fact they don't have a woodruff key on the bottom end allowing the crank to just spin if the bolt ain't 100 tight..... Oh and the exhaust / cat that's round the back and always fucking snaps a stud when you try unbolting the manifold!! This engine has been designed to a short shelf life and then you have to buy a COMPLETE UNIT when it does give up the ghost.... Damm throwaway society I tell you!!!

Good when working though......

Eigdoog

Duratec 2.0 used in the Fiesta ST, underpowered like hell!

PileOfRust

I drive one everyday in a mk5 fiesta

Can take a fuckin hammering but no matter how hard I try, its fucking awful on fuel

boy-racer-1

my mum has got one in her mk4 fiesta on 180k and its only just started burning oil on a regular basis which i suspect is the piston rings other then that its been a bloody good engine in her car

Glenn_

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Me and the mrs had a mk4 and a mk5 1.25 fiesta and i never had a bit of bother with them.The mk5 had 110k on it and it did 40 mile a day.

Rod-Tarry

No way the 1172cc was a real stump puller perfect for trials cars. Worst in my lifetime the V4 found in the Corsair totally useless with no redeeming features.

Matt Evans

Id say it was the 1400cc CVH as found in mk5 escorts and orions, was very harsh, noisy, hopeless on fuel and as unrefined as a toolbox in a cement mixer.

Awful engine in every way.

zippyobrien

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I found the 1.4 cvs to be quite a torquey little motor, mine was good on fuel

Think the 1.3 endurance lump is great as well, you can practically run them dry of any fluid and they run.

1.25 zetec se some how manages to be worse on fuel than a 1.6 zetec se ?




Can't believe any one hasn't offered up the early 1.6 zetec e as fitted to the fiesta si

Could only manage 89bhp and 25mpg. Absolutely tiny valves as well. Hateful engine. However that went on for ever as we'll, just couldn't blow the fucker up.

boy-racer-1

I agree with you there I had 5 1.4i cvh pte engines suffer the black death in my mk6 escort one even blew 20 miles after an oil change due to a blockage in the oil tube at the back of the engine

hunkyBC

A (former) friend assured me the 2.2 in my Turbo 1992 Probe Gt was U.S.-manufactured. I have never owned a Japanese car (for personal reasons) until now. I do like the features and the power seems enough for an econo-driver. I'm converting to a travel shuttle (no back seat, thus, "sleeping quarters," etc.) and may make into an open car as friends & I did with the then-new Fox-stangs for Galpin, Williams and other Ford dealers. Would appreciate any input/tips. BTW am new here. Also own a '70 Continental and two MK IIIs, plan to get back my 67 'Stang F/B and ,62 T-Bird. Thanx, BC