cabbykarl

Hi ppl just been to get my 1.6CVH on a Webber Carb tuned and have been told the head needs repairing (ie at least sounds like the cams shot anyway).

Been meaning to pull the head off for a while and reseat the valves etc but don't have the time to do a full overhaul at the mo.

So the question is if I buy another head off fleabay or wherever are they all the same or is the one I need (ie no distributor type) different to other/later ones????

Please help as I can't afford to buy the wrong type!

Thanks

SafeChav

Are you running EFI currently?

cabbykarl

nope it's on a carb as stated m8

SafeChav

What car and what engine is it?

cabbykarl

The car's in the pic below (MK5 Escort lol) and the engine's an old XR3 one so i've been told.

SafeChav

Hmmmmmmmmmm

Well anyway, you could have a bit of a problem knowing until you get the head off. All the CVH engines changed over to leanburn quite a number of years back, EXCEPT for the injection engines which retained hemi heads.

Any ideas what age car the engine came out of?

jayjay

it tells u the year on the head if u can get to see it so at least u know how old the head is