siert
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 posted on 26/12/02 at 06:45 PM |
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Zetec warning
May I just place a warning here...the exhaust question seems to have gone 2 ways...one of which was about zetecs!
The warning is this: over here in holland several zetecs were sold as surplus Ford Germany stock to people in our seven club. Every single one has
broken down  cracked heads, broken conrods you name it!
I exchanged a cvh in my Westfield for one of these "new" zetecs and ran it for about 3000km's before one piston fried away to the rings and other
cylinders had large scratches on them.
Now this may not happen to you ! but i would go for a secondhand engine you know has been scrapped because of a car accident. Play save and make very
sure these engines are good....a good hint is that on our engines there were no engine numbers!
A couple of tips for using a zetec are the following:
1. using an escort 1800 sump gives 2.5cm more clearance than a 2.0L sump. It fits the wrong way round with no problems.Have a look at my homepage for
pictures.
2.Why not use a Daihatsu charade alternator instead of the heavy Ford lump.They are the same make and model as demon tweeks sell for 186 pounds.
Compare the catalog with the pictures on my site
3. The waterpump needed is the one from the 1800 ESCORT.If you use one from the 1.8 or 2.0L Mondeo they will turn the wrong way! Again see pictures of
the difference on my site.
I'll stick them in the photo section aswell.
Good luck with buying and using a zetec.
Siert,
Holland.
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StuartA
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| posted on 30/12/02 at 10:06 AM |
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Thanks for the warning about the German lumps, but can't we have this post in the 'Engine' section where it belongs!! (sorry to be perdantic, but
I'm not building an MK but I am using a Zetec!) 
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siert
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| posted on 30/12/02 at 06:26 PM |
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as you requested Stuart....just stuck it in the engine section!
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