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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 11 June 2020, 16:40:13
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Well, according to my Ex Misses, when she borrowed an Ex Plod Red DPG 3.0 MV6 off me, about 1 and a half Junctions of the M25 at 70 mph with no Aux Belt, which I suppose equates to around 4 mins before it died of death.
Later that day when I went to see the Car the only real words of sympathy I received from Her was, "well, is there any way I can recover the Petrol from it because I put 80 quids worth in", but on reflection I can now understand a Women's logic and she was correct to ask, as that was the only thing left in the Car that was any real value.
As for the No Water and No Oil, I can confirm that She does perform these tests on her Cars on a regular basis and from experience the Nissan,s and Toyota's will run the longest, anything with a Ford or Vauxhall Badge on it doesn't stand a chance.
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When my son was at university we bought him a Ford Fiesta to run back & forth in , it was in lovely condition full service history & only one previous owner. I spent a while showing him how do do all the checks necessary a complete waste of time , anyhow one weekend I lifted the bonnet just to check everything , the oil did not even appear on the dipstick I believe it only had about half a pint in it calculated after topping it up, how he got home in it I haven't a clue. It never gave any troubles at all, I sold via eBay to a chap in Suffolk a year or so later.
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My wife's first car was a fiesta, it made a funny noise. When she finally got round to having a mechanic look at it, the rocker shaft had snapped in half. Didn't stop it going at all.
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My wife's first car was a fiesta, it made a funny noise. When she finally got round to having a mechanic look at it, the rocker shaft had snapped in half. Didn't stop it going at all.
Big advantage of push rod engines :D
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I had the cambelt on a 1974 1.6 XL Capri let go. It didn't take the engine with it.
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When my son was at university we bought him a Ford Fiesta to run back & forth in , it was in lovely condition full service history & only one previous owner. I spent a while showing him how do do all the checks necessary a complete waste of time , anyhow one weekend I lifted the bonnet just to check everything , the oil did not even appear on the dipstick I believe it only had about half a pint in it calculated after topping it up, how he got home in it I haven't a clue. It never gave any troubles at all, I sold via eBay to a chap in Suffolk a year or so later.
Tried the same with both my granddaughters to no avail. ::) They still think that the MOT is akin to a service. :)
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I had the cambelt on a 1974 1.6 XL Capri let go. It didn't take the engine with it.
Really, A 1600 X-flow.. Or do you mean the fan belt as was.
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Would've thought a '74 1.6 Capri would've had the Pinto motor in it? Can't recall whether the Pinto was an interference engine or not but I have known Cortina 1.6s survive cam belt breakages.
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My Mk3 Granny had the 2L Pinto lump. Must admit i never really tried to run it without essential fluids. ;) I seem to remember i was informed when i got it that a cambelt break wasn,t always terminal :-\. I did have it done never the less.
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I did the in-laws Ye olde Sierra after a snapped belt last year ,
nothing serious......just bent valves,rocker arms,lifters,head skim etc etc ;D
about £150 in parts
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When my son was at university we bought him a Ford Fiesta to run back & forth in , it was in lovely condition full service history & only one previous owner. I spent a while showing him how do do all the checks necessary a complete waste of time , anyhow one weekend I lifted the bonnet just to check everything , the oil did not even appear on the dipstick I believe it only had about half a pint in it calculated after topping it up, how he got home in it I haven't a clue. It never gave any troubles at all, I sold via eBay to a chap in Suffolk a year or so later.
Tried the same with both my granddaughters to no avail. ::) They still think that the MOT is akin to a service. :)
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Ha ha yes MOT & fuel that's FSH to a youngster..😄
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I had the cambelt on a 1974 1.6 XL Capri let go. It didn't take the engine with it.
My dad had a cam belt go on a Sierra 1.6, Y reg. AA fitted a new one on the hard shoulder.
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Would've thought a '74 1.6 Capri would've had the Pinto motor in it? Can't recall whether the Pinto was an interference engine or not but I have known Cortina 1.6s survive cam belt breakages.
74 car ought to be a pinto.
2.0l pintos are non-inteference engines; break a cambelt at 6500 rpm and you'll need a new belt.
1.6l pintos are maybes; lowish rpm is often OK, high is unlikely.
Not that belt failure is particularly common.
I like pintos and think they suit small Fords perfectly; crossflows are disappointing, and their only real advantage is a lower weight.
You can't fit a 1.6 head on a 2.0l engine as the valves are different lengths. I'm sure you can work out how I discovered that....
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I had the cambelt on a 1974 1.6 XL Capri let go. It didn't take the engine with it.
My dad had a cam belt go on a Sierra 1.6, Y reg. AA fitted a new one on the hard shoulder.
I waited for the AA to arrive with tools so I could refit the timing belt on one of my Capris. The broken fan belt made it jump several teeth. That was back when I could do a pinto belt in 20minutes at the side of the road.
I refitted the belt cover after that episode ::)
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Would've thought a '74 1.6 Capri would've had the Pinto motor in it? Can't recall whether the Pinto was an interference engine or not but I have known Cortina 1.6s survive cam belt breakages.
All I know is that it was a 1.6 OHC engine. It just slowed then stopped.
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1.6 Pinto was non-interference from memory.
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Cam belt snapped on my 2.0 Sierra, which I think would have been a Pinto ?
Lined up the pulleys, new belt on ,tensioned up by feel and off it went again as good as new.
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Yep OHC would definitely have been the Pinto motor.Biggest fault on them as I remember was the oil feed pipe for the cam getting blocked and cams clattering merrily away,but they still kept going.
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Yep OHC would definitely have been the Pinto motor.Biggest fault on them as I remember was the oil feed pipe for the cam getting blocked and cams clattering merrily away,but they still kept going.
Mine topped over 200k before it failed MOT on tin worm problems. A guy from Derby bought it when i put it on ebay and the top bid was £37.50p. ;D. He drove to Suffolk in his PT Cruiser (he was into retro cars), He then drove the Granny back and his wife drove the Cruiser home. He was going to put the Pinto lump into a project he was working on, but as the Granada drove so well, he decided to fix the boywork and use it as a runaround. Oh the joys of having a decent workshop, and the skill to do it. :)