he must be thraping the crap out of it then m8 as zetec engine are a strong engine and hes on his second gear box and third engine
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| Author: | sisisisi [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:16 am ] |
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i got a m8 with a 2.0 fez and he is on his 3rd engine this year 2nd gearbox it never seems to run nice are they just crap and unreliable or what ? |
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| Author: | EvilDes [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:24 am ] |
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No more unreliable than a 1.6... just luck of the draw. |
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| Author: | Fezzyzetec [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:47 am ] |
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he must be thraping the crap out of it then m8 as zetec engine are a strong engine and hes on his second gear box and third engine
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| Author: | Ry [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:06 am ] |
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As long as it's looked after then it should be fine. Zetecs aren't a high performance engine though. I think the problem is most likely with your mate, not the engines or gearboxes. |
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| Author: | Mattyboy Esq [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:06 am ] |
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Its how you drive it and how you maintain it, hense my 1.6 gave up because i never looked after it, the 2.0l engine never let me down as i looked after it, BUT i did Frape the fook out of it hense why i went through 4 gearboxes in about 7months!  If you look after it and don't be stupid with it then there Good strong engines!  Look at Terry he's still on the Si box after a year, i killed mine 1st night out!   
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| Author: | Fezzyzetec [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:15 am ] |
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bet that was fun 1st night out in it
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| Author: | Becks [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:49 am ] |
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Mines fine 
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| Author: | onslack [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:56 am ] |
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| Author: | Percy [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:42 pm ] |
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I have got to say I eventually gave up on mine due to reliability, but as said it is partially down to luck of the draw. I go with the idea of the more you mess with things the are likely you are to have a problem, now a 2.0 comes into the highly messed with category. On the other hand when it was running I loved it and if I didn't have so many problems then I would still be driving it now.
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| Author: | Fizzy T [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:25 pm ] |
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Its all down to condition of the engine and how its used or abused. I fitted a brand new clutch in my old R5 GT turbo and killed it before the day was up.If i hadnt ragged it to buggery it might of been fine. |
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| Author: | EvilDes [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:43 pm ] |
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Not bedding the clutch in would've done that
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| Author: | Fizzy T [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:53 pm ] |
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Yup i know but i was abit of a boy racer back then, The point is the clutch lasted long enough to beat an escort cossie lol |
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| Author: | Percy [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:07 pm ] |
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The other things is its not just the engine, everything else on the car will be pushed harder and more likely to bust. As I found... 
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| Author: | luke89 [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:10 pm ] |
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hes on about mine lol, nope dude as u no mine is now mint just the shit engine i put in it the 1st time and the 1st engne was still the 1.6 , as for the gear boxs the si one is fuckeedddd lol the s2 one is mint agen no probs lets see how they get on with the gas at the pod the weekend:D |
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| Author: | james_rs [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:14 pm ] |
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Any car is reliable if you look after it (almost) |
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| Author: | woodsy_mv6 [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:34 pm ] |
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| Author: | sisisisi [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:46 pm ] |
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thanks guys |
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| Author: | mark_f1 [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:41 am ] |
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Also depends on whether it was someone competent putting it in or a monkey. You should never have any bolts left over lol! |
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| Author: | DALSY [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:33 am ] |
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The key to the old zetec reliability is regular oil changes with the correct oil, correct plugs too Mines revs to 7300rpm on basically a rebuilt standard bottom end, and its been very reliable in 3 years of track driving, although Ive fitted a 10 row oil cooler , and Bailey breather to help matters a little Whats he doing to it, is he ruining the bottom end through oil surge or is it the head through overheating, hes defo doing something wrong regardless |
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| Author: | Mattyboy Esq [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:11 pm ] |
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