No longer available - no longer rattling

[pandamonium]

Here it is.

[ruffgeezer]

What makes you think its a valve/piston issue?

[pandamonium]

Wobbly crank pulley, pisses oil out of every seam, rattles more than most cars I've driven, oh, and it is a cvh.

 

Of course it could be something silly like leads/ plugs, but as the engine is 'tired' I presume the worst.

[Lankytim]

Arnt all CVH's 1.8's?

[trigger]

Why don't you just fit the new engine if you already have one?

[pandamonium]

This is definitely a 1.6i.

Trigger, I am unable to fit the engine until April as the person due to help (do it for me!) is unavailable due to moving workshops, so would be without a car for over a month.

[whitevanman]

Hell, hire an engine hoist, even if you can only do basic spannering the engines in a Sierra are a doddle to do.....or pay one of us to pop down for the day to do it ??

[M'coli]

DIY, then!

[Alexg]

I'm in Kent with a hoist you can borrow

[Albert Ross]

You'll have it done in three hours including tea breaks. I could swap an engine on one of these in 40 minutes. (With a pre-loaded engine sat by the side) when doing conversions from 1.6 to 2 litre and upwards. Even when I dropped a pre-built 2.1 into my 1600 Mk1 Estate it was done in a morning including setting up carbs.

[pandamonium]

Both are injection / ECU btw

[Mr_Bo11ox]

It is a day's work even for an amateur or two... if you've a choice between doing an engine swap on your Sierra or spending £400 on another motor which must have tax and test, I would defo try to find a way to do the swap!!! There must be a SE-based shiter who can give you a hand, I certainly would if you were not 200 miles away!

[pandamonium]

I know, seems a shame to give up on it really.

If I do move on to another car, my current choices that I've found are a Proton and an Allegro!

Both slightly over budget, but both desirable!

[Split_Pin]

I wish my cars were as easy to sort. Sounds like a Sierra is a dream to work on! Don't give up!

[fordperv]

Shame you weren't in my neck of the woods I would've either bought it or fitted the engine for you, as Albert Ross said they really are a piece of pee to do, plenty of space in the bay to work and bloody simple mechanically, not a sierra but my capri seized its pinto so we went to a show on a Sunday in the mrs car stayed until the end said my goodbyes to mates and told them I'd meet them in 1.30 time in the capri they all said it couldn't be done, I went home took the engine out and I put an engine that I had ready into it, ran it up to temp on a test drive, then went in for a shower and a brew then met them with time to spare

[pandamonium]

Gave it a full service today and the issue seems to be gone.

Engine still a bit leaky, but 'death rattle' seems to have gone.

All cylinders firing, but when I looked at the old plugs, it is no wonder I was having issues!

 

I had held back from servicing it as I was due to fit the other engine, maybe I should have just got on with it instead of being a tight northerner!

[Split_Pin]

Nice one that man.

 

Whouldnt be shite if it didnt leak oil either. Time to get a piece of old doormat to stick under it when you park overnight!

[Shep Shepherd]

See you on the A127 just outside Rayleigh tomorrow morning, then

[pandamonium]

Maybe! Wouldn't know what car you're in though.

[KruJoe]

Let me hazard a guess...

A Volvo, maybe?

[Shep Shepherd]

Maybe! Wouldn't know what car you're in though.

 

Usually this one:

 

 

But sometimes this one: