L93
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How reliable are 90s 1.8 ford zetec engines? Would it be possible to run one as a daily without the need for constant fettling?
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Nobody ever considered Zetecs unreliable in the 90s. Or that they had any major faults beyond the 1800 not being as sweet as 1.6, or as torquey as a 2.0l
Nothing has changed since then except for them being older. And a 2.0l Pinto Capri/Cortina/Granada is still perfectly viable as an everyday car, so why wouldn't a Mondeo or Escort be?
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slater
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90s 1.8 zetec engines. slater
@slater
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Far more reliable than modern engines!
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totti
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Look at the cambelt and it will run forever!
With basic maintenance you'll get 300000km with ease...
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Look at the cambelt and it will run forever! With basic maintenance you'll get 300000km with ease... I Find that hard to believe, as the bodies always rotted out way before they got that far... |
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ChasR
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90s 1.8 zetec engines. ChasR
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Not alot.
As said, they can do some big mileages.
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Had a mk2 mondeo admittedly a 2.0 but that had 330000 miles on it when the body disintegrated. Engine felt like it had plenty of life left.
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I once had a MK6 Escort with a 1.8 Zetec, which had covered over 700,000 miles and still ran absolutely fine.
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90s 1.8 zetec engines. Mercdan68
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I had a 130ps zetec in my escort van
I caned the arrsssss off that van and it never ever went wrong
I’ve owned many zetec powered cars with not one problem
Just like the old x flow there pretty much indestructible
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