french crap fanatic
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Post by french crap fanatic on Apr 1, 2014 21:33:18 GMT 1
i was talking to the guy who does the head work for me today,he mentioned a customer of his who has i think it was a ford focus with the 1.8 diesel engine,all cast iron one.think its called a lynx,well apparantly hes always had a big end type of knock on just number one cylinder!!!
apparantly hes tried everything and it just wont go!!
anyone ever heard of anything similer???
i know its a long shot and even i havnt got the full story so could be a really important bit of info missiing,but i thought ill put it up there and see what happens???
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Post by Chunky on Apr 1, 2014 21:36:39 GMT 1
Whats it had done a full strip and rebuild?
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Post by french crap fanatic on Apr 1, 2014 21:39:48 GMT 1
Whats it had done a full strip and rebuild? i think it was mentioned that all the pistons had been taken out but nothing abnormal found!! |
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Post by Rhubarb on Apr 1, 2014 21:43:28 GMT 1
It's probably injector knock  |
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Post by Chunky on Apr 1, 2014 21:44:49 GMT 1
Is the lynx the tddi motor with belt and chain?
If it was engine related you would have thought engineers would have found something, any power loss, excess smoke or just the knock?
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Post by Karl on Apr 1, 2014 21:46:12 GMT 1
Yes it is 1.8 lynx engine
What year? Injectors can give rough symptoms of engine knock
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Post by Karl on Apr 1, 2014 21:46:55 GMT 1
Rhubarb beat me to it LOL
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Post by spannermonkey on Apr 1, 2014 22:07:16 GMT 1
I'll go with the injector also but since it's a long shot,a couple of years back on a connect same engine ,same diagnosis,same routine inc injector change,turned out to be a snapped carrier bolt rattling in the head from previous work done.
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Post by Tom on Oct 5, 2015 23:38:11 GMT 1
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Post by givusaclue on Oct 6, 2015 12:58:20 GMT 1
unless it's your phone, that sounds more like a rattle not a knock, at camshaft speed so i'd be looking at the top end from blowing injectors to cam carrier caps cracked, little ends, cracked valve buckets servo pump. the list goes on
Steve
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Post by Tom on Oct 6, 2015 13:13:37 GMT 1
unless it's your phone, that sounds more like a rattle not a knock, at camshaft speed so i'd be looking at the top end from blowing injectors to cam carrier caps cracked, little ends, cracked valve buckets servo pump. the list goes on Steve Indeed  Definitely sounds top end like to me. All auxiliary driven stuff seems quiet. Always stressful when this car goes wrong as it's the family hack and the wife isn't patient Might have to bite the bullet and take it to ford. |
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Post by Tom on Oct 6, 2015 15:02:45 GMT 1
Well after half an hour or so of running its unbelievably loud. I took it to a well respected local mechanic who says its most certainly terminal.
Need to decide what to do with it really, probably buy a cheap run around for now and pop a second hand lump in it, or just sell as-is.
Genuinely gutted. Its been cherished and wanted for nothing, and has still been nothing but massive bill after massive bill, nearly 13 months MOT on it too!!
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Post by upkeep on Oct 6, 2015 15:35:43 GMT 1
Why don't you pull it apart and find out what's wrong
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Post by Karl on Oct 6, 2015 19:48:45 GMT 1
What's the model/year of car ?
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Post by wheelnut on Oct 6, 2015 20:15:58 GMT 1
Definitely worth taking off the cam cover to see what's in there. (Sounds like an old push-rod engine gone bad!)
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