How reliable is your car???

[Jimsiss]

as above in general everyday use?

[stuball]

Starts every time, if a little sluggish working its way up from 500rpm to idle on a cold morning

[Jimsiss]

maybe people can say what engines they have aswell to give a general view on reliability of different engines???

[stuball]

Fair point Jimsiss, may as well start then

 

Mines a 2.8i Cologne V6

[Jimbob-Squarepants ©]

Mine too! That is reliable (apart from iffy Kenlowe!) and a 2.8i V6!!!

[Fiesta Steve]

Standard 1300 Sport X-FLOW 60 bhp?

Modified 1700 XR2 X-FLOW 153 BHP

 

Both cars never let me down.

I drive either one to work on a daily basis.

[RSvan]

1.6 x-flow

ive had abt 4 cars with the x-flow in them 1.3 and 1.6

have used and ABUSED without a problem

one of them even went 58,000 miles in 12 months did kill two gearboxs in that time though

[Mr Sam]

1.1 valencia.........had trouble last year with the points and thats about it couple of times over the winter it wouldnt start pop the bonnet wiggle the power lead to the starter and it fired up

[escort21]

My mk2 corty has never broken anything i can't fix in five minutes with a spoon (touching wood like made now )

[Vista]

Generally very reliable.

 

I caned my uprated 2 litre Pinto all the way to Ford Fair and back last year and was just bragging to my G/F about how reliable OSF's are; when as we approached home 2 things happened simultaneously, I went over a speed hump a tad too fast and: -

 

1) One of the seat back securing bolts dropped out on her seat

 

2) The lead dropped off the coil

 

Fortunately she was so busy floundering around on the back floor with her legs in the air that she didn't notice that the engine had cut out and we'd coasted into the drive I was therefore able to stand by my non - breakdown claim as I dismissed her seat failure and subsequent embarrasing skirt around the waist moment as a minor failure of a non essential component

[antz]

1.3 crossflow

 

weber 32dgv carb

 

4 branch manifold

 

k&n air filter.

 

starts everytime

[Mk 1 Mark]

800 mile round trip to germany.....Just needed a bit of gearbox oil....

[RChambers]

2 litre zetec on motorbike throttle bodies. Never missed a beat, not even after I left it standing for a month once.

[lee bishop]

if its unreliable....... you aint maintaining it properly

 

now stop moaning

[tim]

if its unreliable....... you aint maintaining it properly

 

now stop moaning

 

[Fiesta Steve]

if its unreliable....... you aint maintaining it properly

 

now stop moaning

 

Very true

[escamino]

1300 x-flow. Had a few probs when I first got the car (been left standing and neglected), but now starts everytime.

[RUSTYPUP]

I've done over well over 100,000 miles in my mk2 'Tina.

It has broken down a few times but I've never been towed home in it. Always limped home or fixed it at side of the road.

It's a 1600 crossflow by the way.

[Stu_B]

Apart from engine mount shearing the bolts out the block, n a hole in the radiator my 1600 x-flow is very reliable! sometimes takes a few turns of the key to start but far more reliable than my mk1 golf!

[Ian1300]

um had abit of trouble with mine. about 7 month ago rebuilt it because the piston rings had gone. the had a little bit of trouble with my condesor then a vavle spring snapped and now i've lost compression again in 1 cylinder so im just slapping another set of rings in it at the moment Just to get me about untill i got enough money to put a 1600 in it with a 5 speed box. But when its running starts every time and i use it everyday.

 

1300 crossflow

 

I think i need to easy up on the gas just a tad!

[Hilux]

2.8i colgne v6, very reliable i use it everyday for work had one failure of a bodged fuel line that the previous owner did but thats it, it does take about 5 secs to get started whilst cranking but for a 20yr old car i'm not complaining

 

oh yeah i did have a (ahem, cough) broken throttle cable once but i dont think anyone noticed sshhhhh!!

[Twinkle]

twink is great cortina is crap lol

[BIGKEV]

When she was roadworthy well I kinda drove her like i stole her The RS that is not the Granny -

 

Span the wheels up from cold every morning if she started under her own steam - If not then a swift push would be needed - The blokes at work were what I called my starter motor lol - well for £60 when you aint got it what else will you do ?

 

Was reliable until I did 1500 miles in one week visisting family around Great britain - LOL - what a mistake

In that short time - The Carb unscrewed itself threfore ran like a bag of poo - An alternator Bolt decided to Vanish on the way o my sisters house - luckily she had a Capri on her lawn which I managed to scrump a few bits from and I was on my merry way.

After that wee journey was over I was coming back from work one night and got stuck in Traffic and over heated - Then some main oil seal went and it couldnt have happenend at a worser time lol -

 

The Joys of owning an OSF eh ?

[Chelle]

Kev what you on about, she ran like a dream

 

You did drive it like you stole it though

[escamino]

It was ultra reliable until yesterday.

 

...and if your wondering, yes this thread is that old and yes, I've got nothing better to do at the moment.