Fiesta Zetec S Engine Tear Down! 

Full rebuild would be great, it will help me with my fiesta toooo!

22:30 That`s the oil separator box, it`s job is to make sure that the pcv valve only sucks oil vapors and combustion gasses from the crank case and not the oil itself and the grey part on top of it is your pcv valve.

full engine rebuild definitely

One thing offends me....that tea...looks weak as man 😆....other than that...another great video sir!

if your taking it to bits may as well rebuild it :P

A tip If you are happy with the timing of the engine there is a really easy way to preserve your timing and you do not have to set it up again The only tool you need is a Stanley Knife What you do is split the timing belt in half so on the longest length insert the blade and cut longways carefully along the length turn the engine and do the same until you have cut all round the timing belt and now the front half will come off You now get your new belt and slide it on half way ensuring you don’t skip any teeth when it’s half on pushed tight up against the the old one you can now cut across the old one to remove it now just push your timing belt fully on to your pulleys. On some engines that can be done in situ but when you have it out on an engine stand you will see how easy it is

your going to go to all the trouble of tripping the engine down and replacing gaskets and seals and maybe rings and all the head work so in the end you have a really nice engine and then go spoil it all by not replacing a worn used clutch that could last 1000 miles then you have to strip it down again to do a job that you could have done before refitting a nice rebuilt engine . JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE

Do a full rebuild Edit: you should paint it silver or dark grey 👍

Extra points for wearing the steel toecaps! Setting a good example to a lot of us fellow DIY repair nerds out here. A bit late now, but I would have compression tested the cylinders before you took the flywheel off (or better still, while in the car). One cause of vibration and harshness in older cars can be the engine mounts, the rubber bushes harden up over time and transmit vibration through the car body. See if you can source some new replacements. The 1.25 engine is a sweet little thing, well worth the effort!

I think you should do a full video cleaning it the block up "degrease" then paint it silver and get new bolts!

Definitely go for the full engine rebuild - would make for excellent content!

How many times has that teabag been used?😂Great channel keep it up 👍😎

I love the raw footage. Its more enjoyable. Not a lot car mechanics do it like this

Really like how you kept working as you were talking to the camera. So much better to follow and engage with and makes the video flow more imo. Keep up the good work really enjoy these fiesta vids!

Love this style, and the longer videos that come with it!!!!! Please keep it up!

I'm sitting at the table munching on a corn on the cob for me dinner and watching James dismantle an engine block. Great stuff..

Fantastic video mate! Thank you. I have a Fiesta and I'm working on it and I've been trying find examples of people tearing down the engines so I can learn. This was a fantastic perspective to watch from 👌

Brilliant video .. your commentary whilst dismantling is spot on Can’t wait for the next instalment You’re come on leaps and bounds mate

Love this video as always James! You inspire me!

It's always good to see a strip down of an engine, and it's a good reference if any one else decides to try this for themselves and/or forget how things go back together! Wonder how many people was on the edge of their seat wondering if you was going to spill your brew as well :D Thanks for the content.

Brilliant stuff. I like the real time strip down...warts & all approach. Tool tips are appreciated too.

Great video, fantastic content. For me the less editing the the better. Really interesting to see the strip down and rebuild warts and all imo. Looking forward to watching the project from start to finish

How important is to have the right tools...!!! Nice job! Looking forward

Might as well do the total rebuild seeing as you got it out of the car and nice and easy in your nice warm dry shed👍 Oh, the engine colour would look nice as a Ford Blue I reckon.

Loving this series James. Since you've taken the time to remove the engine I think a full-on restoration is in order :D Plus the longer unedited videos are spot on.

Quality video ...... love all your vids but this longer, more detailed format is far and away the best. Can’t wait for next instalment 👍🏼⭐️

when removing crankshaft pully bolts put some heat on them with a blowtorch/heatgun for a couple of minutes as they are nearly always threadlock/loctited , this will soften the threadlock and make removal a lot easier.

YES BOYYY! Keep your thing m8 ! Maybe keep the clean silver block (:

Really enjoyed this one mate keep it going this way and a full rebuild and Silver great video mate 👍👏👏👏

Liking the longer raw videos, much more content keep up the good work!

Lovely Jubbly, very thorough so far.

Looking forward to this mate. I had an imperial blue zs years ago, wish i still had it. Brilliant video man 🙌🙌

lovin the relaxed approach ,im traditionalist so i would keep the colours as they are

Love you're videos man.

soounds like fun times ahead, watching that tea slosh around came so close to spilling it

Nice fiesta project! I have the exact same car! Keep the video's coming they are great!

Loving this new editing I feel like I'm watching wheeler dealer haha

A whole Rebuild would be great and I relly like the new style 🔥 keep it up James 👍

Like the longer, in depth videos James! I wanna see all the juicy bits!

yes I love it when you do these videos

Personally I would take loads of photos when taking engine wiring off etc. It helps with the routing of it and knowing what plugs go where as it is not always obvious. Liking the strip down so far. Look forward to the next instalment. Missing the Mondeo though.

I love it when jammer shows us his tool !!!!!!

I am massively excited! I have the 1.4 zetec s engine and this is certainly going to be educational!

Hope to see you back on YT again soon, your videos were great to watch and chill out to

Love the Fiesta, the more content the better.

Loving the frequent uploads

Love this concept! Really enjoy it. 100% full rebuild when you have it torn apart like that already makes sense. Don´t go too crazy with the colour :) Good luck

Full engine restore is the only right thing to do! I would give the Block a black satin or even metallic black finish! Keep up the good work you´re doin!

"cough" throttle bodies! "cough"....£££ I wouldn't personally touch the bottom end side if its not a smoker or oil burner leave it be! just make the head nice.... if keeping it standard ish you could do a nice exhaust manifold back, some fast road cams, air filter and a remap, port and polish the head. lighted flywheel. ! just some ideas. **just watched to end** make sure you lock the flywheel if you want to counter hold the crank, if you use the little crank index pin to hold it you will bend it. the pin is for timing up only! just letting you know mate! good video. silver for block IMO

Full rebuild pal good content

DO NOT REMOVE THE CRANK BOLT WITHOUT IT LOCKED IN TIME. As others have said, this engine may be one where you lose timing if you release the crank bolt. This engine may also require a flywheel locking tool in order to remove/install the crank bolt - it fits onto the starter mounting holes and engages in the flywheels teeth and will give you a solid fix to bar/impact the crank bolt off. If you tighten the crank bolt against the timing pin you may bend it inside the crank.

Awesome video James! Looking forward for this series! As you have the engine on the stand and it is the shed, might aswell do a full rebuild. I always like gunmetal gray or a dark gray on a engine, combined with some shiny black parts. Keep it up!

Shocking cup of tea! 😲

Likening the ford T-shirt 👍and the new uncut videos to come ✌️

Finally a fiesta video 😁!

Great vid as always, James. My vote would be to keep the bids as raw as possible. It's ace being able to see every little bit!

Keep up the good content bro 👊🏻👌🏻

Go for it James lets see a complete engine build

sweet shed setup man!

great new format

Tnx boss for this video im busy striping zetec motor first time your video help alot much appreciated

Think Your other engine stand is at your dads, I believe I saw it on one of your trike videos in the back.

Good work full rebuild 😀

Good job..congratulations!!!!

I’ve enjoyed the change with more raw editing James, looking forward to see the outcome in this new serie and I would go with red painting the engine 👍👍👍👍

Full rebuild! For sure

Great episode and full rebuild with some must need mods and upgrades

I have a Clarke 240volt impact gun, it's brilliant for crank pulleys. Also no need to worry about timing up the pulleys on those zetecs. If I remember rightly the timing is solely done with the cam pins and crank pin, the cam pulleys are floating and just spin freely so checking the belt is easy you can lock the top and bottom of the engine and spin the cam belts as long as the bolts are not up tight, they lock themselves on when tightened using a taper...

Love the show, if you can keep the details in, it’s how us noobs learn 😏 keep up the great work 👍

You’ll definitely be glad your doing the engine work under cover when the weather really turns.

Hi James much prefer a longer vid than just job done, I follow mustie1 on RU-vid and hes great so much detail which is great viewing keep up the good work 👌

To me the best idea would be to rebuild the engine, depends what it needs once its stripped down if it needs it then all bearings and such replaced too, if not a light restoration would be the best mainly cleaning all the carbon out honing the block and replacing piston rings and clean the valves and new stem seals. Full rebuild will cost a lot of money and unless you keep the car for years until it becomes a desirable classic it might not be worth much after all the work put into it. Always love your content so anything you produce would be top class as always!

Learnt a lot off this video so thanks

Thats a milky cup of tea man can we trust you now hhmmmm not sure ....how many sugars ?

Vapour blasting highly recommended james😀👍

Nice work jammer keep them coming 🤪

Great video James.....was looking forward to this .....silver all the way i think for painting engine...

Love the way this was produced and I’d go silver or black

The savage garage James loved the video once again you are be coming a dab hand at moving heavy items far play James. Nice to have the engine in your shed as you said nice and warm and rain free. James i would do a complete rebuild would be intresting to see 👍that cup of tea looked good by the way 😁 carnt bet a cupa good one James

Hi James, awesome video,I don't mind these you working on your car,this engine is now small with most of the parts off it, As I like the originality of cars I have it painted silver,bring on the next video of this👍

Hi James this time when you clean up the bores on the engine. Make sure you use oil on the oil stones which cut the surface on bores.👌

Full rebuild would be fantastic. Raw videos are the way to go, colour wise I'd go silver with hints of red. Keep up the cracking work fella ur doing great..

cool vid James, i will be doing this with the St engine over the winter and will be putting a new clutch and parts all back on. I plan to get to some shows next year

Just a quick one, quality Beano in the background 😉😂 and for the timing belt tool. I did my escort mk6 zetec cam belt years ago and just used a 5mm allen key that sits in the ends of the cams. It may be a similar set up. Keep up the good work.

Great video. Give it the full rebuild, you may as well. Longer videos full of information and the nitty gritty and product recommendations . Your turning into a modern day edd China , hopefully he watches your videos with eagerness just as we do .

The plastic box on the side of the engine is the PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) casing, it will have a PCV valve in the top, this should be connected to the inlet manifold. ST150 MK6 Fiesta have a common issue of the valve failing, pipe splitting or box becoming sludged up with oil. This may also be an issue you may have had with your Zetec S as it can cause rev hunting issues and inconsistent idle speeds. I hope this helps, keep up the good work!

Glad i found this video have an oil leak near oil filter gonna have to take all the intake gear off an this will help cheers!

just bought an mx5 mk2 for potential restoration and weekend toy, would love to see you do something similar to a 5 on the channel, keep up the good work james

Nice to watch, and YES, you should do a full rebuild, if money permits. You'll regret it if you don't.

Nice job lifting the stand and engine the shed. That's harder than it looks lol!

Full engine rebuild definitely mate

Good video nice wee set up lad, only down side to the video was that cup of milky tea 😭

Finally back to the fezzer

Personally I'd say paint the block silver or black, loving the content, keep up the good work!

While the head is off what about porting and polishing it?

Full rebuild please James, piston rings and all :) Should make an excellent mini-series, plus it's a great nifty engine

Recognised that engine stand straight away. I just got 2 ton engine lift from Switzer for £148. Just used it to replace the engine in my mk3 mondeo. Pretty decent bit of kit for the price.

Great content

That sensor in the middle of the rocker cover is a cylinder head temp sensor 🤙

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