MK4 Fiesta 1.25 zetec, cambelt snapped. Engine knackered?

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I have a friend with the car in question, she said 'it made an odd noise, then stopped'

Recovery said cambelt has gone.

On these engines, is that a terminal problem? I know some cars just need a new belt/tensioner fitted and all is hunky dory.

Basically, is it new car time, or new cambelt time ?
 
Can't comment on that engine with regards to terminal failure, however you can probably replace the whole engine pretty cheap reader than spending ££s fixing it if it is knackered.
 
It is an interference engine, so the valves are most likely to have hit the pistons. How many or how bad you wont know without taking off the head.
 
Thanks for the replies; I don't want to get too involved with it.

She'll probably end up replacing the car. I don't want to be a middle man buying an unknown engine for her.
 
Zack101 said:
Worth trying a belt on it first. Being a 16 valve the chances of getting away without any damage are slim, but worth a try.
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Yeh definitely, it's not worth repairing if it is damaged, but the engines are close to worthless, so dropping a replacement lump in will mainly cost labour.. Depends on the condition of the rest of the car really, to decide of that's a viable option.
 
I wouldn't even waste any time putting another belt on it. That funny noise would be the valves smashing into the crowns of the pistons.
 
Hi you can pick these engines up for £100-200

much cheaper then repairing it, they are easy to swap out too, backstreet would charge a couple of hundred tops

That said you can buy a replacment MK4 fez for £400 :p
 
mattyfez said:
Just the 1.7 vvt is a yamaha as far as I know.
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The advanced Zetec-SE (sometimes badged as Zetec-S) was developed in collaboration of Yamaha and Mazda[citation needed], under the Sigma codename. It ranges in size from 1.25 L (1249 cc) to 1.7 L (1679 cc). It is very different from the Zeta engine - the intake and exhaust are even on opposite sides. It was the first engine to use a plastic intake manifold.;)
 
Is this the same car that was randomly increasing revs a few weeks ago?

Has the cambelt been replaced within the life of the car? I recall these are supposed to be on a 100 k mile or 10 year interval.
 
fadetoblack said:
The advanced Zetec-SE (sometimes badged as Zetec-S) was developed in collaboration of Yamaha and Mazda[citation needed], under the Sigma codename. It ranges in size from 1.25 L (1249 cc) to 1.7 L (1679 cc). It is very different from the Zeta engine - the intake and exhaust are even on opposite sides. It was the first engine to use a plastic intake manifold.;)
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The intake manifold on the 1.7 is metal, both the standard and ford racing variants..
 
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If she decides to replace the car, get her to chuck the old one on Ebay. I sold my OH's old 1.4 206 for over £400 on there with a shredded cambelt. People pay reasonable money for a car that they can fix and sell on (or keep) cheaply :)
 
Like someone else said she can probably get a few hundred by putting it on eBay . Someone will buy to fix or buy to break and scrap
 
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