Your top 5 worst engines.

[Mickey_D]

The Isuzu 1.8L they stuffed into the Chevrolet L.U.V. truck. Both variants. They were hideous engines in comparison to thier Toyota and Datsun counterparts.

The Chevrolet 305 V-8 (which is what is currently under the bonnet of my truck). It gets worse fuel mileage, has MUCH less power, and is more expensive to maintain than its bigger brother - the venerable 350. They were a completely miserable failure in the 80's Camaros.

The Oldsmobile 260 V8. A miserable attempt by GM to make an economical engine for thier larger cars. It failed in every department by a HUGE margin.

The Mitsubishi 2.6L 4 cyl that Chrysler used in various FWD cars. Horrible little engine that sounded like an unmuffled Deisel with a loose crankshaft.

The Ford 2.8 (and the later EFI 2.9) V-6. Nasty, nasty engines to work on (and they needed worked on CONSTANTLY). Not bad in the power department, but there are certainly better out there. The carby version (2.8) generally suffered from over-emission-equipmentitis. It was smothered and strangled by every type of emissions crap you can imagine. The EFI version (2.9) was a bastardised abortion that should have NEVER left the engineer's design desk.

 

[Banny]

The engine in the sierra 2.0 GLS the twin cam one was prone to doing head gaskets and when you fixed that problem the bottom end couldn't take it.
Head gasket would go again, had two go like that.
If that didn't take out the engine, maybee a conrod coming out the side of engine would.

 

[thepharcyde]

whats the engine used in the Mk4 Escort pre facelift which uses a 1.3, total workhorse, no power and uses oil.

That one.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

The one I mentioned, the Ford HCS. Utterly awful engine

 

[Rilot]

1 - Anything diesel
2 - Anything diesel
3 - Anything diesel
4 - Anything diesel
5 - Anything diesel

Can you guess, I hate diesel engines *spits*. They run on the devil's fuel I tell you.

And not just old diesel engines either. I'm talking about modern V8 and V6 diesels too. They are all horrible and why anyone would choose to spend money on something that sounds like a bus is utterly beyond me.

 

[cloudy]

1 - Anything diesel
2 - Anything diesel
3 - Anything diesel
4 - Anything diesel
5 - Anything diesel

Can you guess, I hate diesel engines *spits*. They run on the devil's fuel I tell you.

And not just old diesel engines either. I'm talking about modern V8 and V6 diesels too. They are all horrible and why anyone would choose to spend money on something that sounds like a bus is utterly beyond me.

hear hear!

 

[Rwac]

The one I mentioned, the Ford HCS. Utterly awful engine

1.3 Endura engine found in the Escort and Fiesta and Ford Ka, absolutely horrible!!!

 

[Dolph]

The aircooled abomination that powers VW beetles and camper vans has to be on that list for being chronically rubbish and always sounding like it's dying.

2.0 litre engine producing 20bhp.... WTF?!?!?!

Fords 1.8 D and TD engine would also be on my list.

 

[needmorespeed]

1.3 Endura engine found in the Escort and Fiesta and Ford Ka, absolutely horrible!!!

I think the endura is based on the HCS engine which is terrible

 

[D4VE]

The CVH isnt bad, but the HCS seems pretty naff, low power and very rattly.

The K series is a funny one. Yes the headgasket problem is a major issue but they are light and powerful engines which are very popular as tuning engines.

800ish CC engine in my ex girlfriends mk2 Fiesta was bad bad bad - might have been an HCS, seriously low power.

Cant think of many poor engines really, but there are popular engines I would never touch.

 

[Arc]

The aircooled abomination that powers VW beetles and camper vans has to be on that list for being chronically rubbish and always sounding like it's dying.

Yeah but that engine is based on a design that dates to pre WWII, VW really should have updated it at somepoint.

 

[Iamzod]

The Ford 2.8 (and the later EFI 2.9) V-6. Nasty, nasty engines to work on (and they needed worked on CONSTANTLY).

If you mean the Cologne/Taunus.

My dad had the MFI Version on one of these for 10 years, and i had one now for a year, never had an engine problem, only bits to break were rubber hoses and little things like the thermostat which takes 2 mins to change.

I know the "tappets" need adjustment quite often but its hardly a difficult job.

Only difficulty we ever came up against is removing bolts that aint been removed for 23 years when we were robbing the cylinder heads off his old engine to have converted to unleaded for mine.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

And not just old diesel engines either. I'm talking about modern V8 and V6 diesels too. They are all horrible and why anyone would choose to spend money on something that sounds like a bus is utterly beyond me.

Probably someone to do with the excellent fuel economy and torque over equivalent sized petrol engines...

 

[Big Chris]

1.3 Endura engine found in the Escort and Fiesta and Ford Ka, absolutely horrible!!!

That must be what I've got then. At least a Ka is a small car, who ever thought of putting the same engine in something twice the size, then letting a big bloke like me try and drive it up hill??

 

[Fusion]

They are all horrible and why anyone would choose to spend money on something that sounds like a bus is utterly beyond me.

Probably because most rational car buyers have criteria of greater importance than the engine note. If the supposed noise bothers you that much, record an F1 race off the TV, stick it on a cd and play it in the car whilst driving round.

I could see your point of view if we were discussing clanky old 4-pots, but modern V6's? Please.

Sorry to have a go, but with such a blanket hatred, you're asking for it

 

[Rilot]

I could see your point of view if we were discussing clanky old 4-pots, but modern V6's? Please.

Sorry to have a go, but with such a blanket hatred, you're asking for it

In the last 3 weeks I have driven:

Audi 2.0tdi 4 pot
Audi 2.5tdi V6

In the last 6 months I have driven
Audi 4.0tdi V8
BMW 3.0 6 pot
BMW 2.0 4 pot
Ford 2.0 4 pot

I wouldn't give any of them the time of day. Yes they produce lots of torque and yes they have good fuel economy, but all of them sound horrible, all of them have a power curve that hits a brick wall at 4500rpm, and all of them cost more than the equivelant petrol engine.

I guess it all comes down to personal preference. I bemoan the loss of screaming 2-stroke motorbikes but other people are glad to see the back of them.

 

[Dr Who]

2 Alfa Romeo Boxer (Outdated, rattly and unreliable, poor power to CC and limited improvements made over 25 years + life).

My 33 permanent 4 was a great car, 135 bhp and a gorgeous engine note to go with it... not bad for a 13 yr old car... Wouldnt put any alfa engine on top 5 worst...

1. Any vauxhall ecotec - nasty lag on gearchanges
2. Ford v6 and v4 (kent?) weak and problematic
3. VW flat 4 - now thats a crap flat 4
4. ford 850 (from the fiestas)
5. Austin 2200 straight 6, weak cooling, warped heads, dodgy camshaft

 

[Stonedofmoo]

I bemoan the loss of screaming 2-stroke motorbikes but other people are glad to see the back of them.

Your telling me they have gone. What do the local chavs race up and down on then?
Whatever those Moped things have inside them are very noisy!

 

[siztenboots]

1. Trabant P50 500cc twin cylinder two stroke engine
2. P60 600cc

 

[Mickey_D]

SNIP

Completely besides the fact that they STINK!!!!!

Anytime I'm in traffic and I see the word "Deisel" anywhere on something I'm following, I very quickly put my ventilation system on recirc before I start gagging on thier fumes!!!

I agree with Rilot here. Deisels running on petroleum products should have been banned from existance at the turn of the last century.