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'Little P', 165k miles and still going strong!
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Looks nice. Mine has 145,000 but engine was rebuilt after broken cam chain (side plates fractured). It also had cam follower needle rollers failing.
Piston rings were coked with carbon and inlet manifold was clogged with soot and injectors were stuck solid with carbon. Cam chains are noted for failing around 120,000 miles.
After rebuild, it developed a starting issue which turned out to be injectors. It now has remanufactured injectors and injection pump.
Early 1.3 Mjet has solid spur gears on both cams. Later models have an anti-backlash gear on the inlet cam. I believe the solid gears lead to the cam chain failures.
Piston rings were coked with carbon and inlet manifold was clogged with soot and injectors were stuck solid with carbon. Cam chains are noted for failing around 120,000 miles.
After rebuild, it developed a starting issue which turned out to be injectors. It now has remanufactured injectors and injection pump.
Early 1.3 Mjet has solid spur gears on both cams. Later models have an anti-backlash gear on the inlet cam. I believe the solid gears lead to the cam chain failures.
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Ouch!
