Anyone Have an F7p Engine Lieing Around?

[smchris]

hey theo, thankyou, I may very well be in touch shortly, heres a video of mine. can you shed any light on it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BLcHM_QTzs

[theo2468]

hydraulic lifters siezed?

[smchris]

do you know if theres a way to check that? I thought it might of been bearings on bottom end but speaking to adam on here, he said he spun three of his bearings and the car didnt rattle

[Speedy88]

Yeah that sounds like worn lifters. Try some Wynns hydraulic lifter fluid which you can pick up in Halfords. Worth a go.

[smchris]

thanks speedy, I plan t get a better video this weekend, I just want to exhaust all possible avenues before i go for the new engine! I've just looked at that stuff, how quickly would it take effect, will it be pretty instant and noticeable?

[Speedy88]

Within a few miles I'd say, it's got to work its way into all the crevasses first

[smchris]

thanks dude, crossed fingers! i take it it'll be ok to drive the car, will it work in no matter what revs? I dont really get the sound under 3k, talkingf to jon-ovlov he said to look at the prop aswell

[Speedy88]

Yeah man, you'll be fine to drive that. The engine won't explode if it's just the lifters

[smchris]

tried it bud, didnt work , drove about 4 miles, left the car idling before hand for about an hour orso. might take it out again tomorrow just incase. thankyou anyway, I'm so down right now lol next question, I just realised theres several types of f7p, i think i found a thread on here ages ago, but not sure now. ive found a couple of engines on ebay. I think i need to find one with a distributor cap though? (thats what mine is atm) do you know the exact code? or could you direct me to a place where there are all the f7p codes? these are the two im looking at atm. Im literally ready to hit the buy it now button! haha

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170771415834? ... 756wt_1186

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280954578382? ... _932wt_952