sdawes Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Hi, I’m Steve and this is my first post. I’m not sure what sort of abuse you guys and gals will be giving me when I start asking stupid questions, but here goes anyway. In November last year I bought my 1st Westy. It's an SEiW, 1600 (dare I say it......?...CVH). Twin 45’s naturally, Kent CAM, Gas flowed head, bla bla... I want to do my 1st service ready for this year's fun... and I’m looking for advice on what I should change / check etc. In particular, advice on which Oil to use, and hints and tips on working with this engine would be nice. So - an opportunity for all those CVH supports to shine, and equally an opportunity for you CVH sceptics to tell me I should have bought a Zetec.... Quote
geelhoed Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Watch out for the "join the club" abuse ps timing belts are always a good thing to check/replace Quote
sdawes Posted March 11, 2005 Author Posted March 11, 2005 Thanks - I reckon i'll handle the abuse, just about. Timing belt was changed 2 years ago, I would think it should have some life left in it? I will check it out though, I don't think i'll be going very far if it snaps.... any thoughts on oil? Quote
adhawkins Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Watch out for the "join the club" abuse Errr...he already has : Welcome aboard Steve. Andy Quote
Martin Keene Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 any thoughts on oil? I'm not a CVH expert, but you can't really seem to go wrong with a good quality 10W40. And you should have bought a Xflow... Quote
adhawkins Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Listen to what he says Steve...X-Flow drivers know all about oil (they use enough of it ) Andy Quote
sdawes Posted March 11, 2005 Author Posted March 11, 2005 The misses is a member too..... although I haven't let her drive the car yet !! Quote
Martin Keene Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Listen to what he says Steve...X-Flow drivers know all about oil (they use enough of it ) Cheeky... Quote
sdawes Posted March 11, 2005 Author Posted March 11, 2005 Thanks Martin.. 10/40 (Synthetic ??) - X-Flow have some good reviews looking at previous posts... but being my 1st Westy - I'm just pleased it hasn't got a lawn mower engine... Quote
Blatman Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 I'm just pleased it hasn't got a lawn mower engine... Er, it has... Sorry Oil? Yes, I'd use some... Quote
Nick A Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Ford recomend CVH cam belts are replaced every 3 years or 36,000 miles on 6000 mile service intervals or 5 years or 40,000 miles on 10,000 mile service intervals Do you know the age of the engine ? Quote
Mark Stanton Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 My CVH ran very sweetly using Valvoline fully synthetic Quote
sdawes Posted March 11, 2005 Author Posted March 11, 2005 Thanks Mark - sounds like 10/40 Fully synthetic from Volvoline will be what I shall use. Nick - Engine was new from Westfield/Ford in 1991. Engine has done 11,000 miles and had last belt change in 1992 looking at the records - so probably a good time to change it based on your comments. I assume standard Ford belt is OK? Any thoughts on best way to clean K&N filters? - any tricks? Quote
ChrisF Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 If it is 12 years old...then change the cam belt now I always used Mobil 1 motorsport in my cvh and it was Clean the filters with petrol and don't smoke when you do it...then re-oil the filters with k&n filter oil. It maybe worth emptying, washing out and re filling the cooling system Quote
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