1994 Ford Escort LX 1.9l Turbo Ticking Sound? (Now Fixed)

[MrSgreen1970]

pot-metal intake valve seats on cylinder #4. mine sounded like a tire-iron in a clothes dryer. thought either a conn rod cap came loose, cracked a crank journal, busted lifter or valve etc. i couldn't hardly tell where the sound was coming from. several hundred $ of head work and parts though, and i'll end up with is a new motor.

[hossitis]

pvc valve

[tictac101able]

@hossitis how could it be the pvc valve?

[hossitis]

pvc



[Lilfuker95]

what injectors are u using and what mass air meter

[Pidge526]

@Lilfuker95 Right now they are still stock, im at 8psi with a 12:1 FMU but not going any higher in boost until i got better management. Right now the whole fuel system and engine management is stock beside the BLOX 12:1 FMU and a 255lph fuel pump. Injectors stock are 15lph and using the stock maf.

[iammrprince]

where'd you get your turbo manifold?

[Pidge526]

@iammrprince It's a custom log style manifold. Got the flanges to the head and the turbo for about $120 off a web call jgstools and SCH 40 piping (2-T's & 2-90's) off another website called mandrel-bends. You then got the piping and flanges, all you need to do is maybe a little cutting and weld it up. Hope this helps

[superchase08]

i have a 95 1.9 that had a ticking noise but i drove it for around a year ( just thought it was a stuck lifter or something not to harmful) well one day out of the blue i started it up and it sounded like a bag of hammers beating on my block!! it was the damn valve seat that let lose into the cylinder, it fucken destroyed the pistons!!

[iammrprince]

@superchase08 same happened to my wife's 95 at 270K km, and with my bro-in-law's 93 at 450K km. These 1.9s were just bad for valve seats coming off and apart...

[ozzyvanhalenrox]

@superchase08 The same thing happened to my dad's 93 1.9

[1slomr2]

What turbo is that exactly and how much boost are you running? Good to hear its back up and going.. I picked up a 97 (not exactly my cup of tea) for scrap price when a buddy bought a new truck and im torn between going with a turbo 2.0l or doing the 3l swap. I don't expect it to keep up with my 4g63 in terms of reliability but should be fun while it last's haha.

[Pidge526]

@1slomr2 It's a Garrett T3 .42/.48 50 Trim, think its out of a Saab, 38mm Tial Wastegate, on about 8psi now and full spooled around 3 grand. lol acouple of my buddy's had eclipses and talons and that all they ever did was have to fix things on them, honestly with this setup ive never had an reliability issue that were hard to fix

[Pidge526]

Yep, stock internals. Turbos finally back on it, rebuilt it past winter break & got an intercooler. Kinda had to chop apart bumper to fit it and piping so not all the sleeper now though :/ But, stock internals, 2nd step colder plugs, 12:1 fmu, stock injectors (19lbs) and a 255 lph pump...

[turbobuick33]

Where did you buy that turbo kit?

[player1234guy]

connecting rod probably broke and is fuckin ur engine, that generation of 1.9 had shitty aluminum rods

[JayVox6699]

ahh could be a lifter most likley

[FASTCORT]

put an SPI head on it!

[edverdugo]

hey man i have same car stock and beat few hondas , want to upgrade with turbo where u get it and how much



[Pidge526]

Yeah alteady got it fixed. Was missing a nut on one of the manifold heads and tightened the rest of them but what the sound was coming from was a bad lifter one the intake side of cycl. #1. The roller part of it was scored up and the edges were bured but the worst part and why it made that sound was because the bearings were bad in the roller part and you could hardly roll it over a flat surface.

[turbotommyguns]

Check your exhaust manifold gasket. U may have developed a header leak if you put an aftermarket unit on there.

[Pidge526]

@turbotommyguns Yea was missing a nut on one of the mani studs and some of them were loose