97K on a 2L Pinto. New oil pump?

Just a guess, but I would think it has to do with the oil getting squeezed out from between the camshaft and follower at low revs, allowing the followers to have metal to metal contact on the comparitively rough ground finish of the new camshaft. Running faster reduces the chances of that happening. Personally I would also recommend using 'new cam lubricant', or to use the vernacular 'cam lube' on the camshaft. I know it's not strictly necessary, but I think it's a reasonable precaution to take. Mike.

Dave Baker has the full information on his (very informative) website.

Pete.

Thanks for that Pete,

Interesting stuff indeed ..

I would like to have the money to do a real good job re this engine swap but I'm not sure it warrants it at the moment.

I'm just using this 97k engine (rather than picking up a lower mileage one) because

2) I want to try to carry the 'spirit' of the Sierra over to the kit car in the hope that I can keep the 'spirit' of it going for a few years yet (sad but true) ;-)

The Sierra had loads of bad press because of it's shape etc at the beginning, "Jelly mould" etc ("One day all cars will look this way" ..) and it being a 'repmobile'.

I chose it as a company / engineers car with the hope that because of it's simplicity it would be reliable, particularly as I was also going to use it privately for holidays etc. And it has been that, 100%

When it was 3 years old I was offered a new Company car, but chose to keep the Sierra (and some cash in the wage packet) as it was still perfect for my needs. When it was 10 years old I was made redundant and bought the Seirra off them for 25 quid. ;-)

And that's what I might just do when I am reminded that the Astra

Sorry for the ramblings ..

All the best ..

T i m

In news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, T i m decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

Just out of interest. This Sierra, it wouldn't happen to have a load cover would it?

I happen to be in dire need of one, and the brackets to hold it in.

Hi Pete, fraid not mate .. but if it did you would have been more than welcome to it (going to a good home etc).

I think it was quite an expensive option at the time and I was pushing the car limits to get a 5sp 2L GL Estate as my company car as it was (I only got it because they let us have it at the same price as the factory ordered 1600 L Est) ;-)

I was torn between the idea that if you had the load cover across you had something to hide and the skallys breaking into the car to see what it was .. rather than not having it covered and just an old coat or travel rug over any stuff.

It was broken into once and a few grands worth of Datacomms / electronic test equipment was stolen (no use to anyone outside the field). They tried to cut the rear screen out (it was direct bonded), then broke the bidet off trying to force it, then tried the tailgate lock (but I'd made it electric release only from the front, on the ignition) then did the drivers door lock and took the kit out via the rear doors.

I was able to follow the footprints of the culprits round the corner in the fresh snow. The prints had all gone when the Police turned up 4 hours later .. they were "looking after old folk that had fallen over in the snow" ... . The gear was never recovered .. probably in a local river as we speak ...

All the best ..

T i m