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The body work was average for an old Ford until someone decided to rear end me while putting on her makeup, talking on phone or simply not pay attention. The insurance company offered to pay half or scrap car, I needed car and kept it but started having problems with water leaks in boot. ... Read review
Advantages: Larger than Escort, Cheap to run and maintain Disadvantages: underpowered, usual old age rust problems.
...this car I had a ford fiesta, going from a 1.1 to this 1.3 I found an increase in power but underpowered for the size of the car. I quite liked this car until the end of its days and wouldn't hesitate in buying one again. It was cheap on insurance being a 1.3, cheap on tax being under 1.4, cheap to maintain as you could use almost any mkIV escort part on it and fuel consumption was fairly good.
The engine itself was a 1.3 HCS (high ... ...was average for an old Ford until someone decided to rear end me while putting on her makeup, talking on phone or simply not pay attention. The insurance company offered to pay half or scrap car, I needed car and kept it but started having problems with water leaks in boot. Not long after that I started having problems with engine using too much oil at 96,000 miles on clock. Upon inspecting the carburettor I found that oil and oily sludge was being ... more
Previously to this car I had a ford fiesta, going from a 1.1 to this 1.3 I found an increase in power but underpowered for the size of the car. I quite liked this car until the end of its days and wouldn't hesitate in buying one again. It was cheap on insurance being a 1.3, cheap on tax being under 1.4, cheap to maintain as you could use almost any mkIV escort part on it and fuel consumption was fairly good.
The engine itself was a 1.3 HCS (high compression swirl) found many of the ford KA's these days, it used a DIS (distributor less ignition system) but was only 8v with a carburettor. The engine ran fine for 2 years and then started having problems which turned out to be the fuel pump and master cylinder leaking. Other than that I had not done any work on car.
The body work was average for an old Ford until someone decided to rear end me while putting on her makeup, talking on phone or simply not pay attention. The insurance company offered to pay half or scrap car, I needed car and kept it but started having problems with water leaks in boot. Not long after that I started having problems with engine using too much oil at 96,000 miles on clock. Upon inspecting the carburettor I found that oil and oily sludge was being pumped in through air filter right into the carb itself. After a full service and a good clean this did not solve problem, I then decided to get rid of it as I didn't want a big bill at next MOT.
Practicality, I found it quite useful but limited with the boot space as the boot opening was quite small so although you had the space, large items would not fit in. Inside was no different to an Escort hatchback in regards to same features and space. Roof racks could be fitted and infact I managed to fit, myself, partner, 2 kids and a 5 man canvass tent with all accessories for 2 weeks camping trip.
The car has no special gadgets with mainly all mechanical parts, this made things easier for me fault diagnosis was easier.
The interior was standard as for an escort/orion, grey/brown materials with grey carpet, standard foam seats, no air bags, no power steering. Just plain and simple mechanics.
All in all, I liked this car even with the problems I had. If you are looking for a cheap family car with a secure boot space then this would be for you. Be prepared to put up with basic upholstery and features.
Advantages: more or less an escort Disadvantages: rot/rust
Well this is a saloon escort at the end of the day with same engines, interiors, body panels etc. if you are looking for a mk 4 orion then you would be alot better of getting alate 1989-f reg
onwards. this is because the 1.3 lx cvh changed to the 1.4 lx cvh which is much quieter then the older 1.3 tappety sounding engine which sounds like your dragging a bag of nails down the road.
Most fords 1986-89 rot i dont know why but when i say rot i mean ... ...on the road and rot no worse than any other car of this age.they also
gave the car better styling aswell with bigger bumpers and side door trims. the cvh engine is quite a reliable lump and when they go wrong they are so cheap to repair ,its definately one of the cars best points. as for driving, these can really be chucked without to much trouble. down sides to point out on all orions is that the rear boot / trunk gets a bit mouldy due to naff ...
jddavies 08.01.2007
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