Blown Engine + swap

[J_Steele 1]

Hello everyone, 

 

I bought a 205 which I fell in love with unfortunately the lovely owner sold it to me with a blown headgasket....

 

After getting a mechanic to look at it, the damage is so far gone they couldn't remove a head bolt and have said they need to take engine out to do it etc etc. 

 

I have got other opinions from welders etc who all say same as bolt is not budging. So for same costing or maybe cheaper I can buy a new engine. 

 

Now I have found a 1.6 Auto engine from a running car, blokes really nice and they're breaking the car however, it's now been a few months and they don't want to remove the engine until they've sold the shell etc. So my 205 is just sat waiting. 

 

Yesterday I found a 1.9 CTI engine, this is from a working running car. It was from a manual car but presumably the mechanic could remove the flywheel and mate it up to my auto box? 

 

1.9 is an XU9 and I currently have an XU5 engine. Honestly the power difference is negligible really I just wondered if anyone had any opinions on what would be better and could the auto handle it? 

 

The other issue is the CTI engine doesn't have the ECU with it so would I need to source one? Does it have to be a CTI one? 

[Gohn 69]

have no experience with any of the 1.9 engines but had a XU5M with an auto ZF gearbox

both are good and I became very fond of the auto

but would encourage you to go ahead as the longer it sits, the less likely it is to get back on the road

 

mechanically it should be fine if you take out the XU5 and put in the CTI 1.9 engine

and the CTi or Roland Garros came with the auto box anyway

you'll have any gearbox/flywheel parts to take off your XU5 

 

don't know if you need to change the ECU though ?

I'd probably just try and see and change it if needed

 

Edited Thursday at 05:11 AM by Gohn

[SRDT 187]

It's not just the XU9J1 ECU, you also need the corresponding engine loom.

[J_Steele 1]

Do I need the loom if I keep mine as a carb instead of fuel injection? 

[SRDT 187]

You mean converting to a carb? The engine on your first post is a fuel injected XU5M.

[J_Steele 1]

My apologies I should of explained, my car was converted some time ago to carb but he kept the original cover for the monopoint injection. 

 

Apparently the previous owner had an electrical issue with it so just had a carb and joke put in. 

 

I have a single weber carb. 

[SRDT 187]

It looks like ignition is still managed by the ECU... Did it run well before the headgasket problem?

[J_Steele 1]

Yes, ran fine even after it failed it's MOT it ran great just couldn't sit in traffic as system would pressurise and overheat. 

 

 The wiring is all a bit of a mess as they'd disconnected a load to get carb working and it was just loose in the engine bay 

 

 

[welshpug 1,669]

is your car auto?   you have neglected to state what your car is other than an SPI car converted to carb!    those details will help a lot when advising what would be the easiest direction to take.

 

 

the CTI 105 bhp engine also came attached to an Auto box in a Gentry, so yes that could easily be swapped without troubling the auto box, best way to get that in and running is to get the whole engine with loom and ecu, the SPI engines did not use a very high pressure fuel feed pump so that needs investigating, it'll either be a pump swap or the whole tank.

 

it will be a bit of a fiddle as the wiring loom is captured by the dashboard upper securing studs as well as the ecu bracket.