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Originally posted by ButtonPuncher:
Originally posted by ZetecGL:
108,000 and your saying rebuild?
if he took good care of it, 108k is nothing.
mine has 137k on it, runs like the day i got it.. compression is fine everything is..
Ditto. 138k burns no oil and runs perfectly. The only thing that I would replace would be the intake manifuld gasket. Also, if it's a pre-98, clean the intake as well. The EGR really clogs it up.
BP
Intake manifold gasket? 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
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2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
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Yep. Even thought it is a thick aluminum gasket, the actual gasket material is an 1/8" wide rubber channel. It started to go bad on the #4 cylinder causing all kinds of problems. Bad idle, misfires...not good. It seems to be more of a problem on the Pre-98's but now that the 98+'s are getting older, I'd be concerned.
I'm more of a preventative maintenance kind of guy. I would have saved myself ALOT of headaches by replacing the gasket around 100k. It started to act up around 110k. Extremely cold winter days are when it was the worst. I ended up changing out the MAF, injectors, EGR, and IAC before finding out that it was the stupid gasket. I replaced it with a nice Fel-Pro one.
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Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies---
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I have 120k+ miles on my zetec, runs fine. No new manifold gasket.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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Good for you. You're also in Georgia. I'd recommend it to anyone where it gets cold. Or is having weird misfire, idle problems.
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Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies---
+++JRSC M62 Under Construction+++
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im on 137k and no manifold gasket. and it probably gets as cold (if not colder) here. no idle issues (875 in park, 500 in drive)
96' ATX Zetec- stock
96' ATX Zetec- Modded
Kenwood KDC-319
5.75"-2 MTX 12's
Roady XT
Custom door panels
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Getting repainted(in primer)
Pre98 Lip
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Mystique front lip
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Again, I'm just suggesting some preventative maintenance. Do it, don't do it, I don't give a sh!t. It's your car. 
Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies---
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Originally posted by ZetecGL:
im on 137k and no manifold gasket. and it probably gets as cold (if not colder) here. no idle issues (875 in park, 500 in drive)
first and foremost, no it isn't colder in new york then it is in wisconsin. New yorkers whine and complain when it approaches near zero------"oh no, it is almost zero out side! and we are on national new because of it  " Unless you are talking about being in georgia, then that is a no brainer. And yes I was talking about the Mclaren f1 and how in the world is that not a fast car....it used to be the fasest prduction car ever made!!!!!!!!
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i dont 'whine' when it gets cold out.. i actually love the cold weather.. i hate when its hot out. 
btw, if you think im near nyc (which there its not really 'cold' at all) I'm not, I'm on the other side of the state
96' ATX Zetec- stock
96' ATX Zetec- Modded
Kenwood KDC-319
5.75"-2 MTX 12's
Roady XT
Custom door panels
Mystique Cluster/oil pressure
Getting repainted(in primer)
Pre98 Lip
SE skirts
Mystique front lip
dingless
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Originally posted by elraido:
And yes I was talking about the Mclaren f1 and how in the world is that not a fast car....it used to be the fasest prduction car ever made!!!!!!!!
It was a joke. I posted the link to the asc mclaren, so it should have been pretty obvious. Anyways, the mclaren f1 was a piece of junk, but it was pretty fast.
98.5 SVT
91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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Originally posted by SVTfrog:
Thanks captain obvious.
and yet you put a link to the McLaren Mustang/Capri on there...hmm..
 not the same car.
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Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Originally posted by ford zetec2:
after than, what do i do with the 98 short shifter? do I place it in there like it is?
Stick it in your butt and rotate.
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