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[john cartwright]

Have a Nova fitted with a c14se engine with a bosch distributer and a weber 32/34 on a modified manifold . engine very sick , is the c14se fitted to a corsa [ injection ] a suitable replacement . I want to stick with the carb and dist set up .

thanks . John

[mowgli]

has it run ok before?

what manifold are you using?

the c14se engine from the corsa will be the same as the c14se from a nova

are you sure its a c14se fitted?

[meritlover]

why is it so sick? what is wrong with it?

[_Jake]

measles?

[chrisd1986]

i thought it was bird flu lol

[john cartwright]

Right , no it does not have bird flu or measles [ titter ]
I fitted the engine , which I bought from a guy who had it in his nova . The block is stamped c14se , it came with the dist and pierburgh carb .I replaced the carb with a weber mounted on a modified nova manifold .

Car ran ok apart from being rich at tickover . It had a home made linkage which worked ok for me , but someone unfamiliar with the car managed to get the throttle jammed open .
And now the engine is very cranky and spitting back through the carb .
So I am now trying to get a replacement engine , and wondering if one from a corsa will be ok , as I want to stick with the carb/dist set up . any good ideas or advice would be helpfull . Thanks .John

[meritlover]

sounds like the rockers are broken. someone had a similar problem on here a few weeks ago with gross over revving. Your engine might not be completely toast and may be quite easily repaired. ( a lot easier than doing an engine change)

[mowgli]

rockers are a dead easy swap..

have you checked the cambelt hasn't jumped a tooth or 2???

[john cartwright]

Thanks for your info , getting car back today so will investigate from there . John

[john cartwright]

Now have a c14se eng in parts , does anyone know which camshaft is best as I also have 14nv camshaft . thanks . John