I have one of those fiesta's in the same colour! Arguably one of the best ford engines (with the help of Yamaha) ever made.

Jobs like this were always my favourites. Shame we never do much of it anymore and new engines are throwaway shite

Lapping valves, I can't remember how many I did in my live. I always liked doing it, started when I was twelve in my fathers garage.

Great job Baz, making me proud as a fellow mechanic, keep up the good work, you clearly enjoy what you do 👏

I find these videos so interesting. Have been driving since the 90s but only now slowly learning how the engine bits work lol. So much more interesting than electric

One of the last 1.25's to come out of our factory

8:37 the head seems to be cracked between the two valves which were removed

10:38 you can see the crack again there

Baz you are a brave man for not sending the cylinder head to be skimmed or at least checked 😅

17:28 that is such a nerv racking moment, cranking the engine for the first time !

I've never been keen on the 1.25, I've done a few MK6's & the hardest problem I encountered was getting the heat shields off the exhaust manifold due to the heads of the 8mm bolts eroding & ended up using heat, my prefered engine is the 1.4 Tdci which I have done many of & only encountered Siemen injector issues & oil coolers & one I used as a daily runabout clocked up 220,000 before I sold it last year

How did the other garage not know it had a cylinder down.As you say Baz just the sound gives it away what was wrong with the engine.

Many years ago my Cooper S had a misfire, as this had happened before I diagnosed a damaged valve and took the head off (very easy on the A series), all valves were fine. The cause was dist cap and plug leads - doh.

Loved the tip with the exhaust valve at the exhaust pipe, love watching the videos, always great content 👍

Loved my Fiesta 1250, she was a beauty 😍

So glad to see a 1.25 continuing to live. Love that little engine. In a very fun little chassis as well.

Thanks Baz, had a really crappy day and your video really made me smile when it started what a job! Thank you 👍👍

First car was a mk5 1.25. Absolutely beat on that engine daily for 4 years like every good 17 year old and it took it like a champ. Think I serviced it once in that time 😅 only thing that went wrong with it was it did a couple of coil packs. Miss that car, RIP RV51 ABN

Purrs like a kitten. Another great car and engine.

the pro again spot on great to watch :finger-red-number-one:

couldnt help to think about the lower coolant hose clip lol, great job

that valve compressor would drive me nuts

Great job Baz, brilliant video as usual, fantastic detail on how this work should be carried out properly. Let’s get it send