Common Problems
Throughout its 20-year production life, the CVH had a reputation for being almost painfully coarse and noisy at high revs (CVH, said some pundits, was an acronym for Considerable Vibration and Harshness). Jeremy Clarkson famously said of the CVH-powered Escort that "it was powered by engines so rough, even Moulinex wouldn't use them".
The CVH was notorious for turning its lubricating oil to sludge prematurely if the service schedule was skipped. Timing belts frequently failed about 60,000–90,000 mi (97,000–140,000 km).
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