Hi All

I've had a coolant leak and fried the engine of my Fiesta and been told by a friendly mechanic that it will be cheaper to get a new engine and put it in.

I know my engine code is DHA but have only been able to locate DHC and DHF engines in the local scrap merchants which I've read online won't work with the engine management computer in my car despite being almost identical to my existing engine (same model and and cylinder size etc). Is this correct?

Even the Ford engineers who were asked were unsure about the differences between DHA, DHC and DHF 1.25 Zetec engines and couldn't say if they are compatible.

I've resorted to looking on eBay for a DHA engine and found one that is from an automatic - will this work with my manual 5 speed gearbox?

Any help and advice will be welcome - I'm not at all knowledgable about mechanics, as you can probably tell.

Thanks, K