Mondeo TDCI Conrod (52 Reg)? HELP!
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Hello all!
I am a new member and I wish I had found this site earlier!
Can anyone help me, pleeeeeease (and sorry for the long explanation)?
I have a 2002 52 Reg Mondeo 130 TDCI Zetec with 150k on the clock and FSH. It has never given me any problems except for a new water pump and power steering pump at about 140k and new rear sub-frame at about 135k - all in all, costing me over £1k.
Even throughout this cold winter/snow we've just had, it has started first time, everytime.
Except for this time...! I went to start it after leaving it overnight, when it turned over but never fired up. Then one of the orange lights started flashing (I describe it as the 'glowplug looking light'). It keeps flashing now.
No matter what, it wouldn't start and white smoke poured out of the exhaust.
Quick call to my mechanic followed and based on what I told him, he thought it was the glowplugs, so told me to keep turning it over until the engine caught, then get it to him. He said the white smoke was unburnt diesel.
I did as he said (maybe my biggest mistake!) - engine eventually fired up, but ran 'lumpy'. As I drove up the road, I could her a loud-ish knocking coming from the engine. Lumpiness cleared a little and there was no power (limp mode?).
First, glowplugs etc were checked, along with other things, then the injectors were taken out to be checked - apparently, no problem with them.
Now, the garage is saying that a 'conrod' has possibly gone and to sort it, will be an expensive engine-out job (estimated at £1k not incl. the work done so far).
Soooo, a few questions to you experts out there:
1) Does this sound like the right diagnosis?
2) Does the rate sound 'ok'?
3) Why has this happened - have I done something wrong?
4) I really don't know what my car is worth, so is it worth keeping (probably a silly question bearing in mind the clutch has never been replaced so far, I need a new auxillary tensioner thingy-me-jig plus a new set of brake discs, pads and a service!)?
5) Is it worth buying a second-hand engine?
My partner and I are expecting our first baby, as well as trying to buy a house plus trying to buy her something reliable to drive - so while I could get a another car, cash flow is not great and I'd rather not unless I'd be stupid to put more money into this one!
Sorry for so much text - I just hope you guys can help!
Thank you all very much,
Tony.
I am a new member and I wish I had found this site earlier!
Can anyone help me, pleeeeeease (and sorry for the long explanation)?
I have a 2002 52 Reg Mondeo 130 TDCI Zetec with 150k on the clock and FSH. It has never given me any problems except for a new water pump and power steering pump at about 140k and new rear sub-frame at about 135k - all in all, costing me over £1k.
Even throughout this cold winter/snow we've just had, it has started first time, everytime.
Except for this time...! I went to start it after leaving it overnight, when it turned over but never fired up. Then one of the orange lights started flashing (I describe it as the 'glowplug looking light'). It keeps flashing now.
No matter what, it wouldn't start and white smoke poured out of the exhaust.
Quick call to my mechanic followed and based on what I told him, he thought it was the glowplugs, so told me to keep turning it over until the engine caught, then get it to him. He said the white smoke was unburnt diesel.
I did as he said (maybe my biggest mistake!) - engine eventually fired up, but ran 'lumpy'. As I drove up the road, I could her a loud-ish knocking coming from the engine. Lumpiness cleared a little and there was no power (limp mode?).
First, glowplugs etc were checked, along with other things, then the injectors were taken out to be checked - apparently, no problem with them.
Now, the garage is saying that a 'conrod' has possibly gone and to sort it, will be an expensive engine-out job (estimated at £1k not incl. the work done so far).
Soooo, a few questions to you experts out there:
1) Does this sound like the right diagnosis?
2) Does the rate sound 'ok'?
3) Why has this happened - have I done something wrong?
4) I really don't know what my car is worth, so is it worth keeping (probably a silly question bearing in mind the clutch has never been replaced so far, I need a new auxillary tensioner thingy-me-jig plus a new set of brake discs, pads and a service!)?
5) Is it worth buying a second-hand engine?
My partner and I are expecting our first baby, as well as trying to buy a house plus trying to buy her something reliable to drive - so while I could get a another car, cash flow is not great and I'd rather not unless I'd be stupid to put more money into this one!
Sorry for so much text - I just hope you guys can help!
Thank you all very much,
Tony.
Hi sorry to hear about your bother, sound like one of the injectors have give way and is allowing it to over fuel the knocking noise is diesel knock and what has poss happened is that with you turning the car over and over the cylinder has filled with fuel and with the piston pushing up and not being able to go anywhere with the access fuel it has bent the conrod. Or it is could just be the injectors at fault, get your mechanic to take a sample of fuel from the return fuel line on the other side of the filter into a clear container in hold a magnet below it. if there is any traces of iron filings your injectors will be blocked your fuel rail and fuel pump will also be scrap it takes near 2 grand to do this job. Hope this helps.
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