Million mile Mondeo Pt2

[Glasgowrob]

jamiebae said:

I guess if you're still paying to hire the Berlingo then you'll be using that for work and not putting the miles on the Ford for now?

sensible move is to get the Mondeo back in action and see if it breaks. at least if it breaks while the berlingo is still here i'm covered.


that and i'm sure some of my punters would rather walk than get in the berlingo

[Glasgowrob]

depending on budget,


mk4.5 Mondeo 2.2 titX

or if I had pennies to spare new shape Superb L&K spec

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good news is she has a couple of hundred miles under her belt and all seems well,

going to pop by my trusted indy later to get it checked over properly as i'm still not convinced the fuel pump explains the oil contamination

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Bomma220 said:

Well there's certainly that element to it as well. But whilst they're going about the business of threatening the stricken Mondeo with a laptop and a bunch of cables, surely they could have done a bit more to help Rob keep on the road?

It just seems a bit of goodwill is too much to ask...

just a comedy of errors though, 2 weeks for the initial diagnosis then to say they cant repair as they are waiting on parts(gasket) then to find the gasket has been sitting in the box with the fuel pump for nearly a week

its left a very bitter taste and really has put me off buying another new car, I trust my indy with my car completely and I've no doubt it would have been back on the road one way or another within 48 hours with them, granted he might have swapped in a VW pd lump like he wants to do with every Ford but it would have been running.

my grumble is more with Fords supply chain and how leaned out is is. I've had issues trying to buy a set of wiper blades in the past for the Mondeo having to wait 3/4 days for genuine Ford blades to come into stock.


think I might try something Jap this year

then at least I can always

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mattwhite709 said:

Glad its finally sorted Rob, but the service you recieved was one mistake after another.

What are you thinking of changing the mondeo for?

nothing right away cant afford to change so soon, but who knows really like the new superbs also have a hankering for a bi turbo Passat

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So any thoughts on the oil contamination?

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B'stard Child said:

It's got fuel in it Or something else

Ratfink any thoughts? I don't have any experience working with the DW10s
I feel your pain(ex Ford here) but even i'm struggling to be diplomatic on this one 2 weeks for a diagnosis and then finding out the Gasket their waiting on is sitting in the box for a week injectors are fine (leakdown done) my obvious thought is DPF related but coincidence or somehow pump related

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Bomma220 said:

Every new car buyer has a right to expect a reasonable standard of after sales service. One would have thought that given someone in Rob's position, in that he's depending on his car for his livelihood and he's very likely to be a regular repeat customer, Ford would have moved heaven and earth to keep him going.

Seems nobody really gives a toss these days

Glad you're finally up and running again Rob.

I am a repeat customer many times over, but this has left a very bitter taste, not so much the dealer as apart from the initial diagnosis and the err gasket actually sitting in the box so not really needing one it highlights a weakness in Fords ability to deliver parts for even current models. (if mine had been out of warranty or they had told me it would take this long before they got their hands on it I would have parked the wifes Kuga alongside and swapped parts till it worked (same engine) but even basic stuff is getting hard to obtain. I mentioned earlier about having to order genuine Ford wiper blades in. then we have my dealers insistence on trying to send me out motorcraft parts everytime I order pads/service stuff. surprisingly I stock more sets of genuine Ford brakepads than my dealer does .

she survived her first shift back last night so hopefully more of the same again tonight.

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Rat_Fink_67 said:

I'll be honest, I work at a fairly big dealer and have seen zero problems with this latest gen PSA diesel, barring a couple of unrelated recalls. As you've mentioned, it's fitted in every model from the Focus up so it's not what you'd call scarce. The contamination is a weird one, having already ruled out the injectors it has to be either cross contamination from the pump somehow, or indeed an issue with trying to regen for the DPF. I'm wondering whether due to the stop/start nature of your job that it's been trying to regen on numerous occasions unsuccessfully and caused a sever dilution issue. There'd be faults logged for that though, plus it's possible to see how many times the regen cycle has been attempted through the PCM. We deal with a lot of Galaxy and S-max models that work as taxis though and have not seen a problem. It's also feasible that if there was a pressure differential sensor fault then it'd assume the DPF was more blocked than it actually was and try to force regens more often, but again, that would be easily identifiable from the live data.

The gasket thing was a joke, and I'd sincerely expect to get my arse kicked if I'd not even checked the box! I also agree with your frustration over parts supply, I was at work this morning and we had neither a rear wiper nor brake pads for the new Mondeo. And a set of wipers for the new S-max aren't available anywhere in our group, even from the main parts distribution centre!

I tend not to do "traditional" taxi work


[url]|http://thumbsnap.com/9YyMZNvU[/url
do a few like this every month. i'd probably say 85% of my mileage is motorway/fast A road

putting a few hundred miles on it tonight so watch this thread for pics on the back of an AA wagon lol

the parts availability is crazy just now, its that bad I keep a stock of all my consumables as its getting to the point its all 3 day orders now. I've got 2 sets of rear pads here so i'm better off than you are although 65k so far and still haven't changed mine (got 38k out the fronts) really enjoyed getting back in the big bus last night and I've missed her. everythings all good(had a pair of driveshafts fitted under warranty whilst she was in as well) thankfully not at my expense(priced them up at over £900 even on trade) hopefully onwards and upwards now with no more issues. still not a patch on the Old mk4.5 though, that thing had ungodly reliability and felt like it was built by engineers rather than bean counters. (set of rear suspension bushes and an alternator in 300k.

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nellyleelephant said:

Rat Fink

I hope you don't mind me asking this and I don't want to derail the thread but it is Mondeo related!

How big a job is replacing the aux belt (alternator) on the 2.5T in the MK4?

I can answer this one about an hour with a bit of swearing
don't put it off though and change the tensioner at the same time
because if the aux belt lets go it can take out the timing cover and then your in a whole world of pain

Edited by Glasgowrob on Saturday 25th March 19:35

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Rat_Fink_67 said:

Ahh ok, there shouldn't really be a regen issue then! I agree about the mk4.5 being a better car, I think maybe barring the styling, the new model is trumped in every sense. Saying that, a late Titanium X Sport mk4.5 looks the business. I drive a mk3 though still, an ST220. Failing to subsequently launch a performance model was a massive oversight to me. Even the forthcoming ST-Line X petrol only comes as an auto! The early mk4 2.5T just didn't hit the spot where appearance is concerned, and I don't do diesel!

shh I've got an Omega mv6 tucked away for a bit of 6pot love

lucky americans get the 2.7T lump 325 bhp and 4wd. would make a good RS halo car.

just waiting on the warranty to expire on mine before unleashing a few extra bhp but still nowhere near fun that said you can switch between the 150 and 180 maps by changing a few parameters using UCDS (pcm has both maps)

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very true we all want one, but at 6/7 yr old at 20% of the original cost not at 35k

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well another shift under her belt last night no issues reported,

apart from drawing the attention of a big battenburgy X5 on the M8 whilst "making progress"
quick chat about appropriate speeds and sent on my way thankfully. got a funny feeling at least one of the officers are on here (hello)

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Slightly less than many leptons. I was running late and the Mondeo was feeling frisky..

Thankfully they came at Livingston and not heartlands is all I'll say on a completely unrelated topic the Mondeo certainly seems to pull. Wetter than ever further up the rev range and overall fuel economy seems up slightly although it may just be a placebo effect. Tank to tank measurements will soon give me an indication ok that

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Getting any real informtion on the diagnostic process other than some rudimentary basics has been challenging. But we've managed 2 full shifts together so far and other than a pleasant chat with some surprisingly friendly chaos from police Scotland everything's been plain sailing

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so far so good, apart from my own mechanic getting his hands on it after Ford and drainig 8 litres of oil out the engine


she turned a year old this week and ticked over 70k so all going well it seems.

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em177 said:

You passed me going past the airport in Edinburgh this morning, you know you're on the internet too much when you recognise other people's cars

lovely car btw, spotted the pistonheads smiley not a common site on the road.

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quick update for you all,

finally needed to change the rear pads for the first time at 97k miles

should crack 100k by the end of the month

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and another update,

guess what I was in on Friday afternoon





double puncture heading back from Campbelltown result a recovery home,

thankfully my mechanic stayed late after running to Edinburgh to pick tyres up and had me back on the road same night, utter legend.

and theres a potential replacement for the mondeo in the offing, something Vauxhall god I really am a glutton for punishment, if something else comes in as my daily the mk5 will go onto the rental fleet

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Galaxys are pretty bulletproof although the autoboxes are prone to issues (mainly down to people not servicing them I may add,


otherwise fine mechanically, bugger all space in the boot if you use it as a 7 seater though