Hi all, hope someone can help me with my little problem.

I have an S reg 1.8 zetec petrol (black top i think, correct me if im wrong lol)

i have owned the car for about a month now, and after about a week i could hear a sort of tapping around the cam pulleys. then a week or so later developed into a much louder noise under heavy load, sounded as if a bearing had gone!

a day later the loud noise went away (even under load and on hills) and the normal ticky noise resumed.

Also since first hearing the tapping, i have noticed the power of the car dropping, so much now it can bearly get up a hill in 2nd gear.

Hope someone in this forum will have some knowledge on mondeos, only ever worked on a Seat Ibiza and a 97 megane sport!

Thanks in Advance, Andy