Originally Posted by
alansST
Right............
temp gauge went sky high again, even though the fan kicked in here:
it then within few minutes went to here:
even with the fan still running!!??!!??
what i did notice is that when i put the fan on hottest setting, it only blew out cold air??? and that under the bonnet, the top 2 pipes going into the header tank were extremely hot yet the engine was touchable? water level started to raise slowly, and the radiators also cold????
(see vid)
http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n...=Video0041.mp4
The Mondeo V6 is reknown for breaking the plastic impellar on the water pump, this could have gone, meaning the water will not circulate around the engine properly. Get the engine checked properly before running it again, the least that could happen is the headgasket going, with the worst being the engine being scrap due to warping. If it is the water pump get a metal one and change the thermostat at the same time, over heating tends to take them out as well. Saying all that though make sure it isn't just a broken auxillary belt as well, could be that simple, fingers crossed for you.