there seems to be a big....yet simple.... problem with the st170 oil capacity spec in the ford books.... they say 4.25 with filter should be correct amount but in my car and also a few people i know who have had st170s say that brings it to somewhere like 6mm over the max mark on the dipstick.... so i have drained off some oil and so its is now bang on max mark

the engine noise;

took to a ford specialist today to get it checked out he sound it sounds perfectly healthy for a st170 and that the car overall is a perfectly good example and he stressed how clean and unmarked the alloys were for an st170

i already had the cambelt booked in for thursday with him anyways so i guess if anything IS a miss then he'll let me know :-s