Oh ok lol, after some searching apparently yes they do, so my mistake lmao, I always thought it was diesels that had them as a mate has one on his ST TDCi, I don't have one on my 220 but it is a slightly different arrangement to the 200.

In that case I would suggest replacing it rather than removing it and trying to compensate for it, there's a used one on ebay at the moment, might be worth trying and see if it sorts the problem first, it's there for a reason.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MONDEO-MK2...-/150954492440