bigmincey

Hi folks, a newbie here, so all help and advice will be much appreciated !
I will try to include as much info as possible here !

My car is a 2005, Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI, 130, Manual. Hi miles at 172,000.

Car has been regularly maintained and looked after. Only mod done was a single mass flywheel conversion and clutch replaced approx 6500 miles ago.

Anyways, the glow-plug light started flashing, loss of power and the engine sounded like an old fx4 hackney cab !! Cut out, but after a minute it would restart no problems. Happened about once every ten days or so. My weekly commute is just short of 400 miles a week and she runs sweet any other time !

Fitted a new fuel filter (Ford part) ran injector cleaner through as well, oil and air filter changed, blew the fuel lines through from the tank to the filter, all clear. Changed the camshaft sensor, it was black in colour and the new one was grey in colour. Removed the EGR Valve, cleaned out and re-fitted.

And so, on to this morning !! Same symptoms but it happened 12 times on my 35 mile drive !! Wouldnt restart the last time and had to be towed in the last couple of miles !
Plugged the computer in at work and there was 6 codes stored, these being;
P0251, P1211, P2288, P0325, P1608, P2623,

Cleared all the codes and she started first time and ran really sweet.
Checked all the connections to the injectors, sensor on the fuel rail, metering valve on the pump and all were dry and secure. No leakage from any injectors. Drove around the yard a few times and the idle was slightly eratic, falling away and then picking up again.
Gonna try and change the Crankshaft sensor tomorrow and thats the easy cheapy stuff out the way !
Left it at work as there was a spare van handy, so the question is, what to do next ?
Will post up a picture from the code reader, taken on my phone, so probably not much use ?

Love this old car and would like to get her back running sweet again, so any advice or tips to try would be most welcome. Oh, I should add here, I aint a mechanic but a Coachbuilder, so dont be too harsh on me !

Many thanks in advance,
Alan.

bigmincey

Wee update for anyone thats interested.

Fitted a new fuel metering valve on the hi-pressure pump, still no difference !

Also fitted a new fuel pressure regulator sensor on the fuel rail and still no difference !!

Also drained the fuel filter into a clear plastic tub, ran a magnet around it to check for metal fragments and not a thing !!

I admit defeat and she is booked into the Ford dealer for a diagnostic check this week !

I do realise that most folks have a life and are busy, but this seems a common problem with the Mondeo ?
I would have thought that after nearly a month somebody would have offered advice or help ?
Slightly dissapointed with this forum.

Alan...........