2.5 v6 manifold gaskets
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Yea I've got the tick and its pissing me off I've tryd hydrolic lifter cleaner, engine flush and oil change also took it to a garage and had new fan belt wheels fitted as they thought it was bearings ticking but no it still remains!!! I had it on some ramps weekend and the rear manifold is leakin a little bit of oil which to me is the problem and creating the tick, apparently they can come lose and just need tightening up but I think replacing the would be better! It's defiantly not the head gasket 100%
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Not on the V6. There's a weak point on the gasket which vents to atmosphere. There will be no water, or oil loss, and a barely perceptible loss of power. It will cause a very similar sound to the exhaust manifold blowing, but can go on for miles without getting worse, or causing an issue.
Hence why I said be very sure it's the exhaust manifold before attempting a replacement. I'd want to be feeling the gas actually coming out of it before I considered pulling the engine apart.
Hence why I said be very sure it's the exhaust manifold before attempting a replacement. I'd want to be feeling the gas actually coming out of it before I considered pulling the engine apart.
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I've bin told on the v6 engines when the head gaskets gone your water will bubble the odd bubble is normal but when it bubbles constantly then that's the air escaping
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Not saying that's what you've got - but just google 'Mondeo V6 head gasket' and you can see the amount of people who have had the issue.
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When the HG went on my ST24, I only noticed because I was under the car looking at the state of the manifold studs in preparation for switching them over to headers.
On the rear bank near to cylinder 3 I saw a trail of oil coming down the block which was definitely coming from the join between the head and the block (not high enough for the manifold). I checked the schematics and did a bit of research, and sure enough there is an oilway and weak gasket point right there.
I took it for a 400 mile round trip without problems then decided I'd used all my luck up and fixed the HG myself, I figured it would be much easier to fit the new headers to the heads with them off the car (this was a VERY good idea now I've done it since there was one stud on each head that was proper rusted in and needed heat and a lot of room to turn it out which would have been near impossible with the heads on the car still). When I got the heads off the scorching to the head and damage to the gasket was evident right where I thought it would be.
I lost no water and no excess oil (though it was leaking, it was very slow and not noticeable), and power remained normal. I didn't bother compression testing it because I wasn't in denial, I knew the HG had gone
On the rear bank near to cylinder 3 I saw a trail of oil coming down the block which was definitely coming from the join between the head and the block (not high enough for the manifold). I checked the schematics and did a bit of research, and sure enough there is an oilway and weak gasket point right there.
I took it for a 400 mile round trip without problems then decided I'd used all my luck up and fixed the HG myself, I figured it would be much easier to fit the new headers to the heads with them off the car (this was a VERY good idea now I've done it since there was one stud on each head that was proper rusted in and needed heat and a lot of room to turn it out which would have been near impossible with the heads on the car still). When I got the heads off the scorching to the head and damage to the gasket was evident right where I thought it would be.
I lost no water and no excess oil (though it was leaking, it was very slow and not noticeable), and power remained normal. I didn't bother compression testing it because I wasn't in denial, I knew the HG had gone
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