Stavros

Car had a missfire last night and this morning, mainly under heavy load at low rpm (under 4k anyhow), but seems to have got a little worse.

And now, JUST as i parked up at work, shitloads of steam poured out the bonnet and water poured onto the floor from near the drivers side wing/door join.

Water temp has sat at half way the whole time, no sign of overheating, though now and again for a week or two the cars kinda smelt like hot/boiling water.

If these didnt happen at the same time id think its plugs and a split hose, but as they didnt, im thinking head gasket.

Thoughts?

dojj

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i'd suggest it was broken mate

sounds like it's split a hose, possibly something thats perished or even a core plug thats popped out

have a dig under the bonnet to see where the water is coming from but wait for the engine to cool down else you might fuck it even more

Stavros

seems a bit of a co-incidence to coincide with a missfire tho

dojj

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maybe the water was seeping out and getting into the electrics?

source the leak first and then worry about the missfire afterwards

you never know, it might be a dirty great crak in the head thats slipt wide open andthen you'll need a new engine anyway

Fudgey

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you aint killed it again have you?

propper wounder!!

Stavros

no man, im lying yeah, its fucked.

happy birthday stav, a trip home on an AA truck, lol

scrapyard this time, im not fixing it, it can fuck off

BM08

What mondeo? im guessing a lowly spec one judging by the above comment!

dojj

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i can just see the psots now:

"what a shit birthday for me" and "now i've killed the mondeo what else can i buy?"

if it is your birthday, go home and get pissed

Stavros

1.8 v-reg (i think its v ) Mk2 with aircon, CD player, blahblah.

Nice enough car if it wasnt fucked

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

its a fucking R reg!!!

we went through this when you thought it got nicked!!!

Stavros

ok, r-reg, fuck knows

Disabled Account

Stavros, what is it with your Mondeo and the problems you've had = unbeliavele grief

I've got three of 'em (all 2 litre Zetec Ghia Estates), 168 k miles, 153 k miles and "newest" one is on 82 k miles - no problems with any of them in over 3 years of ownership and over 34 k miles travelled, apart from a failed starter motor and money spent on bulbs/wiper blades/servicing

dojj

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i think he tries to drift them too much

big_wig_074

we dont have to do another engine swap????YAY!!! you know where i am if u need help dude!

Stavros

100miles a day at 110mph prob does it.

And they shit

dojj

iTrader: (3)

but thats less than 2 hours driving a day

Stavros

And?

dojj

iTrader: (3)

dunno perhaps your deffinition of low revs being less than 4k has something to do with it