just bought a mondeo on a Y plate, 2.0 tddi, 160k, think its been a taxi for some of all of its life but seems to have been looked after. interior is mint, drives lovely, no obvious faults other than a slight missfire at 2k under light acceleration, not there when booting it.

it also doesnt seem as quick as it should, goes very well at speed, 70-100 is quicker than i expected by low speeds it seems sluggish. any ideas what either of the problems could be? is there any common faults etc?


also, been told the cam/cams (is it single or twin cam?! ) can fail at high millage, is this true? what else can go? basiclly just want to know if theres anything i should expect to fail, keep and eye on or even pre-emptively change if its likely to go tits up.

also, do the mk3s have the same issues with eating lower suspension arms as the older fiestas, escorts and mondeos? or anything else for that matter? basiclly is there anything i should look out for?

cheers folks!

 

Cracking motor for what you paid for it I reckon.

Still drives like new despite the milage

 

common faults are rear subframe bushes evey 50k or so, cam chains don't seem to go like transits do,nor fuel pumps. injectors at about 100k on tdci's so that doesn't effect yours.

bryan

 

Sounds good mate

 

any idea how tricky the rear subframe bushes are to change?

rad i know mate, im a petrol head in my early 20s with fairly high desposable income living with parents, i should be buying shit old unreliable fuel guzzling japanese rally replicas that are gonna break every week not on something cheap to run, reliable and comfortable what a fool i am eh! cunt

 

Its fixed and running sweet as a nut Hows that Fiesta?

 

Rad, he's just hoping if he acts like a pensioner he will go grey / bald so he isnt ginger anymore.

 

I didnt want to bring the ginger into it to be fair... but now you mention it

 

you act like a 13 year old but you still went bald before you were 30 did you not?!

how many times did it end up on an rac wagon rad?!


although to be fair i shouldnt take the piss, karmas a bitch and ill end up with a none working ex taxi on my hands before long

 

Once for blackpool, and once towed for a snapped boost pipe, hardly anything major the 2nd time

Cant say Im bothered though.. it runs now, and been given 110% clean one at that


So, hows that Fiesta?

 

rear subframe bushes are pretty easy to do.can do them with the subframe on or off the car.takes about 45 minutes with the right tools on a ramp or about 75mins if you take the subframe off. the bushes are loctited in though and you are supposed to leave them 12 hours before you move the car.
we usually do them last job at night and then just drive it out in the morning.
i think tddi's were about 100hp ish? tdci's are 115 and 130hp in 2.0 litres and 155hp in 2.2's

other thing to look for is split boost pipes and clogged up egr valves(the big metal bit between the inlet manifold and the boost pipe)

bryan

 

yeah someones told me about the EGR valve, i have that off and clean it all up when i get chance. he recons that could be the cause of the flat spot i mentioned above.