My Mondeo TDCI 130 (2002) had started playin up , im after buying a fault code reader - But i cant find what system it runs

any help in the right direction would be massively apreciated , mods feel free to move this to the most relavent section if its not apropriate here

 

just pay someone 30 quid to plug it in!

 

whats it doing? missfiring?

 

white smoke missing its tits off
trouble starting , heater plug light flashing

 

trouble starting is usualy preasure loss through faulty injector or pump


where are you

 

Widnes Nr Liverpool

Thats what i suspected - could probably be an injector , its done 160k

 

dont go getting injectors just yet lol 90% of them just need re programming. but you have to do them all codes are on sticker on cam cover. can scanners do injectors? most garages have them now.

 

Excellent

i did read that the injectors are prone to requiring a recode

one thing after another its used as a taxi i had last weekend off coz the clutch went , (Ł650) and this weekend because its running like a bag or spanners

time to get the matches out i think

 

Find someone with a sykes code reader they can recode the injectors for you

 

white smoke and missfire? sounds like headgasket, are you loosing coolant or oil? starting probs could be water in the bores, careful you dont hydraulic lock it

 

it doesnt look like losing coolant or oil , it was running fine when i parked it up friday night , came to it saturday morning and the problems began


the matches are looking like a good idea

 

obv a fueling issue so as above is were id start, unburnt diesel is white smoke, but yes the other above about a steamy smoke can be headgasket.


can one of those code readers really reprogram injectors?

i use a snapon mt2500 and am thinking of upgrading hence the enquirey

 

yes not a good idea to drive it too far. never had a headgasket on one of these tbh. if you come down to lytham il try injectors for you no problem but it means driving it obviously . . . probably do 1-2 a wk that just need programming and as i said rarely need new ones.

 

ive read on the mondeo owners club that some of the higer spec readers can programme injectors - They drew a blank at which one would work on my car tho

its smkoe rather than steam , and it smells diesely if you know what i mean

ill get the codes read and work from there - hopefully its just injector programming

 

lardypants - get your money out and get an auto diagnose prices are realistic and are awsome . have 2 of these and do pretty much all jap/korean stuff now too and even porsche and more exotic etc which saves updateing the other machine now too.

 

code will prob read cylinder ? below knock threshhold. thats injectors. let us know what they are as its supprising how much people at garages dont know what theyre doin lol dont worry tho theres not a great deal go wrong with them

 

thank you very much for your help

oh by the way im a returnin memeber used to be StuarTurbo - Had a series 2 before i got rid - just forgotten password and couldnt get it back for some reason

 

get yourself one of these to read your fault code

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=200217826406

 

a friend of mine had exactly what you describe in his 130tdci
as already mentioned the injectors needed re-calibrating but a faulty 'cam position sensor' or 'crank position sensor' can cause the same problem due to the engine not knowing where it is in its cycle

 

yes cam sensors the next thing but normally they start to run rough then not run at all very quickly ie the sensor goes completely fucked quickly and it wont just run of the crank sensor