scuddSi

hello all

my ST24 is running hot .... the temp guage is showin just below the red but when i got home 2night the water reservoir had been spittin water out the cap and steam was comin from the cap.
there is also a horrible clonkin sound comin from around the foot well (just to the left, about the centre of the car).
the car is also seriously down on power!!!!

i need help people ....... help me!!!!!

<<---------respect

St3V3_C

I don't know the ST24, but thermostat and or blocked rad would be the first things to look at I recon.

Is the noise all the time or what? Hot or cold? under load?

scuddSi

no the noise isnt there all the time but it isnt a pleasant noice by all accounts, and the noise is there with just me in the car and its in the front foot well almost under the centre console.

any 1 know where the water pump is on the ST24 ???? it may be that, iv been told.

....... it is also makin a gurglein sound in the water pipes when the cars stopped.

CosKev3

Had this problem on a 2.5 V6 ghia mondeo if its the same engine/design

Was water pump fooked,they have got plastic fins inside on standard ford 1's
and they crack around the spindle/shaft.
Ford wanted Ł80 odd for another shitty 1 with plastic fins
Local motor factors did 1 for Ł45 with metal fins
The pump is on the right hand side of engine as you look from front of car,being
run by a small belt off 1 of the cams

TrickyDicky

water pumps were common on v6 mondeos for "losing" the impeller blades from shaft of pump.

hth

Tricky

scuddSi

KosCev3

did u fit the pump ur self if not how much was the labour cause iv heard it's not an easy job???

also where u experiencing the clonkin sound ?????

cheers mate

CosKev3

Yeah fitted pump myself m8,was not a bad job really.
As long as the ST24 engine is the same as the 2.5 Ghia that I did it on!!!

scuddSi

quicks fookin told me they have to crank up the right side of the engine and charge me Ł80 4 the part and Ł180 4 the labour..... fookin robbin bstrds

CosKev3

As I said above m8 I'm not sure if the engine is the same,was'nt my car so I'm no mondeo expert!!!!!

scuddSi

im pretty sure it is the same engine mate ..... its got the same performance stats anyway...