I have an st170 which this morning had a loss of power and when checking the car over all the gauges were fine but the temperature of the dip stick was boiling. I have just bought flush, filter and oil as it cooked the oil and is due for a service and on the way home it did it once more.

Help!

 

I'm not an expert, but I believe this is "limp mode"... when the ECU has detected a problem with the engine so it tries to protect itself by not letting you rev it anymore.
So you can get a diagnostic fault code from the dashboard....
here's a link how to do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2i0e...rleow&index=28

But if it doesn't come up with anything then a garage diagnostic computer should.

Hope this helps.

 

Thank yeah plugged it in a few days ago comes up fuel rail. Ford want £200 for it. As for the oil i dont know?