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[Stemh]

Got myself a new car! bought it off tweeks mum on saturday. Cant believe how comfortable it is!

Only managed to get one pic at the moment as i havent stopped driving it to clean it

[Tweek]

Good lad. Hope you enjoy driving it as much as I/we did

She's gone and bought a Citreon Picasso

[:: blade ::]

loks good mate, i saw this when it was uber clean and looked well nice, where in manc you from?

[Stemh]

:O a citroen picasso! how could she go from the mondeo, to that! lol, tell her dont worry, her "baby" will be looked after haha

and im from wigan, a bit outside of manchester but close enough

[:: blade ::]

ahh not too far from me then, i pass wigan every friday and sunday im in altrincham,

[FiestaBen]

You already know about my love for this car

Love it

[Dave G fsi]

Looks really good mate

[mada01]

stemh and blade want to meet sometime?

im from altrincham too

always loved these cars

any plans for it?

[:: blade ::]

Mada where in alti u from? I'm near dunham golf. And just to let u know I don't have a fiesta

[Stemh]

yeah id probs be up for that! not got any plans for the car at the moment, few small bits i need to sort out on it before i think about changing anything! lol

[mada01]

blade i know you dont
im like timperley, wow your well close haha!
im normally at macdondals at broadheath on a friday night but nothing ever happens, you should pop down some time hah

[:: blade ::]

aye not too far im actually on oldfield brow , wonder you aint heard or seen the pug about haha, naa dont do mcdonalds no more, been there done that too many times, used to be quite big a few yrs back but the police stopped it, now its in eccles/trafford center way now, and its turned into street racing

[trecoll]

tweeks mum

OOOOOO

Anyways, very nice car I have a little soft spot for Mk2 mondeos Is it that Juice Green colour, or is it filthy and that other green??

[Stemh]

it is VERY filthy in that pic, not sure what the colour is called, i just know its dark green lol

[Tweek]

Colour is Medium Charcoal Green IIRC.

[jonyb4]

remember following this into weston from the transtation, or did it follow me?

[Stemh]

Well just thought id update this!

First of all, i made a list of the jobs that needed doing on the car when i got it. All the jobs were small but im slowly getting them sorted:

- Oil leak from front rocker cover - Done
- New Aux Belt as oil had got on it from leak - Done
- New Windscreen, had a couple of chips and a small crack (which turned into a big one ) - Done
- Tapping noise when warmed up, not sure what this is yet!
- Needs new central locking motor in passenger door
- Needs new remote central locking key
- Needs new fog lamp lens
- Couple of bits of bodywork need sorting (only very small bits)

Also want to do a few things that are known for going on the v6s.

- relocate IMRC
- clean secondaries
- fit a new water pump (not sure if the current one has metal or plastic blades, so going to replace it anyway.

Went out today and give the car a good clean and took a lot of photos!

[Dave G fsi]

Looks lovely mate

[Stemh]

thanks mate and yes i need a better camera haha

[Stemh]

Got my new key delivered this morning so thats another job off the list

[Stemh]

Small update on my car!

Give the car an oil and filter change last week along with a coolant change. And cleaned the inlet manifolds. Noticed a nice difference in power afterwards!

The ticking noise i mentioned further up the page is slowly getting louder. Could be something small like exhaust manifold gaskets, but im now moving closer to it being the "tick of death" which on mondeos, is usually head gasket failure.

If it does turn out to be head gasket(s) on their way out then i will be stripping the engine down and replacing them myself! should be a nice bit of fun for the beginning of summer! haha

But hopefully it wont be head gasket problems as this was done last year.

[jonyb4]

looking good mate, was a nice car in person also

i dont see how a ticking noise relates to the head gasket going, most drastic thing id expect it to be is the hydualic tappets are dieing, haha being a V6 theres 24 of them to change lol

[Stemh]

yeah, you wouldnt think it could head gasket, but according to MEG forums, its a very common thing to go on v6s, due to bad gasket design or something... and this causes a really annoying ticking noise when the cars warmed up and when you put your foot down, which is exactly what mine is doing

[Tweek]

Would be surprised if it was the head gaskets. They were replaced the year before we got it

[Stemh]

i thought that but all the "symptoms" it has are making me think its that. Still need to have a proper look, waiting for my next day off work! lol

[jonyb4]

well id look into the more common (on all engines as a whole) tapping noise first mate, its also the easier option, potentially cheaper one too

you may be able to use one fo them listening devices doctors use to listen to your heart and lungs on the cam cover to pin point where its coming from

well if what my lecturer at college said is anything to go by

[Stemh]

Had the car up on ramps today and the back exhaust manifold feels like its leaking a bit, going to replace this and hope its the end of the noise! Just got to wait for a good enough day to do it lol

[Tweek]

That's the cause I rekon

[Stemh]

im hoping so! haha gonna be fun trying to replace it, couldnt have been in a more awkward place lol

[Stemh]

Update

Not having much luck with the car lately, on way to uni last week the car started idling all over the place and cutting out. Replaced a cracked breather pipe, and it didnt sort it! Then the other day, got half way to uni again, and car cut out again. When i started it up again, there was a COMPLETE loss of power, sounded a bit like it wasnt firing on one cylinder.

Set of HT leads later and its still exactly the same.

For the last 2 days it feels like it is still loosing power. Is there any easy way to test a coil pack?

Also had the car on axle stands yesterday, and found a nice trail of oil running down the back of the engine, looks like its coming from the head gasket

Going to replacing both headgaskets this week or next week, and checking everything else over. Will give me chance to change exhaust manifold gaskets too while the heads are off!

Looking forward to doing the job in a way as its the biggest job il have done on a car and it'l give me chance to make sure everything is ok internally in the engine lol

[jonyb4]

hope you sort it mate, but there'd be a few other signs if the gasket was fubar, smoke from exhaust hissing noises while running and your header tank will be losing water pretty quick

[Stemh]

cheers mate, ive been on Mondeo forums for a few months now and apparently the head gaskets (mainly rear bank one) was a really bad design and some of the holes didnt line up properly etc. One of the parts of the rear gasket between an oil way and the outside of the engine is very thin and weak and when it goes, you start loosing oil out of it very quickly. That (i think) is whats happened with mine. Theres a LOT of oil running down the back of the engine and i had the ticking noise that usually goes along with it.

Started removing manifolds, rocker covers etc yesterday, will get some pics up later!

[Stemh]

okkkkk, started the hugee task of replacing the head gaskets on the car!

So far I have had a couple of hours for 2 days removing:

- Battery
- Air Box + MAF Sensor
- IACV
- Upper Inlet Manifold
- Lower Inlet Manifold
- Spark Plugs and HT Leads
- Rocker Covers
- Aux Drive Belt
- Waterpump Belt
- Throttle and Cables
- Oil and Water Drained
- Header Tank

Started to clean most of the above as well.

Got a full day off tomorrow so plan on getting the alternator (4 spanner difficulty according to haynes manual :O ), crank pully and timing chain cover removed. Dont know if il get that done but heres a few pics:

How the engine looked before i started:


Off With the Upper Inlet Manifold, Front Rocker Cover, Battery and Air Box:




Then off with Rear Rocker Cover:


Lower Inlet Manifold and Injectors:


Pic of Front and Rear Rocker Covers, rear one half cleaned:


Organised Chaos!


Inlet Manifold gaskets which are useless and will be replaced:


More Organised Chaos...


Header Tank, VERY dirty.. does anybody know a good way to clean this?


Header Tank Disapeared...


Upper Inlet Manifold nice and cleaned up.


Throttle that despirately needs cleaning:


And more bolts that im trying my best to keep in order/ not loose!

[Minstral]

put the tank in a dishwasher if you have one. works well

[FiestaBen]

Can't see his mum liking that

When I did dads I used pressure washer for the outside and bleach on the inside, bit in and gave it a good shaking