Mondeo 2.5T died on motorway

Is that the oil diaphragm unit where the black gunge is?

They have a heater element in them - mine failed a few years back and was throwing up engine lights due to the fuse going. The gunge isn't related to that kind of failure is it? thinking if the heater went open circuit you'd not get the fuse blowing like mine did.
 
tl45 said:
Is that the oil diaphragm unit where the black gunge is?

They have a heater element in them - mine failed a few years back and was throwing up engine lights due to the fuse going. The gunge isn't related to that kind of failure is it? thinking if the heater went open circuit you'd not get the fuse blowing like mine did.
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Yes, it's the oil filter housing. It's being replaced with a 2nd hand one from a Focus RS (has a seal instead of a diaphragm, so removing the possibility of that going in future).

Could be an explanation. Poor servicing alone doesn't seem to be enough...
 
minimadmotorman said:
Any update?
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Yep, engine is rebuilt and ready to go back in. Just waiting on a correct clutch plate from Ford (they sent wrong one). Couple of pics of the build - taking a while but Gary has been really good on keeping me up to date with what he's doing.

Should have had it back on Friday, but will hopefully be early next week now when the new clutch arrives.





 
Finally got my car back today!! It seemed to be running really nicely, although taking it very easy for first 1k miles.

Final bill was £1940. I think it is extremely reasonable - it included:

  • Skim block, hone cylinders.
  • Skim cylinder head, vac test.
  • Main bearing set, heavy duty big end bearing set. New piston rings.
  • Used cylinder head.
  • Cylinder head gasket. .
  • Timing belt, timing belt tensioner and idler
  • Rear main oil seal. Front oil pum seal. Oil pump gasket. Sump o ring seals.
  • Water pump.
  • Head bolts.
  • Exhaust Gaskets.
  • Cam seals
  • vvt seals.
  • RS spark plug set.
  • Oil and filter first run mineral oil
  • Magnetic sump plug.
  • Clutch kit, cover and plate.
  • Clutch slave cylinder.
  • Used RS oil filter housing
 
Pretty similar to when mine got done. Not as much on my list and I bartered down to £1500. It was the garages fault but they did the dirty on me and did the work before I had chance to go through warranty.

Mines dead again now but looks only to be a battery drain issue.
 
Update if anyone cares :cool:

Now done two 450 mile runs, changing out the mineral oil in between. Got some fully synthetic oil put in on Wednesday. Drove it a bit harder this weekend and it felt like it was going really well.

Gary quoted me £250 labour to fit an RS clutch and intercooler, so I'm quite tempted to get that done and get a remap on it. I might take it on a rolling road first and see how well it's doing after the rebuild. There is a place nearby in Stockport that charges about £50 for a run apparently.
 
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After having all that done i would 100% get it mapped and the intercooler done. Especially if Gary is offering good labour rates. It's always recommended on the ST forums to remap 2.5T to wake it up so I'm sure it will give the car a new lease of life and feel more fun to drive for years to come.
Was going to get my ST remapped but after losing all my coolant last month due to a split pipe and it overheating I'm not sure I trust it now. :( as I've been told it's probably stressed the head gasket.
 
Dav4 said:
After having all that done i would 100% get it mapped and the intercooler done. Especially if Gary is offering good labour rates. It's always recommended on the ST forums to remap 2.5T to wake it up so I'm sure it will give the car a new lease of life and feel more fun to drive for years to come.
Was going to get my ST remapped but after losing all my coolant last month due to a split pipe and it overheating I'm not sure I trust it now. :( as I've been told it's probably stressed the head gasket.
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Nasty! How long did it run with no coolant?
 
I was about 5 mins away from work in peak morning traffic and noticed it was in the red. With nowhere to really pull over i limped it to work in stop start traffic which was probably not a good ideas lol. Opened the Bonnet and the coolant was all gone and it had sprayed out on the engine bay etc. I automatically expected the dreaded split liners but thankfully it was a pipe by the thermostat that had split. I don't know if it might be to risky to keep or not.Just can't make my mind up as it was faultless till this happened
 
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