Who owns a Mondeo ST220 / ST TDCI?

Philz0r

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I just bought mine, the dealer was no mechanic and i played on that,

He had it up for £3500 with 88k on the clock and some big bill service history (previous owner used a bmw garage and some of the bills are eye watering)

There was a minor oil leak on the crank pully and ended up getting the car for £2600 lol.

So far there has been no more oil on the crank so i think it should be ok but ill check it out at somepoint.

My dads pal owns a ford specialist garage so going to let him loose with it some point after christmas.
 

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Philz0r said:
I just bought mine, the dealer was no mechanic and i played on that,

He had it up for £3500 with 88k on the clock and some big bill service history (previous owner used a bmw garage and some of the bills are eye watering)

There was a minor oil leak on the crank pully and ended up getting the car for £2600 lol.

So far there has been no more oil on the crank so i think it should be ok but ill check it out at somepoint.

My dads pal owns a ford specialist garage so going to let him loose with it some point after christmas.
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2600 is probably what it's worth if its 53 plate with 88k :p
 

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Mine was misbehaving a bit today, hope it's nothing serious...

Twice when pulling away, shifting into second, and then accelerating, there has been a bit of a lurch - not a harsh one like the clutch slamming in to place, more like what you'd get with some minor wheelspin.

I tried the traditional test of pulling away from stationary in 3rd gear this evening, without any apparent clutch slippage.

Roads haven't been icy, good surface, good tread.

Any thoughts?
 

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Hi guys. Seen a few of these pop up locally that look in good condition, what is the going rate for one of these now that you wouldn't expect to be a shed? Most locally seem to be between 90 and 120k miles now. Any big bits to ensure are done at this mileage?
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When I was looking for mine I had about £5k max to spend and almost everything around near me (100 mile range) was between 3500-4500 and had 80-100k miles :/

I was lucky because I spotted one on Autotrader as soon as it appeared so I got dibs! £3.3k in the end for a 53 plate 60k miles. I guess if I had more time to play with then I might have been able to get a better deal but I needed a car as mine had died so I jumped on it :D
 

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Yeah two Phil's who both lose (or have stolen) a single headlight washer cover on their performance blue Mondeo ST within a day of each other - quite a coincidence I'd say!
 

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Philz0r said:
Also howard, what is the facelift air box mod if you dont mind me asking?.
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When Ford facelifted the car and added the 6-speed gearbox, they removed the second air feed into the airbox because the gearbox got in the way. In typical cost-cutting fashion, they didn't re-design the airbox to eradicate the second inlet, so there's a hole in the bottom of the airbox on the left hand side, about 3 inches long, which sucks in air from the middle of the engine bay. Adding some piping to this which routes round to a "colder" area of the engine bay, i.e. in front of the nearside headlamp, can help with induction temperatures and heat soak.



I should add some "wiki" posts to the first post of this thread with common info and such :p
 

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Not sure about this but twice yesterday from cold start the turbo had a distinct whistle at around 1800rpm. Similar to when wind blows against a window. Once the car was a little warm it stopped. Could it be my turbo is on the way out and I can expect the police siren turbo soon?
 

Philz0r

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As promised, some snaps




http://imageshack.us/a/img42/664/vu0w.jpg


the Brava, "death of a legend" as one lunatic once said.

Now in the big scrap yard in the sky





http://imageshack.us/a/img716/860/wcp0.jpg

The missing head light washer cover -.-



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awesome photography, I should really go take some better snaps but meh.



driving home we found a CD in the cubby hole, we put it on and it was areosmith, awesome. but after maybe 6 songs it turned weird and started playing songs like the Can-Can and pink panther. ended up in the bin


http://imageshack.us/a/img46/7065/jz9r.jpg

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I was driving around for months wondering what a metallic noise was.

Turned out to be about £18 quid worth of change in the the little compartment next to the steering wheel.
 
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