Who owns a Mondeo ST220 / ST TDCI?

coming home from work the on Friday my engine warning light came on, plugged in my computer and it says bank 1 and 2 are running lean.

check google and most people say its common for one of the breather pipes to go, so popped the bonnet to check it out.

couldn't see anything and just as I shut the bonnet, I could smell petrol and a quick glace around the car shows me theres a puddle of petrol right under the fuel filter.

bring the car into the drive and jack it up, on further inspection the clip that connects to the fuel filter appears undamaged and is clipping onto the fuel filter but as soon as the ignition was on (pressurized) petrol was squirting out of it.

it seems that you cannot just replace the clip but the whole fuel line, and on inspection it looks like that line goes right to the top of the sump, not a job I really want to do.

anyways cut an already long story short, got a bit of old fuel line, sawed the old clip off and just pushed the spare bit of fuel line onto the filter and the clip and secured it in place with some clamp clips.

after the original clip was off I had a good nose at it, it seems the tiny yellow rubber seal had perished completely.

all that faff for the sake of a tiny little seal.
 
What have you previous owners replaced you 220 with? I am at the point where I have been looking around but I can't find anything in the £15k price range that takes my fancy.
 
Replaced my 220 with the Focus ST :(. It's quicker than the 220 but worse in every other way.
The ST220 is the only car I've missed since selling and I'm seriously considering buying another lol if I can find a decent priced private example.
Trying to find a big car to replace the 220's good looks, excellent handling, decent amount of power, epic V6 sound and the comfiest leather Recaro's ever is really hard as many a former owner on here will tell you.
You have a great budget though surely u can get something very good with that? Have you not tried the mk4 mondeo Titanium x sport with the 2.0 ecoboost?
 
I had a 15k budget and ended up with a BMW (cost less than 15k), Dont regret the change at all, but... I wish i just went and got a VXR8 and be done with it.

Wanted a summer car though, for the whole 1 week of summer we get.

6 months ago VXR8's was around 13k, now talking 16k+ if you are lucky.

If i do decide to sell up, it will be for a VXR8.
 
Dav4 said:
Replaced my 220 with the Focus ST :(. It's quicker than the 220 but worse in every other way.
The ST220 is the only car I've missed since selling and I'm seriously considering buying another lol if I can find a decent priced private example.
Trying to find a big car to replace the 220's good looks, excellent handling, decent amount of power, epic V6 sound and the comfiest leather Recaro's ever is really hard as many a former owner on here will tell you.
You have a great budget though surely u can get something very good with that? Have you not tried the mk4 mondeo Titanium x sport with the 2.0 ecoboost?
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Reading this almost 5 years on from selling mine and I have to agree with almost all of it! Just something about the 220 as an overall package that just made it such a good car.
 
mad_allan said:
What have you previous owners replaced you 220 with? I am at the point where I have been looking around but I can't find anything in the £15k price range that takes my fancy.
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I replaced mine with a newer mondeo (details and thread link in sig). With the budget I had (£10k) I couldn't find anything else that worked as well for me as a package. It's a better car in most ways but I'll always be fond of the ST220. It had a charm and felt so up-together in ways that not many cars in its league can match. And the seats are the best I've ever sat in.

Do I regret moving it on? Not really. Do I miss it? Always.
 
Hi there

What I do not get with Ford why was the Mondeo ST not based on following:

2.3 ECO Boost with 320-370BHP.
AWD
Manual & Auto options
10mm lower suspension with 18" and 19" wheel options.

Why was the ST not the above, I've got a Mondeo Titanium AWD at the moment and even though its got balloons for tyres and a manual gear box it has huge amounts of grip due to the AWD system and won't spin the wheels even in first gear in the wet. The only problem is it is woefully underpowered. I just feel the ST should have being the above specification, would have made a fun and capable car. :)
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there

What I do not get with Ford why was the Mondeo ST not based on following:

2.3 ECO Boost with 320-370BHP.
AWD
Manual & Auto options
10mm lower suspension with 18" and 19" wheel options.

Why was the ST not the above, I've got a Mondeo Titanium AWD at the moment and even though its got balloons for tyres and a manual gear box it has huge amounts of grip due to the AWD system and won't spin the wheels even in first gear in the wet. The only problem is it is woefully underpowered. I just feel the ST should have being the above specification, would have made a fun and capable car. :)
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There isn't a "new" Mondeo ST. It's an ST-Line - a non-performance trim level just like Audi S-Line, BMW M Sport, etc.

If there was a 'true' new Mondeo ST with the engine you described or maybe the 2.7 V6 Ecoboost, with equipment levels from the top trim level, I'd be all over it. Sadly though, I think I'd be one of about 7 people in the UK who would, and Ford probably know this.
 
Rybo89 said:
https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/mondeo-st220/1181932487

Look what popped in one of those ads that follow you on every page you go on... My old ST220.
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£3900 ? I was about to put mine up for £2500!!

Howard said:
I replaced mine with a newer mondeo (details and thread link in sig). With the budget I had (£10k) I couldn't find anything else that worked as well for me as a package. It's a better car in most ways but I'll always be fond of the ST220. It had a charm and felt so up-together in ways that not many cars in its league can match. And the seats are the best I've ever sat in.

Do I regret moving it on? Not really. Do I miss it? Always.
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I am off to see a newer Monday tomorrow as it goes!
 
mad_allan said:
£3900 ? I was about to put mine up for £2500!!
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The car is in prestine condition. Worth every penny if it is still in the same condition as when i sold it. Think i sold it him for £3600 6 months ago.

Dav4 said:
He didn't keep that long did u sell him a nail :p
And is he have a laugh 3.9k for a 12 year old car with 98k on :eek:
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He's done a lot miles for 6 months so i bet he has got fed up of the fuel costs lol.

Also you have to remember you sold a nail with no history at all for £2500. That mondeo has every stamp, every service receipt, every MOT certificate, every receipt for any work done to the car since leaving the show room, catback milltek system, refurbished alloys, new suspension, disk and pads, prestine interior and exterior. I would say it was deffo worth 1400 on top of your old car ;)
 
Dav4 said:
See Ford have added the new Mondeo to the silly ST Line range coming out this year :(. If they have gone to the trouble of making the car with its 19 inch rims and sporty body kit, twin exhausts etc why not just make the proper full fat ST version and just stick the 250bhp engine out the new Focus ST in it rather than only giving two pathetic 2.0 Diesel engine choices in a car that's meant to be a "sports model". Such a shame as it looks a great looking motor :mad:.
http://www.topgear.com/car-news/goodwood-fos-2016/ford-mondeo-st-back
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who writes that drivel?

the most potent engine available is a 180bhp diesel?

210 bhp bi turbo diesel which is due to be replaced with a 240 bhp diesel and the 240 bhp 2l petrol engines are available with the Mondy


either of the 240bhp options with AWD are rather potent options
 
Skillmister said:
The same people who drive every other "insert generic sport trim here".

From my office window it appears far more people are interested in having a slow car that looks fast/expensive than vice versa.
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i would really expect a top brand car magazine to at least know what engines are available in a lineup though,

the 240 bhp petrol available in the Mondeo is a cracking lump. coupled with awd its a potent car and probably deserving of an ST badge
 
Rybo89 said:
He's done a lot miles for 6 months so i bet he has got fed up of the fuel costs lol.
Also you have to remember you sold a nail with no history at all for £2500. That mondeo has every stamp, every service receipt, every MOT certificate, every receipt for any work done to the car since leaving the show room, catback milltek system, refurbished alloys, new suspension, disk and pads, prestine interior and exterior. I would say it was deffo worth 1400 on top of your old car ;)
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I think I got 2650 for mine last September and it had 94k on badly scuffed alloys, a few scratches and drank oil like a fish lol so I suppose when you put it that way yours is worth 3.6k you sold it for but now he has put near 10k on yours he shouldn't be asking 3.9k Imo.
I seen a mint 2006 in performance blue with 60k on AT the other week for 3.8k but it sold in days. I'm considering buying another 220 as a second car if I can find one that's not stupidly priced like a lot of them are
 
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