AS Communal MK4&5 Mondeo Thread

[cpjitservices]

12 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Did an oil and filter change change on mine.

Got a long haul tomorrow,2 1/2 hour drive to the port,catching the early ferry from Dublin ,then driving from Holyhead to North Norfolk. 

Hopefully the old girl will stay going,and not leave me stuck on the hard shoulder somewhere! 😕

Always get very nervous before a long drive,not looking forward to it at all. 

I bought this car 10 years ago this month!

 

Thats lovely - my wife would love to keep her Mondy its been a great car and very reliable and about as economical as you can get! But she needs an Auto... I think she'd quite like the same car again in Automatic if I can find one (Mobility car coming soon)

[sierraman]

31 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Really?  I'd've thought that the notoriously reliable* 1.6 HDI straining its little guts out to haul around the vast bulk of a Mk4 Mondeo would be a recipe for disaster.

That’s the previous DV6. The one fitted to the Mk4 is the same as the Mk3 Focus, completely revised unit. Has a fairly good reputation. 

[twosmoke300]

The old 1.6 was a good motor anyway as long as people did some actual maintenance.

[sierraman]

28 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

The old 1.6 was a good motor anyway as long as people did some actual maintenance.

‘Yeah it’s had the oil changed by the book 4 times in the last 10 years and 100,000...’ 😂

 

[Cookiesouwest]

Mk4 cluster question. Dead cluster. To rule out any other issues and while I summon up the courage to send 150 quid and my cluster to someone to fix it, I will be chucking a 2nd hand unit in.

Q. Will a diesel manual cluster work for my powershite? I.e. is the lcd display dependent on auto v manual or will it work regardless of gearbox type?

Ta

[sierraman]

7 hours ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Mk4 cluster question. Dead cluster. To rule out any other issues and while I summon up the courage to send 150 quid and my cluster to someone to fix it, I will be chucking a 2nd hand unit in.

Q. Will a diesel manual cluster work for my powershite? I.e. is the lcd display dependent on auto v manual or will it work regardless of gearbox type?

Ta

I don’t think the used cluster will work unless it’s been programmed in. You could try. What does Forscan say?

[Cord Fourteener]

That's a new sump, new boost pipe and two rear tyres. 

Just need to find some diesel now...

[Cookiesouwest]

6 hours ago, sierraman said:

I don’t think the used cluster will work unless it’s been programmed in. You could try. What does Forscan say?

Its not been scanned yet. But cluster is dead and everything else works, so I'm betting its the cluster.

Been told they are plug and play. Just need to know if a cluster from a manual will work for an auto. 

[sierraman]

3 minutes ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Its not been scanned yet. But cluster is dead and everything else works, so I'm betting its the cluster.

Been told they are plug and play. Just need to know if a cluster from a manual will work for an auto. 

They aren’t. It’ll start but it won’t work as far as I know. 

[Cord Fourteener]

19 hours ago, cpjitservices said:

No takers / swaps for the Wifes Mondy?

 

Now with Full MOT!

 

She really needs an Auto!

 

Its a remapped 2.0 TDCI.

Failed on Bulbs/Wipers.

Might not be a swap but your Wife needs this...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109177487901?atmobcid=soc3

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Might not be a swap but your Wife needs this...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109177487901?atmobcid=soc3

Really? No test and the gearbox is fucked...🤣

[Cord Fourteener]

48 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Really? No test and the gearbox is fucked...🤣

Fixer upper...

[mat_the_cat]

You can do better than that...

[sierraman]

Fucked-a-upper. What’s going on with the bodywork? It looks like it’s done two heats at Mildenhall!

[Bren]

6 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Might not be a swap but your Wife needs this...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109177487901?atmobcid=soc3

Good luck with that....

[cpjitservices]

16 hours ago, Bren said:

Good luck with that....

Errr yeah I know what she will say.. it will start with F..... lol

[Cookiesouwest]

I am an electronics god.

Replacement instrument cluster due tomorrow, so went out to remove the old one.

As I was pulling it out, it came back to life.

So I put it back in and went for a drive. So far so good

 

[Cookiesouwest]

So my electronic genius lasted 3 hrs. Went out to car and cluster is dead again.

Weird.

Will bung replacement in tomorrow and see if that does the same thing, in which case its some kind of power supply issue or works, in which case existing cluster is knackered.

[Cord Fourteener]

Apart from the front n/s wheel being loose, held on by ONE fucking bolt after its time at the garage, the car is behaving itself. 

Yes there's half a litre fuel in the oil after passing around on back roads but the regen happened successfully during Wifey's commute recently. 

Though, if it dumps enough fuel in the sump to trigger oil dilution DTCs every time it fails to regen then the fuel savings of running the diesel are going to be far outweighed by the oil costs if I have to change the oil every time it tries and fails to regen.

[warren t claim]

On 9/25/2021 at 12:55 PM, Cord Fourteener said:

That's a new sump, new boost pipe and two rear tyres. 

Just need to find some diesel now...

You simply can't beat child labour. 

[Cookiesouwest]

Changed the instrument cluster.

Can confirm its plug and play, except for mileage.

Just added 30k to the car!

Weirdly my radio that has been refusing to retain time and date now does so. I'm surprised that runs off the instrument cluster.

Time will tell how long this lasts.

Original cluster sprang into life when removing it (again). So either it does have a bad solder or its a loom issue.

Should be able to rule out loom issue, if the temporary replacement cluster still works after a few days use.

Plus radio now switches off with ignition

 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

My Mondeo count has increased to 2

Below, my new Mondeo, ex-Matt_the_Cat

Bottom, my Mondeo collection. Both previously shitter cars.

[junkyarddog]

Oh yeah,that wagon is a handsome thing😎

[Fraz]

Turns out I’ve been abit lazy with the old maintenance for the racing mondeo. 
 

It’s mot is due in the coming month or so theres for today was the “pre mot” checks 

 

brakes all round 

a shock absorber 

2 tyres  

a backbox 

 

OUTRAGEOUS

[sierraman]

Never understood why people submit a car for a ‘pre MOT check’? In effect you are paying for two MOT’s. Stick it in for the test and do the necessary, most places will do a free retest anyway on the fail points anyway. 

[warren t claim]

2 hours ago, Fraz said:

Turns out I’ve been abit lazy with the old maintenance for the racing mondeo. 
 

It’s mot is due in the coming month or so theres for today was the “pre mot” checks 

 

brakes all round 

a shock absorber 

2 tyres  

a backbox 

 

OUTRAGEOUS

That's a decent result TBF.

[Cookiesouwest]

I've no evidence the powershite box has ever had a fluid change.

So contacted Ford dealer.

Scary. They didn't know the box needed a fluid change every 3 yrs / 36000 miles.

Not filled me with confidence.

340 quid which is in the ballpark of what I was expecting.

 

[New POD]

10 hours ago, sierraman said:

Never understood why people submit a car for a ‘pre MOT check’? In effect you are paying for two MOT’s. Stick it in for the test and do the necessary, most places will do a free retest anyway on the fail points anyway. 

Because they can then plan the timing of the repairs. If it failed, they'd be in the shit gettingbto.work legally 

[sierraman]

54 minutes ago, Cookiesouwest said:

I've no evidence the powershite box has ever had a fluid change.

So contacted Ford dealer.

Scary. They didn't know the box needed a fluid change every 3 yrs / 36000 miles.

Not filled me with confidence.

340 quid which is in the ballpark of what I was expecting.

 

I’d be inclined to leave be if it’s been in there years. 

[sierraman]

17 minutes ago, New POD said:

Because they can then plan the timing of the repairs. If it failed, they'd be in the shit gettingbto.work legally 

Fair point. You can usually spot yourself the obvious stuff that would be a dangerous fault.