AS Communal MK4&5 Mondeo Thread

[sierraman]

I’m hoping mines lasts me a good while yet but if I had to look for a replacement I’d be paying a stupid amount unless I was happy to run round in some old nail that had likely been cabbed. The choice I’d have would be a Mk4 petrol and save myself a thousand quid or a 1.6 Focus. 

[Fraz]

Well after pissing and moaning about mine needing a raft of parts a month or so ago it’s paid out come mot time today. 
 

No advisories - yay

[sierraman]

Mine is tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed. 

[sierraman]

Passed, no advisories. 

[Fraz]

5 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Passed, no advisories. 

Great success 👍

[sierraman]

Might pick a filter up and treat it to an oil change at weekend. 

[Cord Fourteener]

So instead of running ok, like it was pretending to do, the hatchback had been up to no good. 

No codes yet but its been attempting and failing regen attempts and now it's laying a blue smokescreen, lots of jerking and hesitation and also occasional uncommanded acceleration, as in after being on the throttle then coming off the throttle it continues to accelerate (even up hills) until brakes are applied.

That's a bit worrying. 

[sierraman]

It sounds like it’s getting you down. Have you thought of nursing it until it has a good day and fucking it off through Gumtree/eBay? 

[Cord Fourteener]

13 minutes ago, sierraman said:

It sounds like it’s getting you down. Have you thought of nursing it until it has a good day and fucking it off through Gumtree/eBay? 

No, I phoned the scrap merchants, it's worth £230 to them!

Edit: I did but the hassle of lying and smiling and dealing with faceache isn't appealing!

[sierraman]

To be fair I’d give you £230 to break the bugger if you were nearby. 

[Shite Ron]

On 11/17/2021 at 2:54 AM, warren t claim said:

I've never noticed a ahorter DMF life with the 1.8 D. The five speeders take well to a solid conversion too.

My  58 plate 1.8 Diesel has the original clutch and DMF still at 141,000, there was no issue with the clutch when I drove it last, the 2.0 diesel I had before failed at around 135,000. I had the belt changed at 100,000 miles for a genuine Ford one, it didn’t cost much, maybe £150 parts and labour.

[warren t claim]

2 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

My  58 plate 1.8 Diesel has the original clutch and DMF still at 141,000, there was no issue with the clutch when I drove it last, 

That's actually pretty good going! Although my taxi use case means a harder life.

[sierraman]

Looking about unless we’re talking mad money a lot of the Mk4s about look like they’ve done a spell on the minicab circuit, not many that’s at less that 150-180k for less than a couple of grand. 

[warren t claim]

1 minute ago, sierraman said:

Looking about unless we’re talking mad money a lot of the Mk4s about look like they’ve done a spell on the minicab circuit, not many that’s at less that 150-180k for less than a couple of grand. 

Depends where you look and whether buying an ex cab is an issue for you. 

[sierraman]

4 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

Depends where you look and whether buying an ex cab is an issue for you. 

All the usual outlets. An ex airport run type job maybe. I’m sure there’s lots of taxi drivers that look after their cab but I wouldn’t bank on it.

It’d depend where it had been cabbed, a rural one might be ok, one that’s done the circuit ferrying crackheads round Rochdale will be an absolute pile of shit. Guaranteed. 

[warren t claim]

2 minutes ago, sierraman said:

All the usual outlets. An ex airport run type job maybe. I’m sure there’s lots of taxi drivers that look after their cab but I wouldn’t bank on it.

It’d depend where it had been cabbed, a rural one might be ok, one that’s done the circuit ferrying crackheads round Rochdale will be an absolute pile of shit. Guaranteed. 

The best choice would be a taxi forced to retire due to local authority age limits. 

Is there an AS thread about whether you'd buy an ex taxi?

[sierraman]

20 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

The best choice would be a taxi forced to retire due to local authority age limits. 

Is there an AS thread about whether you'd buy an ex taxi?

Don’t know... let’s start one!

[Cord Fourteener]

I'd like to think I'd buy any car on its own merits, however I'm human so that's not true, feelingses tend to get in the way. 

Ergo, maybe but probably not without bias. Rightly or wrongly.

[Tigerfox]

My brother in law has a 2008 diesel estate which just cut out while driving and was a ftp ride home on a transporter.

Any common faults we should be looking for ?

[grogee]

56 minutes ago, Tigerfox said:

My brother in law has a 2008 diesel estate which just cut out while driving and was a ftp ride home on a transporter.

Any common faults we should be looking for ?

Some diagnostic codes would help, also did it go 'bang' or just die without drama?

You can get a code reader for not much £ or one of us can help if you're nearby (happy to read codes, I'm in Southam, Warwickshire).

[Tigerfox]

21 minutes ago, grogee said:

Some diagnostic codes would help, also did it go 'bang' or just die without drama?

You can get a code reader for not much £ or one of us can help if you're nearby (happy to read codes, I'm in Southam, Warwickshire).

It just cut out as he was driving, its a 2.0 tdci  His code reader wont read any fault codes. Recovery chap said fuel pump has failed which does not

seem likely to me. Car is in Coalville and is due to get some diagnostics tomorrow.

Could well be up for sale later in the week if not a easy fix

[grogee]

I think Forscan will give a better code read of what's up with it. Not expensive and it works via ELM Bluetooth and Android app which is cheap from memory. 

Good luck with diagnosis. If it's the low pressure fuel pump I'd imagine that's a fairly easy fix. HP fuel pump less so

[sierraman]

I think there’s only a HP pump. Possibly blocked fuel filter causing low pressure fuelling fault. 

Market seems to be going mad for them at the minute, any that aren’t fucked or have done 200k (that’s most of them) seem to go for mad money. 

[Tigerfox]

All sorted.

The ribbed belt broke and took out the crank sensor, hence the instant stop.

Thanks for the suggestions

[Cord Fourteener]

So I thought I'd plug ForScan into the estate for fun and got this code:

P003A supercharger boost control A position exceeded learned value - circuit voltage below threshold

I understand that this refers to the boost control vanes or the boost control solenoid?

The car is symptomless otherwise. 

[sierraman]

If it drives ok then I’d happily live in ignorance. 

[grogee]

+1 for HARD IGNORE.

The professional mechanic would go to the extra trouble of deleting the code, then continue to ignore it.

[Cord Fourteener]

15 minutes ago, grogee said:

+1 for HARD IGNORE.

The professional mechanic would go to the extra trouble of deleting the code, then continue to ignore it.

Well actually I did that two weeks ago just to see if it was an anomaly. Turns out it isn't!

I've left it undeleted, there's no light on, no symptoms. There's this pronounced turbo lag of disappointment but it's so regular I'm almost convinced it's some kind of irrational design choice. And as such probably un related.

[mat_the_cat]

"Sold as seen" 😛 No refunds now! 😂

I don't think I saw that code when I was investigating the DPF, so perhaps it is a new one. I certainly would be inclined to ignore for now too! Fingers crossed it's nothing to worry about.

 

[grogee]

13 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Well actually I did that two weeks ago just to see if it was an anomaly. Turns out it isn't!

I've left it undeleted, there's no light on, no symptoms. There's this pronounced turbo lag of disappointment but it's so regular I'm almost convinced it's some kind of irrational design choice. And as such probably un related.

I might be inclined to throw on a solenoid as long as they're cheap and accessible.