AS Communal MK4&5 Mondeo Thread

[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. 

[junkyarddog]

My mk4 is going for its annual test on Friday. 

Gave it a bit of a once over today,the rear flexi brake hose ferrules have some rust on them,hopefully these won't be an issue,as the rear caliper bleed nipples look a bit on the crusty side so will be a pain to change,especially in this cold weather 🙄

Also detected a very slight bit of movement in the nearside front wheel,the inner tie rod had a small amount of play in it,a new one from the factors was cheap,so whacked one in.

Everything else looks* ok.

Will get the tracking looked at in the morning,and get the headlight focus checked too.

We'll see on Friday morning. 

🤞

 

[billy_bunter]

On 11/4/2021 at 9:15 PM, billy_bunter said:

Took the car to Ford today and they cannot reset the BCM. So the car still thinks all doors, bonnet and tailgate are open all the time. Looks like I need a new BCM (£650 inc VAT) for the car and someone who knows their way around forscan to program it in.

Update on this one. So got a 2nd hand BCM with same date code off of ebay. Sent both broken and new off to a cloning company and had the broken BCM program copied onto 2nd hand one. I had both back next day. All now seems to be working.  Cost £135 plus postage and the 2nd hand BCM was £50 posted. Man maths discounts Ford and auto electrician labour

Anyone have any experience of repairing modules? Whilst phoning around local auto electricians I remember one bloke saying that the on board relay can blow.

[billy_bunter]

I would like to replace my Headlight Control Module as the lights keep malfunctioning.  Do I just physically change the module? 

 

I am pretty sure it cannot be that simple

 

[junkyarddog]

Got the tracking checked today,was spot on,got the headlights focused,

All ready for the test tomorrow when the power steering pump decided to fail on me.

FFS.

Test cancelled. 

Not a happy bunny.

☹

 

[sierraman]

Had it completely failed or is the gauze in the reservoir blocked? I replaced the fluid in mine a while back with some fresh CHF, the old stuff that came out was pretty black as you’d expect. 

[junkyarddog]

I replaced the reservoir and fluid a few years ago now,the fluid is completely clean.

It's not completely failed,but the pump makes a racket at times and the assistance goes when it does.

I'm picking up a used pump this morning,but I'm beginning to think my rack is kippered.

Will see.

🤨

[sierraman]

Stick a pump on it and see, might be alright. Obviously if it blocks that pump up then it’s the rack seals.