Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 03 2.0 TDCi - Eng. cut off/Glow plug light is on

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Sun 12 Oct 2008 03:26
03 2.0 TDCi - Eng. cut off/Glow plug light is on - JonD
Can anyone help me please.

My partner was driving the car this morning when for no apparent reason, the engine stopped whilst doing about 40 mph. She pulled over to the side of the road and tried to re-start the engine but it would not start and the Diesel glow plug light was lit on the dashboard. After about 5-10 minutes, she tried again and it started. She then drove home with no other problems.

I then drove the car to work tonight and had the same problem. I must have been driving for about 5 minutes when the engine just stopped doing 30 mph. I waited 5 miutes and it restarted.

I am guessing that it may have some thing to do with the injector pump, possibly the cam sensor but i'm only clutching at straws. I will have to take it to either ford dealer or diesel specialist.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what it may be causes the engine to cut and stop whilst in motion?

Edited by Webmaster on 12/10/2008 at 03:48

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Sun 12 Oct 2008 06:29
03 2.0 TDCi - Eng. cut off/Glow plug light is on - mfarrow
I will have to take
it to either ford dealer or diesel specialist.


You will. Could be any number of faults - besides what you've mentioned a common one is injectors forgetting their programming.
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Sun 12 Oct 2008 09:00
03 2.0 TDCi - Eng. cut off/Glow plug light is on - cheddar
If when it starts again the glow plug light is off and all is normal then I would say sensor however if the glowplug lights stays on or flashes then recoding of an injector(s) is a possibility, getting a dealer to read fault codes is the first thing to do.
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Sun 12 Oct 2008 15:16
03 2.0 TDCi - Eng. cut off/Glow plug light is on - Screwloose

I'd suspect a cam sensor too - so strongly that, if it still has the original one, I'd change it instead of paying the dealer for diagnostics. The odds must be 80%+
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Tue 28 Oct 2008 01:49
03 2.0 TDCi - Eng. cut off/Glow plug light is on - JonD
I ended up having the cam and crank sensors being replaced for about £150. Thanks for all your help
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