Ford Mondeo - Noisey When cold

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Sun 22 May 2011 00:19
Ford Mondeo - Noisey When cold - herald

Hi further to my earlier post about my faulty Nissan Xtrail i have decided to get shut, today i have been looking at a Passat diesel 2.0tdi i work on these engines at work and leaning towards one.

Anyway while i was at the dealers they had a very nice 2007 Ford Mondeo 2.0tdci 115 Ghia with all the bits, i have never been keen on the mondeo but after a test drive i was very impressed, my only concern was how noisey it was when cold, is this normal from this model? it was quiter when warmed up.

Also what what else should i be looking out for?

It has 70k miles with full ford service history, and to be honest i surprised myself by liking it more than the passat i was originally viewing and about 1k cheaper but 2 years newer.

cheers herald

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Mon 23 May 2011 10:21
Ford Mondeo - Noisey When cold - Peter

Having owned two Mk 3 2.0 TDCi Mondeo's, I can confirm they have noisy engines when cold but from my experience they are good cars.

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Mon 23 May 2011 11:39
Ford Mondeo - Noisey When cold - ddr

It's the nature of the beast to be noisy when cold. When it warms up it quietens down, unlike the VW diesels!

Check for good clutch action, no noises related to pressing the clutch pedal, no visible smoke whatsoever at idle. Take it for a good hard drive at up to 4k rpm, which will help to show up any fuel system related trouble if there is any. Check in rear window for smoke as you do this too. A bit of grey diesel smoke is normal. Black or white is not.

Edited by ddr on 23/05/2011 at 11:40

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Mon 23 May 2011 23:26
Ford Mondeo - Noisey When cold - herald
Thanks for the replies I will be going back for another look later in the week and will check out the things mentioned.I will be towing my caravan with the replacement car, do tdci mondeos have Dmf clutches?if so are there any inherent problems? I seems from what I have read vw passats have injector problems how do mondeos do with the fuel system?
Regards herald
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Tue 24 May 2011 19:35
Ford Mondeo - Noisey When cold - Railroad.

Common failures on Ford TDCi engines are camshaft sensors. Fortunately it's a 30 second job to do. These engines do perform very well though, they drive like the clappers. Oh, and diesel knock when they cold? Yes, they all do it.....

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