Glad the owner gave his blessing for the road test. Some owners would be very precious about who and why its being driven. Keep them coming. Always entertaining and informative 👍

I love your videos 100% down to earth genuine guy keep up the good work..

Been asked a few times by fellow owners of the servicing process for these and I have to say I've shared your video more times than I can even think of. Absolutely brilliant content and brilliantly explained; top job keep it up 👏🏼

Firstly a massive thanks to you Alan as I bought a focus st diesel a few months ago, after watching this video decided to service the st myself wasn't I lucky to do so as oil filter was only finger tight no tools needed. Without watching this video I may well of finished up with a much bigger bill👍👍👍👍👍 Ps I have never seen a car mechanic get so excited servicing a car before. cheers Geoff.

that door protector has just blown my mind amazing invention!

Thank you so much I done my worst fear on this fuel filter and I took just 15 mints to change all filter u are the lad 👍

Wow that car is absolutely pristine..a credit to the owner for looking after it. Brilliant cars. Good editing here too - nice job 👍

Alan top video the best yet with the cam and slow mo...looks really professional keep it up

Great video Alan, and Monica coming in on her RDO to drive the ST. 👍

I've had a Focus 2011 Mk3 (pre-facelift), with the 2.0TdCi 136hp, it was a great car, this one is even faster, great video Alan! I'm only typing this so I can say; Monika is very beautiful :D :)

Editing skills like a pro Alan 👍🏻

Hi Alan, great video, and lovely car I can't blame monika for wanting to come in on her day off, and a bonus you let her drive it, great slow-motion at the end, keep up the good work.

great vid Alan and Monika ive always put oil on my new filter nice to see you respcting this special car with FOMOCO parts worth the few quid more keep em coming pmsl when you said if you find bits of swarf etc in the fuel filter the hp pump could be going out my advice trade it in ASAP lol

Fantastic video, really helped show how simple the fuel filter is on these cars! Thank you

Just about to do service on mine, you sound more excited about it than I do 😅 I have the same colour 😊

great video..love the ST... keep it videos coming...

Thank you and Monica for this video!

Great video Alan ive been watching your videos since speaking to you about the 1.8 lynx wet belts! I've got an focus st2 with the dw10 engine in. I know they're a good unit! Smashing video thanks look forward to more!

Great video Alan and a nice car it’s a Good idea on putting the oil on the filter seal as it stops the rubber seal rucking up

Another great vid Alan. Thank god you highlighted the loosening oil filter issue. I had this on my Kuga, made me start doubting my sanity. Ford dealers in UK and Ireland avoiding damaged engine waranty issues caused by that filter coming loose. I think it's the rubber seal, it should be made of either Viton, Nitrile or Buna rubber which is oil resistant. The factory banging them out is in Morocco, great place for sardines - not oil filters. I use strap wrench all the time now on only these engines. Regarding the fuel filter pot,, I take it out as it has a sump in it's bottom which is very good at hiding metal glitter. Also Ford did not fit the clear plastic drain hose on mine, turn the drain screw and diesel runs down into the alternator (well done Ford). It takes a bit more time to do, as I blow it all out with an air line. I hate this PSA junk. By the way I just done the gasket on my high pressure pump intermediate housing. I smeared a small skin of Hylomar around the oil feed into the gear housing before assembly. That was the only area on the old gasket where the embossed surface had vanished completely apon disasembly. If Homar is good enough for Rolls Royce, then it's good for PSA engines. Thanks again for the vids, keep up the good work with them. Your a legend. Regards. Tony

Great video Alan,

Great job alan,thanks mrs m,neil,wow an ST in garage whats next a cossie maybe😃

Fantastic video. 👏🏼👌🏼

You made a realy great chanel. Regards from Croatia !!!

Thank you Monica ;) bada bing!!!! Thanks alan great video. Love the car!!!

Good team work guys 😉👌

My kind regards to miss m and the rest of the fantastic team

I love my ST250, perfect car

Great cars. Remap stage 1 on mine got me an extra 56bhp. All stock.

Id love an st,awesome vid,awesome car

Bloody love your videos, explain everything so clearly and makes me wish I still had my MK3 Mondeo! However, one thing I noticed! Get your jeans off the paintwork! 🤣

Good job 👍

Thoroughly enjoyed the video Alan, if i do the hand tight thing on my connect oil filter it always comes loose, 25.11 conformation of my dirty mind.

Alan der beste Schrauber !! Habe schon viel von Ihm gelernt. Gruß Dennis

nice car with my fav color 💛💛💛

Spot On !!

Much nicer than the new shape.

All us Neils always have great cars... Im not the Neil in the vid... who the hell designs these engine connectors......soo cool Thankyou Miss M91 and Alan N x

nice work thank again canada

Well, I was going to comment and say "you mentioned how cool the red kick plates were, but never mentioned the pop out door protectors", and then it got to 17:50. 👍🏻

i love how the engine oil was black immediately ! that's the diesel engine for you.

Nice piece of machinery.

Allen Just brilliant stuff Phil in stoke

Good lord, Alan in pair of hot pants, now there's a image i can't get out of my head😂😁😆

Does this mean the standard 2.0tdci 150ps can be mapped to the same power as the st. And also up to 250bhp at stage 2 just like the focus st at stage 2?

Hello Alan, great and very informative video btw! Just a question, my focus st has come up with the code P228C. I've changed the fuel filter as many suggested as this solved it for them however it didn't for me. I went for a drive and drove hard on 4th gear but it lost all power when the revs hit around 3500-4000rpm. Any idea what I could replace to solve this problem or any ideas what it could be? thank you!

Say your changing an engine mount on your drive, would that plastic sump take the weight of the engine? I would use board as big as the the sump.

I used to have a Ford Edge with i beleive the same 180hp 2 liter diesel. Lovely engine, obviously on a 2 ton car, not the same speed but you really notice the torc

Hi. I know this was a year ago but what fuel filter did you use?

Out of interest do you use any kind of oil flush when carrying out the oil changes? Great video, keep up the good work 👍🏻

I have a titanium with the same 2l diesel engine, what is the best oil to run in these engines? I know you mention 0w- 30 but what brand is best? Does the oil have to be a certain specification? Thanks

mk5 ST in impaact blue is lovely also.

Hi Alan, any idea how many litres capacity these have?

This my favorite model ford focus st

Very thorough,thanks for pointing out the mistakes I would make if you hadn't warned me.You are a born teacher.

So same engine as the taxis what sort of miles they good for ?

happens on my 3008 2.0 hdi a couple of months before service is due leak from the filter and its always because its worked loose

You saying ford's recommended NM for tightening the oil filter is not enough?

my dream car :D

Allan- you know you can easily remap one or two taxis to have 180HP using forscan- just change the power rating - the map is already there- just activate it. Nice video as allways

Two questions spring to mind, how does she drive in those shoes and how does she get into those trousers :)

Hey Allen, all your mk5 2.0 tdci can be upgraded to 180bhp without special tuning devices/software. The software it is the same and it is needed just to be unlocked. :)

ALAN MY FAVOURITE CAR MATE MY MATE HAD ONE FAST AS OUT FLYING MACHINE 😊

Question for you Alan, what's your thoughts on filling the oil filter before fitting?

Great to see. When you expect mondeo 2.0 fuel filter replacement movie? Great to watch you

Thank you!

have you ever work on a focus RS ?

Great video very informative. Do these diesel ST versions have a timing chain or is it a belt?

My question is. Has any one got the colour code for the old BT van paint to do a comparison?

Alan it's a good idea to half fill the metal cannister type oil filters with the brand new fresh oil and then screw back in place

Alan, I believe you live in a nice environment. Since we all can't travel that much, might it be an idea to make a touristic video once?

Do you ever use an oil engine flush. ???

st, wow love this car much. hehehe your so funny alan :)

I have always put oil on the seal of a new filter as well

Hi Alan! Fun videos as usual! Do you put 0w30 oil in all the diesel cars? Also what can happen if my local service put 5w30 in my 1.5 tdci? :-$

how much oil it take?

My wife owned a 16 plate one of these from new for a couple of years. Was plagued by constant DPF blockage issues inc a bunt out dpf atomiser after 4K. Long runs didn’t clear the dpf when the light was on and once it even came on after a 80 mile motorway run. Was fed up of using the Forscan program to force regen’s every few weeks. Sold it in the end and bought a petrol Audi. In total contrast my MK5 mondeo with the same engine has covered 102k and has never had an issue with the dpf or even brought the light on. Was a shame to have to get rid of it as it was a great car to drive with plenty of low down torque.

How much did that service cost

I am just curious. Why u didnt bleed the system after changing fuel filter?

Can I bring mine down for oil service how much u charge I’ve got the exactly the same car in the same colour too lol 😆

Alan how often should the fuel filter be changed ? i'm guessing the ST you are working on as done about 25k.Tangerine Scream lovely colour.

Monika perfect handling of the steering wheel.

, wonderful car, but, this is not a multilink back?

What about the air and cabin filters? :P

I've got a MK4 Mondeo 2.5t if you want to do some content on it mate 👍

Alan, ever driven a TXS mk4 mondeo? They are specced out too. Mines got everything you can think of lol. love it.

I got the stage 3 from Pumaspeed, 278 bhp and 580nm.

Morning Alan and Monica 😄 You must try hot pants for your KZfaq family lol 😂 If I lived locally I'd definitely use you for my car servicing especially when you oil your ring hehe 😂 That's some motor but at at 20K plus a lot o dosh for a Ford 😂 You could imagine the faces on your taxi drivers if you re-mapped their cars 🤣 Take care till the next so see ya 👍🏻 Cheers Stevie 😎

Hi Allan,can I just say good video. But a bit early with music. Carol of the bells in summer🤔

The one time i forgot to put abit of oil on my filter seal it crapped itself after a few weeks and sprayed its oil all over john street roundabout in rochdale

Oh no not another video about an oil change. :-) Great video, thank you. Alan what's the change interval on the fuel filter on this engine please?

Don't you have to prime the New oil filter before putting it back on also did you change the pollen filter Great video Alan

i have a 2013 2.0tdci 163 my oil filter is buried near fuel filter

I think we'd all like to take Monika for a test drive!

Those back fuel pipe connections can be a bastard to get on, I end up undoing part of the bracket that holds the pipes together on top of the engine to give just a little more movement.

Should try my dad's XFR 5L V8 Supercharged ;) But in all seriousness I'm actually surprised, I haven't looked at the St series but I didn't think they'd be using a 2l diesel? Maybe a 2L petrol or something

@13:10 a new car and the subframe is starting to rust?

Hi Alan. I appreciate your very very busy but several people on the relevant forums have asked me to contact you with regards to an ongoing warm start issue with my mk3 st diesel. Do you have contact details please as this is something a little long winded and complicated to annotate it?

Where are you based

Really nice car BUT make mine a mondeo ST .You seem to know what your doing I reckon you've done it all before 😆😂😀👍👌