Hi Alan that job is way above my pay grade, but i loved watching you do it, you are the best mechanic on you tube.🙏👍

Excellent job Alan, great camera work and very well explained. Thanks a lot.

Great video again Alan, very interesting, please keep them coming, I really look forward to them. Thanks Alan

thank you, I have never seen such a job well done, thank you, you always teach me something very useful. You are number one.

Hi Alan very good video 📹 your one of my favorite mechanics. always look forward to your videos I've learnt alot about fords thanks to you .Hope your keeping well cheers from Dublin

Wicked tutorial mate! Lot of work so now we can appreciate the cost involved.

Love the fact that you deal with real world cars .

Wow what a job to change a couple of rubber gaskets, well played Alan on a great explanation how to do it,to us non mechanics.

You’re like the best video motor manual going! 👌👍

Perfect Job Allen. I changed my Gearbox last year and have to turn it of another time because i didnt recognize that the new PTFE-Gaskets have to be assembled different. 5 more hours but now it’s sealed.

Oh my. Can't even fathom how much that repair would cost at workshop 😬 Thanks for showing the issue. I bought my mk4 diesel with quite a lot of road already put into it. If I happen to get MK5 I'll absolutely guaranteed will try to see that this isn't happening. Those pesky car sellers that have washed everything bit too conveniently :)

your knowledge on these cars is amazing perkins engines had the same set up

I watch your vids as I always learn stuff Alan - and I also always think "That Chap needs a 3/8th battery ratchet..." They're a "use one once, never be without one again" tool. Not an impact, just a battery ratchet. Bloomin handy tools - they speed everything up.

Brilliant channel you have Alan. Been watching avidly for a few months now. I've just bought a 2015 mk5 2.0 diesel and pray this isn't happening on mine as its on 65000

Amazing mileage... condition of main shell looked amazing

Great video again Alan just wish we could see more 🙏

Glad to see a new video mate hope you are keeping well 😁😁😁

Man ur not mechanic u r magician ☺️ Awesome video 😀

One more video? GOOD !!! Thanks Alan.

Alan, FFS! I feel worse now! All the old rear main seals that took all day to disassemble to get to/ that took all of 5 mins maximum to replace with a big socket or similar, have just made everyone’s life Sooo much more difficult! 🤦🏻‍♂️ Thanks for you knowledge and skills! PS, I’m not alone in feeling your pain! 🫣

Not a nice job to do, but it's hard to knock and engine that's delivered that kind mileage. As always with you Alan a lovely bit of investigative work and once all done ready to go in the next one.

I have the Focus ST estate and this is the engine it has (I think) Thanks to these great in-depth vids that take so much time to edit and post people like us would be lost without the basic's and knowledge you share! Thanks so much Alan.

Just stumbled across your channel. Great video and now subscribed!

Great vid Alan what a pain of a job 👍

Same rear main bearing cap setup on Renault F series engines - easy to do in the car with the gearbox and sump pan removed.

Another one bites the dust. Nice job Alan !

Another brilliant video. Thxs Alan

Top man learning all the time

Great video Alan, very useful info cheers. Regards from Galway 😉👍🍻💚 💙💛

Allen Excellent stuff mate shown in great detail not a job I would like to take on so you think this is down to high millage at the high millage that car has done I think I must agree with you has you have greater experience than my self in these matters a great video explained very well Phil in stoke

Hockey stick seals! Great video as usual 👌

Good job Alan. To be fair a leak after 300k isn’t bad going. Bearing shells looked like new

cracking great job ! lots of miles from that engine !! Thanks

Good engine that, over 300,000 miles. WOW!

New to your channel, but love it!

Great Stuff Alan!! Many Thanks

Great vid Alan

Top info as always my pal.

Bring back Morris marina cork seals all is forgiven. I love your videos you describe very well.

Ты настоящий Красавчик!!!

Excellent video Alan I really enjoyed watching it but couldn’t help noticing that it seems the sump pan of the engine has probably been removed before ? as the use of universal black RTV sealant is not usually found on the Machine sealing faces of the sump or the engine block. The correct sealant for this sealing surface is actually a special expensive sealant as you know from the price of it from Ford from previous videos! i’m not teaching you to suck eggs mate, but the only gasket sealant I would use on the sump is Elring dirko which is available from GSF or euros and only about £11 it’s a white grey colour and is semipermanent hard with excellent elasticity properties and stretch / gap filling properties , If this was used that rubber gasket would not have been able to shrink causing the leak , I would not use that black stuff as all it does is squishes out when you tighten up the sump bolts hence no samples of it on the mating surfaces, Give it a try mate, I won’t use anything else these days it’s really good stuff it has even sealed distorted coolant flanges for me in the past when I was stuck for parts on the weekend !!!

Morning Alan. From sunny ☀️ Belfast. Hope you had a lovely platinum jubilee break from work 😂 That was a fantastic informative video as always 🤩 You should of got Monica to put the silicone grease on the rubber seals lol 😆 As I’ve always said I’m no mechanic but do a little on my car but just love watching how you donut Alan 😆 Have a good week until the next exciting video on a mondingo 👍🏻

Very good video as usual Alan. I have a Focus 1.8TDCi which I have just completely overhauled (new bearings, pistons, valve stem seals etc) after 396,000 miles. Now I have an oil leak (black oil not gearbox oil) from the notch at the bottom of the bell housing. Brand new Elring crankshaft oil seals were fitted at both ends of the crankshaft and the screws/bolts that secure the seal to the block at the flywheel end were torqued up as per the manual. The manufacturers' plastic sleeve was used to slide the seal over the crankshaft flange with no apparent damage or distortion. Any ideas? The 1.8TDCi doesn't have this sliding block with sealing strip under the bearing like the one in this video, so it's obviously not that.

If it had been first assembled with a little bit sticking out might never have had the problem? I wonder what the sop for that part of assembly said?

Can’t really moan at that mileage especially with the condition of that crank bearing. That engine looks like it would do another 300,000 👍👍

Great video

Wow what a bloody job that is,but saying that u sorted it out in no time 👍😂😂

Great job!

Great job Alan, Thank You:):)

Hi Alan. I Love your videos. I think I have this problem with my 2016 Mondeo. 😢18500 k miles. Should I ask my local garage to fix it or is it cheaper to buy a new engine with lower mileage?

Hello nice one Alan 👍

Hi Alan, keep every MK5 spare spart! The last MK5 was built April 4th 2022. MK6 is available in China only.

Hi Alan, great video as usual. do you think this problem happen at 122,000? Also, approx how much would it cost to have the repair done? One more thing, when can you do my car? I think I have this problem.

Hi champ, awesome vid, did it fox the leak?

Top bloke x keep vids coming x

Thanks for the nice video!

Hello Allan, this is a wonderful Job. I love how you explain. My ford mondeo 2009 petrol leaks oil terribly, the cylinder head cover where coils enter from is full of oil, even after wiping it out. The oil is full on top and it drips Down around the engine. Would you advise what needs to be changed or replaced. Can oil leak through the plug holes?

Cracking video , well yes Peugeot 🤮💩. Look forward to some more videos soon 👍🇬🇧

Hi Alan, how much would i be looking at on a repair if my Ford cooker had the same problem ? , we in hundreds or thousands?..looks thousands lol . Great vid thx for scare .😊

Great video as always I was going to send you a message as you hadn't done any videos lately. To see what was going on. Alan

Hi Alan , question, watching your video i recently changed that rear main seal on my 2010 kuga as i was changing the clutch and duel mass but it has started to leak from there i think i made the mistake of when fitting the seal that bronze inner part is facing out towards the wheel when in your clip its facing towards the engine is that where iv gone wrong , many thanks andy

I replaced the shaft seal, sealed high pressure pump. I can still see oil drops under the car. Can oil run out from under the camshaft cover?

Hi Alan! 😊 Is it the same on MK4 2.0 TDCi QXBA engine? And is really necessary to take off the gearbox when doing on the car??

Its not a job to tackle unless you 1) know what you are doing 2) have the facilities. You made what is obviously a stinker of a job look comparatively easy I have to say. Rust aside, I was once an avid Peugeot fan.(its a Peugeot Diesel engine in a Ford Mondeo for those that don't know) until the 405, then I went right off them and never returned.

welcome back alan,, bloody shit job. my mk2 focus 2.0 cdti is at 230k miles and has just as many oil leaks lol.... this job gos right to the bottom of the list lol

Testament to oil changes with that bearing shell after 350k miles, not an easy job, but can't ask much more from a rubber o ring with all the heat cycles. Peugeot engines are not as bad as people make out. This 2.0, is derived from the original 1.9 xud engine, which is recognised as one of the best ever made.

Hey mate I have a 08 xr5 mondeo has internal pressure rising of engine told it has blown crankseal and rear main seal ..have you ever come across this problem and will a pcvdelete and baffled catch can fix the pressurising internal issue

Hi. Where can you get the end cap seals? Mine have snapped

Hi Alan, is this seen in the Mk 4 as well/

Hello from australia alan, sadly i have developed a similar oil leak. So i think my brother and i are going to get a 2nd engine to put in. What performance mods would you think suit these engines if you were to go down that road?

Brilliant, thanks

I wouldn't be complaining with any leak if I owned a car which had done 350k incredible mileage in a short time. My 68plate mondeo has only just ticked over 40k and that's my daily from new.

Thankyou 👍

Good video as normal Alan. On another subject have you ever come across a whirring noise from the cam sprocket after changing the cambelt on a mk 4 mondeo 2.0 tdci ? As mine is doing it and no one can tell me what the issue is.

Lets put a little window at the back of the block, That must remain oil tight, I think someone at ford was taking the piss here😂

OMG feelimg sick just watching this. Is it bad design or just age???

Ive got a mk5 with 180km on the clock. Its not dripping oil but oil is starting to seep out of the holes in the bottom on the bell housing. Its a pain in the but because my clutch is only 50k old n been told i cant reuse it and they arent available in new zealand 😔

@alan howatt. Hi, I've just changed the rear crank seal on my parents mk 4 2.0 tdci, has 150k on the clock, original was leaking, so I fitted this seal, with the plastic applicator, reassembled and all seemed fine but next day, oil leak is back 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️. After some investigation on a Ford forum, a ford tech posted a reply, saying that the surface of the crank has to be spotless, with zero oil residue because the way the ptfe seal seals, is my inserting the seal, leaving it in position, without moving the crank at all, for 4 hours, then rebuilding and when the engine is started, a thin coating of the seal, is transfered to the crankshaft surface and this makes the seal, between crank and seal. Have you heard of this before? Because at the end of this video, you didn't mention any special procedure, for seal insertion 🤷🏻‍♂️. I have another genuine seal ordered from Ford and will have to strip out again, which I don't mind, I just want to know, that I'm doing the job right. Thanks. Dave. P.s you're right, it's a crap job, to have to do those vertical seals, what a terrible design error.

Hi there Alan, I'm just wondering out of curiosity what kind of miles these taxis do before they are retired or as some would say have been a taxi too long?.. 🤔

Can it be the same problem with with s-max 2011 2.2tdci 147kw engine?? I can't find from where leaking engine oil...

you know alan i have a mark 3 mondeo changed rear seal when changed clutch and just front gear box im leaking oil like between the box and block at the front , would this be same sort of problem as your explaining here its 1.8 petrol ? thankyou great video as always

Alan you love a mahoosa job. Why wouldn’t this have just been a small oil leak. Oh yeh 352k 16 reg car.

Alan, good to see you mate. why not lubricate the end seal before putting it on the applicator?

The moral of this vlog Alan is not really what a pig of a job it is but the faith you must have in that engine type to repair it at that mileage and stick it back in another cab.

and this is one of the top 3 diesel engines. I don't wanna know what happens with the low ranked diesels.

Hi Alan. I recently bought a MK4 2.0 tdci titanium 2008 with 108,000 miles on board .The car was not maintained by the previous owners. I would like to know at how many miles should I change the timing chain?

One question. Had anyone had any issues with turbos? Just currious. (Thankfully) they are not mentioned a lot.

How long does it take to swap an engine out in one of these (must have done it a few times)?

we would call that rear crankshaft seal in our business

Hey, how can I order this? Thank you!

I had a 2000 Peugeot 406 2.0HDi with 340.000km and it had 0 oil leaks 👌 these new Peugeot engines seem like crap to be honest. . .

The swapped engine didn’t the injectors and pump need coding?

Very good Alan did u get new van or car?

Hello Alan my son is obsessed with Steve's taxi cars, everyone he sees he yells taxi and waves to the driver. We recently found your channel and I was wondering if you could do a video of just the cars with them driving around

Mines just coming up to 300,000 ,do you ever get problems with the oil pressure selunoid p06dd ,just replaced mine ,everything great month later it’s back on 😂😂

Hi Alan. Hope you're well. Wondered if you could lend some wisdom on an issue with my Mk4 Mondeo. The right indicator is on the blink and only works some of the time. Got a new stalk on order but wondered if there is anything else I need to be looking at?

Good experianced call mate engine swap saves what could easily be a bloody nightmare...Had a 3.0 omega dripping from box join after the sump had been changed and flywheel pulled turned ou to be a plug in the oil pump weeping running down the side of the pump practically unseen along the block./sump line eventually coming out the gearbox/block join bastid...

What an absolute ball ache of of a job. Great content as usual Alan. Just curious, but have you bought yourself another vehicle to replace that rotten old shed of a van of yours yet?

Great video ! Do you think it's possible to do this job without removing the gearbox?

Think I would put rear seal on before main cap