The camshafts are suposed to twist as a failsafe, thats what i learned working at Peugeot... We always changed the camshafts after having these issues... :)

Great work Alan ...Steve's Taxis lucky to have you !

You truly are Mr Mondeo! Thanks Alan and keep them coming.

Bolloxed being a technical term.... love it great video..

One reason I love these videos is I've spent so much time and spent so many Miles in Mondeo's, over ten years, you know from personal experience how reliable they are because the vehicle's I was using had at least 100,000 miles on them some over 200,000 miles one even 300,000 miles.

Nice spot on the camshaft! Really love these videos! Thanks for your time! 👌👍

Very entertaining and informative, thanks, looking forward to part 2.

Love watching your vids.. the content is very informative and fun to watch.. Keep up the fantastic work you do Alan..

Brilliant Alan you are spoiling us, yes I do like seeing the damage and i love seeing the master (that's you) repairing it, have you stopped commenting because people are annoying you for advice.

Nice job Alan on the Mondeo engine rebuild part 1

Really enjoy your longer videos

Great work as always Alan,very informative. Looking forward to the start up vid.

Hi Alan a nother great video, very interesting, look forward to your next video.keep them coming..

Fascinating stuff Alan. You don't really think about the importance of oil in a car until you see where it has to travel. 👍

Love the close up detail you manage to video AND your use of manual exposure on the camera! Monica always makes me smile!…Nudge nudge Wink wink!

Another Great Video Alan , Hello Monika and congratulations !!

Another brilliant video…always entertaining and never a dull moment… great stuff .. 👍👍👍👍

At 11 min you can clearly see the fracture lines of the twisted lobes on the camshaft.

I'm not a mechanic, but like to listen to you rabbiting on about different problems on the 'Jackpots'! Appreciate your vids Alan.

Oh Alan. If you didn’t go to see Monika we could if seen it start today. 😂😂. Glad to see the taxi work picking back up 👍🏻👍🏻

Nice 1 Alan nice to see Monica we have have her in more vids again

Great vid again Al well spotted with the cam shaft very informative seee ya later dude

Good spot on the spun sprocket,i would of missed that,lot of labour for a paying customer in a workshop situation.

Looking forward to the next video Alan and I'm glad it's picking up again . I think you could easily get 300k with a bit of care like checking fluids weekly I think it would avoid engine failure

Nice work as usual. Very interesting.

Morning Alan. That was a really good technical video on the mondingo 👍🏻 Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 she’ll spin up and spark into life first turn lol 😆 Have a nice Sunday relaxing ready for part two 🤣 Cheers Stevie 😎

Hope you are staying safe and well

As ever a truly excellent and informative video 👍👍

Great work. Very informative 👍

Hi Alan my mate had a camshaft which I think was from a Peugeot that he couldn't get to run after a camchain failure when he asked about it turned out the loabs could all move independently which he was able to verify by putting it next to another he thought it was a solid forged component but apparently not. Like you say if you don't know you would never work it out

Great learn about the cams and how to line them up. As there is no cam locking tool, to check the back of the cams line up. With the front timing marks. Will you be doing a oil change before starting the engine?

You have been very lucky with the rockers

Another good video, I like to see problem solving

Another great video Alan, how did you find the mondeo mk1 and mk2 1.8td? Slow but bomb proof?

Yes Steve taxis are lucky to have you

Another brilliant Video Alan Always a pleasure to see Monica, I can't believe the camera was facing towards her arse and you had got the camera underexposed 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Keep up the good work Have a good weekend....

Yes we like it Alan!! Do you know if a rear spring on a mk IV can be changed without spring compressor?

Excellent video! Thanks 👍

Amazing knowledge and great video (as always). Alan, could you please be so kind and give part numbers of the cam chain and chain tensioner? Regards from Poland.

Thanks Allen 👍

Excellent stuff

I think your SIGMA is a 18-35 F 1.8 not 2. It's a beast of lens, love it.

Have the same engine with 290k miles it may need some chain maintenance!what do you recommend

Another fantastic video alan pleasure to watch. Far more interesting than the bloody news. I have a focus st tdci with this dw10 engine in . Only got 35k on her. I'll look after it and keep her serviced and I hoping she'll be a good one! Keep those videos coming next time I have a trip to Royston I may just call in and see you haha!!

Hi Alan hope you are staying safe and well

We do like to see the destruction on those engines and the reasoning behind it ! Thanks for the great vid! By the way will the car not come up with a message on the dash for low oil pressure and engine issues straight after the event?

Cracking video, nothing nice about a traffic/vivaro🤮,looking forward to part two.👍🇬🇧

You will soon be at 27,000 subscribers

That’s brilliant that car sales have. Picked up

Excellent tutorial once again we are spoiled. Could you get some prices on what new stuff would have cost -just for a laugh.

Nice one Alan , your a top man that knows his stuff.....👍 It's a pity the drivers aren't as sharp when it comes to tapping and banging noises coming from the front end as they drive along........😡 Cheers mate , looking forward to the conclusion....👍

Great vid thank you.

Great video

Is the MK5 in ya video on its 3rd timing belt Are chains changed after a certain mileage ?

Hi Alan, could you please help me with a problem I have with my mk4 titanium x auto. When under load I have a noise like a valve is passing and the rev counter drops up and down. It sounds like its in-between gears and sometimes the sound is really bad. I have contacted several garages, 2 of them Ford main dealers and nobody can tell me what this noise is. I can't be the only one that's had ghis fault. Have you come across this? Thanks for any help. Please keep the vloggs coming, they're great. Clive.

More footage of Monica

Just had the chain replaced on my 2016 galaxy(mk5 mondeo in a biggger body) so same 2.0 tdci engine,had chain,tensioner cambelt water pump,all gaskets,and seals(a lot needed) also had to replace the leak off pipes,and a fuel pipe ,all genuine ford parts including labour £1400 to do job,but still feel it was worth the investment although a lot of money,by the way plastic guide had just gone thru to the metal,so caught it in time so no other damage 👍👍

Hi Alan I’m not to far from you tried getting in contact with you just wanted to know how much would you charge for a cambelt replacement

Cracking vid Alan. So is that the same duratorq engine thats used in my kuga 2.0tdci?

that's what the radio is for. if there's a noise coming from the engine then you turn up the volume and pretend it's not there😁

Good one. 👍

Hi Alan. Is it possible to inspect the crankshaft from under a 1.8 TDCI ford engine. Engine will not be removed from the car, rather all work performed from underneath the car. Car is a 2010 6sp Smax? Thanks.

Great video Alan so bloody hurry up and get your next video done lol, seriously you make great videos

Keep hoping a galaxy might pop up, hardly any youtube videos on them :)

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It must really be frustrating Alan when you've taken time and done such a good job on an engine, only for it to go back to the idiot that caused this carnage which could have been avoided if the person had a brain.

Hi alan vear good ved looking four wood to the nexd one

What can I salvage from a seized engine? My Ford focus mk3 has a snapped cambelt. The starter motor clunk's but car doesn't start, after driving at 70mph and hearing a noise before "Bang" it snapped.

Alan, as you work on the Mk5’s quite a lot I have a question for you about my MK6 fiesta ZS TDCI regarding the gearbox. Do you have any contact information so I could send in my full question, Regards

Do you ever do a powershift on your cars? I would be interested in observing a KZfaq segment on one. Thanks in advance

Love your videos. However my only down is that you don't reply to comments 😩. On another video about headlight I asked if you can confirm the part number/description of all the bulbs, e.g low beam H7 etc. I wanted to convert all my bulbs to led but require the bulb numbers. If you can kindly respond I will be much obliged. Thanks.

Why do Steve's use all Ford's? Would a Toyota or something not be less hassle? Genuine question. Love the channel 😂😂

Any upcoming transit video coming as I see you have one

I love it

Allen How lucky is this car it must have a oil change and can you tell me what is average millage these engine will go for what millage has a engine lasted until scraped it would be interested to know great video Phil in stoke

Available in any colour as long as it's red :-)

Allen what camera are you using? Help needed

Hi Alan, Why do these engines have both a timing belt and a timing chain ? Thanks.

I'm looking to buy a 2016 Ford Mondeo Diesel estate. Does it have belt or chain? I've been told if chain it will cost a lot more to change.

Why is she up there now ? What happen to her being in the garage ?

Did you fish the broken tooth out?

Yes in situations like this I am always interested to know the exact failure mode. I like working on old, pre computer controlled, engines.😀🇬🇧

I thought timing chains were the best thing ever compared to cambelts !.I've actually seen more timing chain failures lately than belts and modern belts have a longer service service life than chains !

I'm looking at a mk4 mondeo 2.0tdci later today, any tips or things to watch out for? Tb/wp done recently on it. Reliable engine?

Hi Alan I have a ford smax tdci mk1 2ltr with a low voltage obd code p02e2 and alot of oil in my air intake and its got a growling noise coming from my air intake induction box at back of engine that connects to the turbo any ideas what this could be mate thnks micky b

This seems to be a recurring issue at around 250K miles. Considering its less ball ache to prevent the problem at either the 200K timing belt change or separately at 250K for you to do the chain and tensioner change?

What mile?

TAHANKIOU. ALAN

Currently have a mk4 1.8 tdci and thinking of getting a mk5 1.6 petrol or a 2.0 petrol. Which one should i go for? I am looking for reliablility not for a sporty car

0:40 👀 Transit content would be interesting

Monika is born in uk?

Really good videos. These engines are in my opinion, needlessly complicated. In the past, cams were driven by duplex chains and lasted very well. Cost cutting meant that simplex chains were used and were not as good. I have never been a fan of cam belts. A cheapening of engine design. The best set up was gear driven cams as used by Volvo and early Ford 1.6 Diesels.I have owned and driven taxis since the 90's and have repaired Taxis since the 70's and some drivers will drive them until they are seized up. The majority of your cars are private hire, so it grates on me that you describe then as Taxis, which they are not. Only Hackney Carriages are Taxis.

Like i said before…. The Man,beast,LEGEND😉 I love the way he curse 😅 holly sh*t I have mk3 and mk4 mondeo’s amazing cars Thank You Alan for shearing your knowledge God bless You

How dare you miss Monica ????? the last video ?? come on man .. We cant have a video whit 0 Monica.

These engines seem to be a bit crap and troublesome?

How do I contact you pal, I've got an issue with my mk5 mondeo my garage can't or refuses to fix so I'm going to have to try and do it myself as I can't afford to scrap 9k worth of car cheers

Does Fran not have an Equity card?

Did Ford hire some BMW engineers since timing chains snaps

I think that a 5w30 oil would make this timing last for a lot longer .. but for the sake of another drop of fuel saved ford skimps on reliability using a 0w30 piss water oil

Monica your well talented as for more wages lol