What Have I Done..

[sexyrav]

Greetings to all, i am a newbie,

 

I had an unfortunante incident with my new mondeo the other day (2.0l TDCI).

 

Have a Ford Mondeo Diesel TDCI - brand new - couple of months old

 

Drove it through a deep puddle.

Car stalled after exiting the ford.

Although the engine was firing, it was not starting. After 10 minutes or so, the engine did start, but cut out shortely after.

Finally got the engine to start, and it held. White steam was coming out of the exhaust.

AA engineer came and checked the car, he checked the engine, and found that the intercooler had taken water in it, so he detached it from the enine, and reved the engine for a short while, ensuring the brunt of water from puddle was reved out of the engine system.

 

He drove the car, and concluded that there hadn't been a loss of power and that it ws drivable.

 

On the motorway, i noticed that the car did not have the same 'roar' as before, and the engine was notable louder - rattling from the engine during the first three gears.

 

Later that night i noticed some black smoke coming out of the exhaust, but was advised that this was the engine clearing out any remaining water in the system.

 

I took the car into my local garage, they could not find any fault with the engine but replace the air filter and fuel filter as they were damp.

 

The thing is the car hasn't been the same since, it has lost its roar (of the turbo) when accelerating, especially when gearing down. The engine seesm to be rattling, and you can feel the car throg almost when the engie is on and stationary - during the first and second gears it does throb.

It sounds like a used diesel now, whereas before it was very quiet.

 

Has anybody had a simialr incident before, or could anybody shed any light on what may have happend? What could be wrong with the car (its roar has gone, and the throb?)

 

Sad regards

[seatkid]

Black smoke is due to lack of turbo boost.

Theres a good possibilty he didnt put the intercooler back on properly, which is rattling free somewhere, losing boost pressure...check this first...

 

Or....You possibly damaged the (hot) turbo with the (cold)water fracturing the ceramic vanes. (as the water got past the turbo into the intercooler)

It wasn't a clever idea to try to start it after the incident. But I guess we would all do the same. Only thing to do is to start stripping from the air intake - turbo - intercooler.

 

You could always take it to the dealer and of course deny any knowledge of the incident and demand it is fixed under warranty! ^_^

Edited August 7, 2007 by seatkid

[Smilge]

With all that neat diesel and water going into the exhaust, I reckon the Cats had it now and the engine isn't breating correctly ..... mmmm expensive on them!