al-one-arm
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hi all
a friend of mine has got a lowly 51 plate 2000 petrol (fix or repair daily)mondeo estate.
apparantly everything works and drives perfect, except this confusing problem.
he cannot get it through an mot.
for an mot sniff test, you have to run the engine at 2500rpm for 30 secs.
after approx 24 secs the revs start fluctuating between 1500 and 5000rpm
and white smoke billows out the exhaust.
switch off the car, restart, no smoke(not even a little puff to clear out), car runs and drives perfect.drives at 2500rpm no smoke no losses of water,oil,brake fluid, etc,
ford garage says needs new engine, but they have not even got the test equip for diagnosis, taken it to electronic tuning specialists in chard, cant find any fault registered.
any suggestions from you experts(apart from scrap it)
a friend of mine has got a lowly 51 plate 2000 petrol (fix or repair daily)mondeo estate.
apparantly everything works and drives perfect, except this confusing problem.
he cannot get it through an mot.
for an mot sniff test, you have to run the engine at 2500rpm for 30 secs.
after approx 24 secs the revs start fluctuating between 1500 and 5000rpm
and white smoke billows out the exhaust.
switch off the car, restart, no smoke(not even a little puff to clear out), car runs and drives perfect.drives at 2500rpm no smoke no losses of water,oil,brake fluid, etc,
ford garage says needs new engine, but they have not even got the test equip for diagnosis, taken it to electronic tuning specialists in chard, cant find any fault registered.
any suggestions from you experts(apart from scrap it)