Handbrake cables arent too bad to replace, fuel system as mentioned above, dual mass flywheel knocking, aux belt tensioner noisy, egr valve jamming open meaning car wontt start, rear subframe bushes, il have a think see what else I can remember

Welk he bought it yesterday without anyone looking at it phoned me this morning to say theres a knocking noise the guy said it needed an oil change slightly suspocious
Im going to have a look at it tommorow anyome got any ideaa what it could be

dual mass flywheel perhaps

Indeed. Quite costly and not honest if not stated by the seller. But, let's not jump to conclusions, it may as well be something else. But in any case, should one buy a mondeo which is knocking? Simply no.

My GF has a Mondeo Mk3 estate, which we use to transport the dogs. We've just bought a Vito van to replace it.

Anyway, when she bought the Mondeo it was gutless. No power at all. Lost speed going up hill. Drank diesel like it only cost 14.99p a litre instead of 149.9p a litre. I tracked it down to a hose that had a split - almost impossible to spot, as its on the inside of a 90 degree bend.

The Mondeos also eat up wheel bearings like nothing else I've driven. This 51 plate has had at least 6 replacement bearings.

Woulnt say bearings have been a common thing, a few back ones

Tha wasnt one of the hoses from the intercooler by chance???????

The big hose attached to the end of the inlet manifold, towards the bottom of this picture...

http://www.talkford.com/index.php?ap...tach_id=117217

Having found the problem, it seems that I'm not alone in having this pipe split. I replaced it with part of of MGR hose that I had lying around in my garage, as a "temporary" fix :D

BTW my engine does not have the MAF sensor in the same place as this one - its down near the bottom of the radiator!

Those big pipes fail all the time, we sell loads of them. Dont even ahve to lool em up nowdays lol........

thats the MAP sensor, the MAF is on the air box