Mondeo daily help please

Yes it's an early mk 4.
It has the later red fluid in it.

I'll try to get a new reservoir from ford tomorrow, where should I look for the fluid?
Thanks for the answer.

'hello, ford parts dept?'

yes'

I'd like a PS reservoir for a Mk IV Mondeo please - gives Reg no

That will be £587.00 plus vAT please

*$%£**"!!!!!! What!!!!

Ah yes, you get a pump with it as well.

But I don't want a pump.

Sorry, yours only comes with a pump.

I'll leave it then.

Bye.

**checks Ebay**

Finds a Ford dealer on ebay & puts in reg no - reservoir £57 delivered Thurs.

WTF??

Also ordered the posh oil from Opie oils that you stated which should arrive tomorrow, here's hoping it fixes it.

This stuff - hope its the correct oil? www.opieoils.co.uk/p-87380-pentosin-chf-11s-hydraulic-fluid.aspx

Good to know - hopefully bits will arrive tomorrow so I can try to bleed it to see if it shuts it up.

Yeah, I bought 2 litres (bit cheaper) so I could give it a good flush and added a gallon of oil for the Pop for free delivery.

Did you flush the system out as per my directions? I know you are a pretty talented guy, but I probably didn't say exactly how I did it (my sister got married last week, and there were still things to sort out this week; God I do value sleep! I guess I know how people with kids feel now!).

This is how I did mine.

1)Remove the fuel pump fuse ; Crank the engine over to ensure the engine will only crank
2)Drain the old reservoir by sucking it out with a syringe until it is empty.
3) Remove said old reservoir
4) Into the inlet pipe on the PAS system on the car add a clean funnel and zip tie it onto the slam panel or use an assistant to keep the funnel level
5) Add a 'return' bottle onto the outlet side. I used an old milk bottle here that I cleaned out.
6) Fill the funnel with fresh CHF fluid.
7) Crank the engine over until the fluid level in the funnel drops. In between cranking the car, check the state of the fluid in the return bottle. Mine had all sorts of rubbish in (black particles), and this is why my filter was blocked in the reservoir.
8) Keep repeating step 7 until the fluid runs clear into the return bottle.
9) Once all done, refit the new reservoir and check to see the fluid isn't foaming.

When I did Step 7, I noticed alot of junk came out. My dad tried to flush it by turning the key on and off very quickly when he tried to do the job previously. He only made a massive mess everywhere and still had a noisy pump at the end (it's his old car that I now own). Only when I put a new reservoir on with a clean filter and the system fully flushed did the car become much quieter. Mine was engine rpm linked in terms of the pitch.

Your issue is certainly down to air getting in, most likely from debris in some point of the system. It's strange and slightly worrying that your reservoir is totally empty inside (i.e you can see the ports exits on the inside), as that filter serves a good purpose.

Do you have a picture of the reservoir. I may see if mine looks the same. I can ask my local dealer if your car is different . You can provide me the reg via PM .

That's a hard one to call. How long is too long? I drove mine like that for a month or so; mainly as the old man wasn't bothered for that time.

Good to how it is quieter.

As an interim step without a new reservoir, you could try blow the curse word out the filter with an airline so it comes out of the filtered port side only.

I'll see what Ford brings up for your car though .

Flushed again and cleaned reservior again - only I broke the filter when I cleaned it - oops! Definitely need a new one now. all seems reasonably quiet now though.

My current reservoir for reference.

Thanks Chas,much apreciated.