How To Bleed Air From Your Coolant, Plus Water Pump Replacement, Ford Mondeo 2L Duratec. 

Try poking a screwdriver or hose hook in the rear hose, rather than removing it. This saves removing it completely and saves wasting coolant. Poke it in at the top if you can for maximum bleed effect. Also, after a minute or so, bring the revs up to 3k or so. This has a huge effect on the water flow and helps with bleeding immensely. Cheers Alan.

I vacuum bleed it’s a godsend even a shitty mini is done in a few minutes. Good video Alan 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

When I did my 2005 focus I put a fluid transfer hand pump inline with the small bleeder hoses that enter the top of the coolant tank. Flow direction from engine to tank. then pump away like a 15 year old schoolboy. Get a good suction on the engine side, You will hear the air bubbles break free from inside the head and block. Then do your normal engine start up and bleed. This gives you a bit of a head start on removing the air if you haven't got a full on vacuum fill rig . My 2 cents worth. And there is only HALF the room in a Focus compared to a Mondeo!!!!! Taking the headlight out when doing anything at that end of the block really helps.

That is a very useful video for a Mk 3 Duratec owner as I am. Never drained the coolant in 17 years but my mileage is 79,000. That one you have look is very good condition bodily but the engine looks dirtier than mine.

Alan , another top tip m8, that does work, fill expansion tank up to brim , then blow hard in the tank to push water down and then help burp it by squeezing pipes.

Just think. Many years ago you could remove any part in engine compartment without dismantling body parts

Alan - buy a battery wrench.. Had a guy in yesterday collecting a bus I fixed - he maintains a huge fleet of mini-busses, no idea how many they have - loads, endless - we'd to bang a new battery onto the bus I'd fixed - I fix the stuff nobody else wants to/can - I handed him my battery wrench. Battery on, done, in 10 seconds.. He stood staring at my ickle battery wrench - he has one but his is a big crappy version - mine is ickle & strong. His fits in nowhere, mine fits in everywhere - and it saves endless hours every week turning spanners/ratchets/screwdrivers. His garage has probably a hundred grand in tools to maintain their fleet - but he'd missed the battery ratchet benefits. "Bloody hell J, that's some yoke.." was his take.. Muchos gratitudos for the vid btw - great info as always.

My mk4 duratec has done 164k miles and looking back now probably should have changed the pump when Iinstalled a new drive belt kit but I think I did that at about 125k. Surprising how the miles rack up.

Aloen Great advice mate for a yone watching ford in the 1980 s always had crap heating on escorts cortinas this could have been same problem Ph in stoke

we love a pov vid alan.... even if its only a mondeo...🤣🤣 great stuff for us singletons on a saturday night,,, N x

I've cut a milk bottle in half and put some electrical tape round the neck to make a good seal on the expansion bottle. I managed to get the water level higher on my dads 406 hdi i made a big difference to bleeding it .

Nicely explained Alan !

Another informative video Alan.well done mate

Really interesting video Alan 👍👍

Mighty stuff Alan, great tip, Thank You👍🙏🙂

Hi is the Mk2 Focus the same as the Mondeo 2L as good way to do the job properly thanks for a good video.

Vacuum bleeding also works perfect!

great info. thank you for sharing

Alan that was another fantastic vid!

Unfortunately some engines now you have to vacuum fill them, impossible to fill them without vacuum filling them. Like I’m working on a Jaguar F type at the moment, the intercooler is highest part of the system but there’s no bleed points on it so all the air accumulates in the intercoolers and barely any coolant fills them. Can pull the pipe off with engine off and hardly any coolant comes out when they should be full of coolant.

Have you tried vacuumn filling the system ... that should avoid the business with the hose removal and coolant spillage??

I guess this would also work on a connect 1.8? having trouble bleeding one after changing rad and thermostat, blowing cold air, gauge goes through roof when you take it up the road

Does the mk4 Mondeo 2.0 tdci require a similar process?

Hi Alan, nice video! Does the 2004 Mondeo ST220 V6 3L Duratec self bleed from air? Ive had some problems with the cooling system, it simply overflows and spits out coolant from the expansion cap randomly when im driving. ive tried driving it with the cap off and its way better but sometimes it still wants to spit coolant out. the fans and everything works fine. ive flushed the whole system more than enough now and it looks really clean. Im thinking maybe it is the topend gasket that leaks compression pressure maybe? The water pressure in the system is very high. blew one of my hoses (the hose u were replacing. My hose was too short, I replaced it with a longer one and its all good now ) i Would be really greatful if my st220 doesnt self bleed :) //All the best from Sweden!

Are there engine knower for using oil, I have a mk4 with the he engine, ifsnot smoking or can’t see any oil under car. But one the oil ok then a few days later there next to done showing on dip stick. Car runs great.

Total Ledge 👍

Hi Alan! I have a mondeo mkr 2.0 tdci 130cv. The procedure is the same for my engine? Thanks!

Nic information sir 👍👍👌

Thank you!

do you have any advice for a 2015 mondeo 1.6tdci coolant full ststrm was emptied

Hi Alan!

Hey alan, I've got a mk5 mondeo, I think I have Air lock after changing the thermostat, Is the bleed procedure similar for the mk5? People have suggested parking on a hill and running car with cap off but it doesn't work, the coolant just bubbles when at temprature

Nice video ,hubby

Thankyou 👍

hi alan ......2003 53 reg transit 350 RWD 2.5 duratec diesel timing belt or timing chain ???

Does the mk3 diesel self bleed or does it need the same bleeding method?

Alan can I give you a call plz just had a major service on my mk 5 mondeo 66k miles and gearbox serviced at ford. It went in with no probs only a indicator in left side mirror. Once there they said it had a fuel seal leak. OK so I pay for it all of it. And 300 Miles later I had problems wen accelerating as in one of your videos and it went dead it showed loads of errors. It went to another ford as aa would only tow me 20 Miles what's your garage number plz

Do the mk4 self bleed

Most Micanic don’t have a clue what they doing

What's with the influx of yank renting from you anyway Alan? Is it anything to do with the number of airfields local?