Update: car been been in the garage today, i have positive news 😎 look out for next weeks video 🙏🏼

Hey dude. Great video.. I have exactly the same car. St 2 225 pre facelift. Car starts fine. Then a little white smoke start driving sitting in idle no white smoke sometimes the heat doesn't come out of the Hester's in the car it blows cold but the last 2 days heat comes out perfectly fine.. engine over heated s couple of times.. no leaks started the car this morning . Some white smoke again. Drive it white smoke goes away.. was told it's my head gasket but surely a head gasket would constantly smoke .

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting mate, the over heating is strange too, possibly two separate issues. Has your coolant level dropped at all? And does the car start lumpy sometimes?

@ricstanley8769

3 жыл бұрын

@@AutoBay hey mate thanks for the reply .. soo it's been back home now from the first garage (who quoted me a price of £2400) I found a garage who are more than half the price of that.. so went and collected the car.. started it up first time let I sit idle for 10 maybe 15 mins there was some white smoke but nothing major.. had to drive it home my partner was following me and she confirmed that the white smoke dissapeard even when stopped at traffic lights and junctions.. no white smoke at all.. it didn't over heat and the heaters in the car worked perfectly straight away . Parked it up yesterday started the car twice today same thing teeny tiny bit of smoke.. went for a little drive and nothing no more smoke heaters working perfectly.. there is a smell of fumes in the collant reservoir.. but that's all I can see I'm not a mechanic . But from what I've been watching in the net a blown head gasket throws out loads of smoke doesn't it ? Lol.. it's going to the other garage tomorrow so hopefully some answers it's just really baffling me lol

@ricstanley8769

3 жыл бұрын

@@AutoBay and not really the level refills if you open up the collant tank so not sure what's happening

Good video and you make a lot of sense bro.👍

@AutoBay

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated mate thank you!

Mine drinks coolant has milky oil but doesn’t really have white smoke, definitely head gasket or cracked liner or warped head for me, still drives good tho strangely, gonna be parked up for a while now ☹️ coil packs can give u a bad misfire dunno bout the oil in the cylinder tho, good luck with it 👍👍

Doesn't look there is enough steam there to be a cracked liner. Looks more like a damp day start up. Couple that with no coolant loss and I reckon you'll be ok. Good luck with the diagnosis mate.

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, I did think the steam/smoke seemed too bad! I shall update you next week on diagnosis mate

Had a look at one of these at an auction... It seemed pretty nice but there was a bit of white smoke on start-up (car was cold) and the engine was vibrating as well... Would this point to a cracked cylinder liner?

Hope it's not too serious mate and you get it sorted! Strange how oil is getting into cylinder 2 though 🤔

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed mate:( very strange. Fingers crossed bro x

The cracked liner issue is a very minor issue and far less common than it's made out to be, to many garages jumping on the band wagon thinking let’s make loads of money by telling people it’s a common fault.

@Roadwarrior92

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@Chrisallengallery

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I've been ragging my ST about 3 years and its still hasn't skipped a beat. Granted, if you consistently bomb down the M'way at 120, that engine is going to overheat and crack. I think it's down to the driving style of the owner and less a common fault of the ST.

@Roadwarrior92

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chrisallengallery I knew a guy who ragged his stage 2 preface st for years, never cracked a liner. Until he had to keep driving up and down the motorway for personal reasons. Let's just say it got driven at a really high speed a few times for a long duration, next morning engine ruined. Rs block installed for future protection. Now running circa 400bhp hahaha.

@seymenauto0708

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chrisallengallery I want to do an roadtrip 3000miles with the st stage 1 280bhp would there be a problem bc of the motorway speeds [stock intercooler etc. only stage 1]

@Chrisallengallery

3 жыл бұрын

@@seymenauto0708 They are designed to run at motorway speeds for hours. Like RichieST says, what will crack the liners in excess speed for long periods. What you can do is use a bluetooth OBDII device and keep an eye on coolant/oil temp. Use an app like Torque Lite/Pro.

Isn't that the engine used in the volvo S60 R? I own an '07 T5, and I have heard quite some guys having issues with the V70 and S60 R's.

Right so with mine when I cracked a liner it was beautiful on cold start and when it got warm it started misfiring, I also didn't have and oil in coolant and or coolant in oil, and had a massive crack (25mm long) and had perfect compression on all 5, only way to get a definite answer is to take the head off, obviously this isn't to say yours is shagged but its what my var was doing

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how you could have all the symptoms and not have a cracked liner, or have none at all and have a cracked liner... very frustrating 😣

@dennis-br6vr

2 жыл бұрын

mine did also, also alot of times i got engine warning. car didnt use oil or cooling water.

Haha, when you forget to edit the outro camera slap ! 🤣👌🏼 (p.s please read the description for my recent symptom updates)

Hey man, honestly would advise you to get the block mod done anyway as it will give you piece of mind plus all seals and gaskets would be replaced as part of that I think. Just came back from BD Performance the other day, top bunch there and they will look after you👌🏻

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

I planned on selling it in about 8/9 months mate so I’d not bother with block mod now. Fingers crossed it’s not cracked liner 🤞🏼

Thanks for that info bud

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

No problem mate!

Whe i first got my ST 2 years ago, mine was starting up lumpy as hell and also when i checked my plugs number 2 was wet on mine, sent to dreamscience to sort out, turned out the valve cover gasket O rings was broke on the out edge and between cylinder 2 and 3 this caused the leakage into tye spark plug well, all was sorted after having it replaced

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

This could potentially be what my issue is mate! It sounds about right 🙏🏼 thanks for this mate

@boabm6522

3 жыл бұрын

That's what mine is doing on cylinder 1

Hia, new here! Subscribed, thanks for your informative video.

@AutoBay

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Much appreciated.

We have a ST2 with the dream science £485 device, quick question we have a permanent ESP fault, checked fuses doesn’t seem to be blown, esp fault will not go away, when we purchased it the Prev owner said when he had the dream science map on that’s when it came on - no fault codes using the dream science obd and another diagnostic not showing up any faults or codes but is still on the dash

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a strange one mate! Have you checked the position of the MAF sensor? This can cause your ESP fault! You want the MAF sensor plug facing 2 o’clock! 😄

@hertfordshirespecialistcar3914

3 жыл бұрын

@@AutoBay mate any chance you could give us a call or visit my website my numbers on there - not sure how to private message on here!! www.hertsspecialistcars.co.uk

when I had a stage 2 map on mine it started to do that... then I put it back to stock and smoke went away.... Only time mine steams like that is when it's a very cold damp morning or cold cold night.... Other then that all good

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve also put mine back to stock for the minute mate. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼

@shaunwelch9176

3 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed it works for u.. If it was a liner mate u would no about it.... I've seen a few go and they smoke smoke

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

Staying positive mate thank you 😎

Aup I have a 2007 mk2 st. When starting it up it feels lumpy but no white smoke and it loosening coolant quite fast so I've opened the coolant top to smell it and there a little smell of petrol. But under the water coolant bottle there's like dry water stains what could it be thanks

@AutoBay

Жыл бұрын

It seems to me mate like head gasket/ cracked liner symptoms. Seeming fuel has managed to get into the coolant reservoir.

hey man i have the same problem with my 2006 Focus ST... what was the problem and how did you fix it?

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

It was a cracked liner mate, I ended up selling the car. The new owner has put a forged RS engine in it!

Do you think you got the cracked liner from using a dreamscience stratagem imap? Bit worried as I'm thinking about buying one of these for my focus.

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

I’d say this is the biggest factor to my cracked liner mate. For my car, it wasn’t the right tune, however other cars run perfectly on it. I’ll only be going custom tune from now on mate. 👍🏼

@AndyUltra

3 жыл бұрын

@@AutoBay Thanks for this. You're not the first person that has used one and then its killed the engine. I'll probably get a Revo installed professionally now. Thanks for the reply.

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

Better safe than sorry mate, yours may be fine but isn’t always worth the risk. Not a problem mate. Revo are known for great, safe tunes.

@man1cs171

3 жыл бұрын

Why not get a block mod?

@AndyUltra

3 жыл бұрын

@@man1cs171 I already have. Block mods don't 100% guarantee cracked liners.

Valve stem oil seals would be blue smoke

If I was you I’d sell the car, had the same exact problem on my mkII, same exact symptoms cylinder 1 plug always fowled even after gasket/seals change. Spent so much money on the car but unfortunately last week the car ceased and the pot was filled with water.

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

I did indeed sell the car:( I was reluctant but unfortunately for me I didn’t have the time, or money to get it sorted! Such a shame

@dennis-br6vr

2 жыл бұрын

ford had the goddam change to throw a great 2.3 liter 5 cilinder in their hatchback. but the stupid f's had to bore it up....

I've currently got a smokey turbo, turbo seals are on the way out i think, happens when i let off when changing gear, my smoke is blue and happens sporadically, gotta give Mark Kent at Automodz in Nottingham a call this week, see what hybrid turbo packages he does.

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

Hybrid turbo will be mint mate, hope it goes well mate 🙏🏼

@providevudzijena3530

3 жыл бұрын

Bro mine is doing the same How did the turbo replacement go?

If it's you're valve seals I would expect blue smoke on startup, and for the smoke not to last long. White smoke won't be burnt oil.

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

Strangely mate it’s not smoked like I show in the clips for a good few days, very odd. Sometimes it looks a little blue but sometimes white

If you do get a block mod DO NOT GO TO BD PERFORMANCE they whack the shims in with a hammer seen a few people with damaged blocks pictures of hammer marks on the top from fitting the shims im sure there good guys to talk to and there’s plenty of people who praise there work but block mod work give them a miss

@man1cs171

3 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't they just push in? As the shim will expand with the heat and fit tight?

I live in Cambridgeshire, does anyone know of any local garages/specialist that can do the block mod?

@AutoBay

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend BD performance mate

@mariolabriola1037

2 жыл бұрын

Long way from me!

Oil leaks doesn't give white Steam, but blue-ish smoke.

Sounds like it could be a maf sensor problem aswell

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

You think mate? What makes you think that bud? 🙏🏼

@simmy_c

3 жыл бұрын

Had a same kinda issue, I got a boost leak test, and then they found the issue wid the maf sensor,

i have this car :)

@AutoBay

3 жыл бұрын

Great choice! I miss mine 🔥