2008 Mondeo won't start on a hill...?

Nedser101

As the title suggests , anybody have any ideas why this is the case .have the car2years now and been like this since day 1 . It has been brought to a ford garage and left for a total of 3 days but they couldnot find a problem.

Here's what was done by garage

1 new filters
2 new sparkys
3new fuel injectors
Any info is much appreciated .

colm_mcm

Sender unit for fuel tank?

Just a random wild guess with no real knowledge to back it up

Anan1

Will it not start on any sort of a hill, or only when it's tilted in a particular direction?

Nedser101

When the nose facing uphill ,no hope
When facing downhill it 50/50 but usually hane to get it level for it to start.

Nedser101

The hill doesn't have to be to steep either ,even a 10 degree incline and shell still give trouble

colm_mcm

That's nuts, How did you let them away with it for 2 years!

mullingar

Does that Mondeo have hill-start-assist?

Anan1

Could the garage not put the front wheels on ramps and diagnose from there?

Gel21

It happened to a friend of mine over the weekend in a 2007 mondeo but it was because he was running on fumes. we turned the car around and started straight away

giant_midget

This happened to a vectra i had a few years ago, turns out it was the pump. I needed to keep a can of that easy start stuff in the glove box incase i got caught out til it was fixed

keithclancy

Is it a diesel ? Check the fuel line for bubbles, Tank could be creating suction when on an incline and causing an air block in the fuel line.

Might be down to a leak somewhere.

Nedser101

Yeah it wasn't no frequent when I bought the car , but in fairness the garag I bought it of tried everything to diagnose problem and then sent to a ford garage ,there was also anew fuel pump fitted , more info on car it's a 2.0 biofuel/petrol 45 000 km

Anan1

Nedser101 wrote: »

Yeah it wasn't no frequent when I bought the car , but in fairness the garag I bought it of tried everything to diagnose problem and then sent to a ford garage ,there was also anew fuel pump fitted , more info on car it's a 2.0 biofuel/petrol 45 000 km

If the car won't start on a hill with the nose facing uphill then it won't start with the nose on ramps either. The garage need to put it on ramps and find out why it won't start. Or am I missing something?

Nedser101

Your right Anan I'll have to bring it back , I'm just trying to get some info on here and see did anyone have similar problems so I don't get bull****ted by garage because when I bring it back I'll have to pay,,,!

R.O.R

Nedser101 wrote: »

more info on car it's a 2.0 biofuel/petrol 45 000 km

Would it be a Titanium X model then? If so, has the ignition button been replaced / fixed? Keyless start on all the Titanium X's we had from 08 had to be fixed.

Nedser101

Not titanium model ,but the ghia

porsche boy

it definately sounds like the fuel is draining back into the tank, not uncommon in fords for some reason. I only had this issue with a Transit recently, it turned out to be a tiny hole in one of the fuel pipes allowing pressure to drop off. it didnt matter too much when parked on the flat but you park i nose up on a hill and you would drain the battery trying to get it going.

keithclancy

porsche boy wrote: »

it definately sounds like the fuel is draining back into the tank, not uncommon in fords for some reason. I only had this issue with a Transit recently, it turned out to be a tiny hole in one of the fuel pipes allowing pressure to drop off. it didnt matter too much when parked on the flat but you park i nose up on a hill and you would drain the battery trying to get it going.

My thinking also, if theres a pinhole leak it would let air into the fuel line and you'll spend ages trying to start it.