Ouch.

Unusual - I thoughts cracked cylinder heads were more common for the MK2 ST's.

I hope you get it sorted.

 

Ouch. Unusual - I thoughts cracked cylinder heads were more common for the MK2 ST's. I hope you get it sorted.

No, thats a cracked liner.

 

Ahh yes that's true.

 

First I have heard of ths issue.

Is there an underlying cause & is the car stock?

 

If the crack was a casting defect, you should be looking for some contribution from Ford.

 

First I have heard of ths issue.

Is there an underlying cause & is the car stock?

Only added a straight pipe, removed the resonator.

If the crack was a casting defect, you should be looking for some contribution from Ford.

I may try that, not sure i will get very far with Ford.

 

I may try that, not sure i will get very far with Ford.

If your car has a full main dealer service history then you should have a chance at receiving a goodwill contribution from Ford, but if it hasn't then probably no chance I'm afraid.

I hope you have a happy ending to this because it is a very serious chunk of money!

 

Ouch.

Unusual - I thoughts cracked cylinder heads were more common for the MK2 ST's.

I hope you get it sorted.

Nor is it a common failure

 

An update on the ST.

Got it back yesterday after 5 weeks of waiting. Approx £2.5K later and had to get the cylinder head from Ford.

Same make, model and year of another ST was in the garage waiting for the exact same repair! However this one had piston damage. Ford quoted the guy 10K to repair as it had missed one service.

Glad to get the ST back, but its being part exchanged now for a new car on PCP. Been great talking to the folk on here and i wish you all the best with your ST's.

 

Any photos of where it cracked and/or any possible reasons suggested by the people who did the work for you ???

Especially if there was another one in the garage you used with similar symptoms (albeit worse).

The failures on the smaller ecoboost engines are well understood (failed coolant pipes dumping the water and very fast overheating because of the exhaust manifold in head design) but I'm not aware of any similar coolant hose issues on the 2.0l version

A faulty casting at manufacture (Alb's suggestion) does seem unlikely in this day and age so any insight as to the root cause would be of use to those of us who own them......

 

Probably a good call Chris, after that hefty bill, you'd never feel comfortable in the car I suspect. Every wee creak or groan would have your bum squeaking like a scaredy moose!

 

Any photos of where it cracked and/or any possible reasons suggested by the people who did the work for you ???

Especially if there was another one in the garage you used with similar symptoms (albeit worse).

The failures on the smaller ecoboost engines are well understood (failed coolant pipes dumping the water and very fast overheating because of the exhaust manifold in head design) but I'm not aware of any similar coolant hose issues on the 2.0l version

A faulty casting at manufacture (Alb's suggestion) does seem unlikely in this day and age so any insight as to the root cause would be of use to those of us who own them......

As far as they could tell it looked like a manufacturing flaw. He didnt have my old cylinder head handy as it was going back to Ford (something to do with a £600 rebate????). Anyway he showed me where the flaw was on a tractor cylinder head, inside where the molding joins. Seems liquid was leaking out and thats why there was a lot of smoke from the exhaust when i broke down. Would love to get a chat with the other ST owner see what happened to them.

Brilliant garage and service.

Probably a good call Chris, after that hefty bill, you'd never feel comfortable in the car I suspect. Every wee creak or groan would have your bum squeaking like a scaredy moose!

Yes, thats kinda what i thought too. Even said to my wife about a month before we better start thinking about a new car! Hindsight is a wonderful thing!!

 

Sorry this has happened to you. That's just life at times I suppose. Just glad you've got it sorted now (unluckily at a cost to yourself).

While running an older car (especially buying one) can save you a ton of cash up front. Once out of warranty though, pretty much any motor can cost a ton of cash to fix (depending on the problem obviously).

If you don't mind me asking. Any thoughts on it's replacement?

At least one advantage (hopefully) on a new car, is that any issues should be covered by the warranty. And at the end of the PCP, it's rinse and repeat.

Good luck.

 

Sorry this has happened to you. That's just life at times I suppose. Just glad you've got it sorted now (unluckily at a cost to yourself).

While running an older car (especially buying one) can save you a ton of cash up front. Once out of warranty though, pretty much any motor can cost a ton of cash to fix (depending on the problem obviously).

If you don't mind me asking. Any thoughts on it's replacement?

At least one advantage (hopefully) on a new car, is that any issues should be covered by the warranty. And at the end of the PCP, it's rinse and repeat.

Good luck.

I'm thinking a more family type car as my daughter never traveled well in the ST. I hope to pick up a Land Rover Discovery Sport tomorrow, fingers crossed.

ST was a fun car, but too rough a ride for my kids.

 

Hey buddy, mine has just had the same, I was hoping it was just the gasket but no the head is cracked. Looks like having g to go to ford for a new head absolutely bricking it for the final bill

 

Tbh, if the bill is so large just go to a company that will dump a forged engine in instead 👍

 

Final bill for me was just over £3000 that's with a new head supplied by ford at £1800

 

Blyme, a Land Rover, and you thought you had problems with the ST, endless problems with all Land Rovers Im afraid , doesnt matter how much you pay for them, they are terribly built vehicles.

 

Another grandma Harry youd have a fully forged engine 👍

 

As far as they could tell it looked like a manufacturing flaw.

Brilliant garage and service.

In that case should'nt the cost to you be nil?? They manufactured it wrong afterall??

Not having a go at you mate, but if they were that brilliant you'd incur no costs?

 

@Harrybo85 in my opinion there seems to be some contributing factors here as I had the same symptoms as of the beginning of June (excessive white smoke from the exhaust and coolant loss). I joined a few forums and have since learned of 2 other identical failures and a potential 3rd outside of yours in the UK. I looked into it myself and after splitting the turbo from the manifold and pressurising the cooling system realised that there was a crack in the cylinder head.

I bought a used head and had it reconditioned, fitted it myself with all of the parts to go with it - still turned out to be quite costly.

Mine is a 65 plate FL with 44K on the clock and service history inline with the schedule (completely stock). It would be interesting to know year and mileage on yours as the other that I know of who have suffered these problems are similar to mine.

 

Has anyone got an update on this issue? My cylinder head has a crack in it, 65 reg 60k miles, ford want £9k...... Can get second hand for £3k but how long will that last??

Ford says dealers problem as they sold the car to me, dealer says it's fords problem as it's a build problem, just stuck in between.

 

Have you only just bought the car?

 

Nare had it 6 years, cylinder head went at the end of last year, car has been with Bristol Street since.

 

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