Ford Mondeo 1 (1993 - 1996) - 96 1.8TD OEM Advance solenoid vs cheapo version

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Wed 23 Apr 2008 11:47
96 1.8TD OEM Advance solenoid vs cheapo version - Alan247
Morning all, hope I can get what I'm after here. I have a mondeo TD which needs a new advance solenoid so I'm told, I have managed to source a cheap one for £35, or I can go for the proper one from Ford for over £160. I know people who have used these cheaper versions and they do work, as in no more smoke at idle and lack of turbo e.t.c. but there car's appeared a bit under-powered and used a bit more fuel. Now would this be because of the cheap replacement or something else? I would rather go for the cheaper option but if I'm going to have similar prob's as my friends have then I'd rather have the real deal. Many thanks in "advance"

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 23/04/2008 at 13:36

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Wed 23 Apr 2008 14:34
96 1.8TD OEM Advance solenoid vs cheapo version - Screwloose
Alan

I'd make very sure that your problem was the cold-start advance solenoid first.
Many other things can cause those symptoms.

Try LSUK for an original one.
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Wed 23 Apr 2008 14:49
96 1.8TD OEM Advance solenoid vs cheapo version - Alan247
Brilliant, they're on the way home from work, so I'll pop in and have a chat. Thank you for your reply.
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