Looking at one of these for sale.

Ad says Mondeo 2.0 24v TDCi

Data check says Mondeo 2.0 24v, fuel type: heavy oil. (diesel, I assume)

Can't find anything on t'interweb, Parkers etc about a 24v diesel, it's all 115/130PS etc. The only mention of 24v is on the petrol engines.

Anything I should be concerned about?

it's an 02 plate.

Cheers!

There's no 24v diesel. The only 24v is the V6 petrol (2.5 or 3.0).

Concerned? Yes, the seller is a muppet. Plenty more for sale by non-muppets. Go elsewhere.

What jimbo said.

Solo.

Heavy oil? I've never heard that term before for Diesel/DERV. Heavy Fuel oil is the cheapest crap that comes out somewhere at the bottom of the cracker, they use it to power massive heaters/boilers and/or manufacturing machinery, not cars.

Maybe the seller has got confused over the 24V thing.

Seller may be a muppet, but if that's what appears on the V5 and the MID…

As you say, plenty more about (althought not as many as I'd hoped: once you ecide which engine you want, how far you want to travel, and how much you want to spend, the numbers start to fall off a touch!

cheers again

Registration docs for diesels should state 'heavy oil' as fuel type (well my Peugeot 306 HDi does anyway).

Seller may be a muppet, but if that's what appears on the V5 and the MID..

Funny you should mention that, mine is a early 02 (I believe when the TDCi engine was just coming in) and although the engine cover has TDD on it, the manufacturers info from the numbers and letters on the ID plate says it's a TDCi.

Maybe Heavy Fuel Oil is the same as diesel/DERV/Gas Oil, I always believed it was a lower grade of refined oil.

heavy oil is what it says on diesels on v5 . as for the 24v as said above that is the big petrol engines iirc

Stranger and stranger, then. This is from the HPI check:

Make
FORD
Model
MONDEO GHIA X 24V

Engine size cc
1998
Engine number
NOT KNOWN

Fuel
Diesel
Body plan
Estate

Where does this info come from, and what can have happened so that it's wrong?

Don't know why it's wrong, but I don't believe you can get a 2L 24v mondeo of any fuel persuasion.
The only 24v engine is the V6 petrol, diesels are all 4 cylinder 8 or 16 valve.

hey ho, it went for more than I fancied paying anyway!

Cheers

good job.anyone who follows a mondeo oil burner will see the smoke come out of the exhaust.

new or 2 year old they smoke like hell.tdci is bad news.the turbo is also as small as a mouse so the power comes in low & well goes out at low.very little mid range & no top end power.