{"id":56922,"date":"2020-03-22T14:32:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T21:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=56922"},"modified":"2020-03-22T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T21:32:34","slug":"ford-mondeo-1-8-turbo-diesel-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/03\/ford-mondeo-1-8-turbo-diesel-1997","title":{"rendered":"Ford Mondeo 1.8 Turbo Diesel 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ford-modero.jpg\" alt=\"ford-modero\" width=\"757\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ford-modero.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ford-modero-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have a problem with my Ford Mondeo 1.8 Turbo Diesel 1997.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that when i first start the car it revs normally at about 900 RPM, but when i hit the gas pedal the revs go up and when coming back down they drop to 500 instead of 900. They do come back to 900 after a second but they drop so low as if the car will shut down.<\/p>\n<p>This lasts for a couple of minutes and then goes back to normal. One key thing to note is that while this is happening drive belt that drives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/alternator.html\">alternator<\/a> is\u00a0squealing. When\u00a0squealing stops then things go back to normal.<\/p>\n<p>I am no mechanic but this looks like an alternator problem to me. So can you help me with this one?<\/p>\n<p>The car is an old injector pump diesel and has no electronic controlled units etc.. It should be easy to pinpoint the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a problem with my Ford Mondeo 1.8 Turbo Diesel 1997. The problem is that when i first start the car it revs normally at about 900 RPM, but when i hit the gas pedal the revs go up and when coming back down they drop to 500 instead of 900. 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