The Ford Transit Van 350 LWB 2.4 I bought last Monday 5th March 2018 is seriously not right. I haven't been able to use it since I drove it back from garage I bought from on finance.
I am not a mechanic just an average joe who test drove it and it seemed ok on the drive. I turned up at the garage and saw two employees in the van and was ushered into the sales office first and after about 30-45 minutes i was able to drive the van. It did start for me but i have since noticed the van does start when it has warmed up better, after a good few times of starting it.
However when cold started it's like this its really hard to get going. I have found that everyday I have had it. I have been putting in coolant to top it up to max level and everyday it's back at minimum level. I plugged in my cheap fault code reader and it has no codes. There is no white gunk on oil cap but there is a lot of white smoke and it seems to becoming from the bottom of the engine where the exhaust bit meets the engine. is that the manifold?
here is a youtube video i did of trying to start it and how the engine looks and sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2uzf580h3wI think i need to try and reject the van under the consumer act 2015. already spoken to the finance company but would find it really helpful if anyone can tell me if this is worth keeping and getting fixed what its likely to be etc. or if its a total piece of junk.
totally gutted really