My '00 Zetec Wagon has developed a coolant leak recently and it appears to be coming from the thermostat housing. Has anyone else experienced a leak from the housing? The reason i ask is i want to get the parts ahead of time before i disable the car. Are they common for cracking the housing? Just an o-ring? Or do the bolts break for the housing?
Thanks,
Darren
The housing is made of plastic and it has a tendancy to leak. Mine has been replaced twice snice I have owned my car. You may as well replace the t-stat and o-ring while you are in there.
dBlast,Feb 14 2010, 07:28 AM Wrote:This was a common problem.
The housing is about $75 from the dealer and you can do it yourself in about an hour.
Here are the instructions below:
http://www.focushacks.com/index.php?modi...=Replacing the thermostat and/or thermostat housing
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I picked mine up from a local parts store and the o ring gasket was included for $52.85 tax in.
a word of warning, the assembly on my '02 wagon was $180 everywhere I looked for it. same failure as all the other versions of the tstat housing. not sure if it was that year/production or all wagons but I was shocked when I was first quoted the price.
Thanks folks..this is the info i was looking for!!! Now i know what to expect!! :D