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I Love The Focus - mo_focus - 09-27-2006
Kelly calls me on her way home saying green stuff is coming from the bottom of her car and she is concerned. So I told her to watch the temperature gauge and just come home.
Once she got home after paying close attention to the leak I found it was coming from the thermostat housing. (Cheap plastic crap). Took the battery housing out, took the air box out and took the thermostat housing apart. Indeed there was a broken piece that caused the leak. This is around 6:40pm now. Called Ford and they had one is stock.
Usually ford doesnââ¬â¢t carry anything in the shop. Everything has to be ordered and will take couple of days. I guess I was lucky. So made it to the dealership 5 minutes before closing bought the part and paid $57 for the housing. And came home installed the thermostat. Job done, no more leaks and only cost me $57. Now if I drove an import that part would of cost me at least 200 bucks. Sometimes Iââ¬â¢m really glad I drive a domestic.
The End
For once it was a happy ending :)
I Love The Focus - ANTHONYD - 09-27-2006
It's for sure a good feature on the focus.
Cheap and easy fixes are common.
Had that been a Jetta or something stupid, you'd be lifting the motor out.
I Love The Focus - NOS2Go4Me - 09-27-2006
It sounds like a close one, but the Focus is definitely a tough little car.
Good work man!
I Love The Focus - dlb - 09-27-2006
NOS2Go4Me,Sep 27 2006, 12:25 PM Wrote:It sounds like a close one, but the Focus is definitely a tough little car.
Good work man!
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It should be by now considering the number of recalls B)
I Love The Focus - Drivesthebeast - 09-28-2006
Mine is still nearly rock solid, with almost 130,000 on the clock now...and I drive it fairly hard most of the time...