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I Love The Focus
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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 doesn’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 I’m really glad I drive a domestic.

The End

For once it was a happy ending :)

"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success."
--Henry Ford


00 Focus ZX3 Silver- Sold
01 Focus ZX3 Green- Sold
01 Focus ZTS Red- Sold
03 Focus ZTW Green Sold
04 Escape LTD Silver- Sold
05 Freestyle LTD Black-Sold
02 Honda CRV EX-L-Sold
02 VW Jetta GLS TDI Silver-Sold

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#2
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.
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#3
It sounds like a close one, but the Focus is definitely a tough little car.

Good work man!
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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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#5
Mine is still nearly rock solid, with almost 130,000 on the clock now...and I drive it fairly hard most of the time...
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