[Feral]

Well I have an issue (err I think i may have an issue)

- January this year we purchased it
- August the thermostat housing let go
(had it replaced at Concept Ford, New o-ring, coupler, flange, coupler bolts, sleeve bolts, thermostat.. as it was already there I ordered a full coolant flush)
- 2 weeks ago she spat out a code P0401
asked ford they handed me a $790 list of parts to be repaired(nearly decked the service rep) ordered a Delta Pressure Flow of Exhaust Sensor and installed it.. left the check engine light on and it turned itself off 2 days later

(Side note: this vehicle was leased by State Farm Insurance as a Rep vehicle, State farm drives the leased vehicles for 100,000-110,000kms only.. mine was purchased at 108,608.. upon checking the OASIS and all the paperwork that was included they always had the car repaired and oilchanged AT a dealer)


since day 1 the car spits (not gush's) a nice patch of water out of the exhaust long drive, short drive doesn't matter it spits the same amount I notice it especially when I back up to a curb

asked Ford about it I got the typical BS response you need a new headgasket as yours is leaking into the cylinders (which its not)

I took it home and threw on a cylinder compression gauge I got the following reading
Cyl 1 - 173psi
Cyl 2 - 168psi
Cyl 3 - 167psi
Cyl 4 - 170psi

I left each cylinder for 5 min and they all dropped between a half lb to a single pound ( no blown headgasket no problems with valve seats )

This vehicle have NEVER leaked a drop of oil and does NOT burn any whatsoever 1 month ago a scribed a VERY fine line with a file (just a mark not actually filing it) on the dipstick and the oil today is still at the EXACT mark
other then the thermostat housing failure its NEVER lost coolant not even a drop

inspection of the heater core yielded a nearly new looking core, no damage no debris, and from the settled dust no leaks

but heres the catch it DID start to overheat I was on my way to Scarberia (yeah I know its misspelled but driving there is like driving to Siberia), anyways I saw the needle creep it was almost at the top normal mark so I darted off the bridge (I was on the 401 on the overpass) onto the shoulder where the offramp was and shut it down, popped the hood and no smell of anything burning, the rad hoses were normally pressured but not hot to the touch ( upper and lower) I did turn the key the needle was a little lower but still up there and noticed the fan refusing to start even with AC on so I belted the ambient coil and voala they started after that the car stayed normal as we drove the remainder of the way with both heat and ac on we did notice the heat even on full hot on a warm day not that warm, got the car home and rechecked the ambient coil and discovered that the left ( driver side) finger that holds the fan assembly to the rad had broken so the fans were flopping.. I stole the fan assembly off another focus i have and threw it in and after that the fans operate normally and the car hasn't overheated but I do notice the temp sensor is now really active

my carputer shows that its operating in near flawless condition other then a lazy 02 but upon checking ALL of my focuses have the same lazy O2 including my new F-150

the cars exhaust has NO smell to it, NO smoke after drives or starts in the morning, doesn't have a problem cranking but the water out of the exhaust is persistent in the morning after a few drives after all day driving it just keeps spitting the amount never changes

the car went in just before the DPFE and blew all 0 in the 0.01-0.09 range on emissions

Im stumped this is the ONLY focus that does this...

This is the Focus in question and it seems its a different Zetec then my Gold ones ( and most of the parts are not interchangeable I found out when I tried to find the DPFE in the normal firewall location

Year/Make/Model: 2002 FORD FOCUS SE/SE COMFORT
Body Style: STATION WAGON
Engine Type: 2.0L L4 PFI DOHC
Manufactured In: UNITED STATES

here is the pullup of one of my Gold ones

Year/Make/Model: 2001 FORD FOCUS SE
Body Style: STATION WAGON
Engine Type: 2.0L L4 SFI DOHC
Manufactured In: UNITED STATES

P.S.
Carfax is a load of crap I just ran the vin (the one just above) which is a Writeoff car (wagon 1) sold back with a signed report that it will NOT be repaired due to the seperation of the frames behind the passenger wheel which is irreparable..
The insurance company already notified the Ministry of Transportation Ontario that the vehicle is not and NEVER will be roadworthy, we had a report come from MOT stating the same yet carfax just blew out a PASS as in the vehicles NEVER been in an accident and is NOT a Lemon vehicle

yet when I check a free online lemon list its listed there as not roadworthy :P


your input on the spitting issue will help me as I dun wanna damage the engine if something IS wrong and I have to fix it

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also I found the cars Fuel economy shot through the roof when I ran the car with the P0401 code (Low/No High exhaust pressure/bad DPFE Sensor) when I replaced it it dropped back to its normal usage, there was a stumble on low RPM where if your coasting through a parking lot with your foot barely pressing the accelerator it would mis, and hiccup yet if you punched it it took off