hi if anyone has got one of these i can borrow i would be most grateful.
cheers
I can get a Ford CD for most jobs if you need it?
what do you need to know?
cheers phil.
chris, my mates mrs' 2004 fiesta went to a very dodgy place to have a new engine fitted. they took a zetec engine out and put a duratec in! when the car was delivered it wasnt in the best condition with all kinds missing from the engine even though it ran. anyway, next day there was no water in the resevoir so my mate went to fill it up. as he was doing so the water started running out of the rear of the engine block. ive had a quick look, im not a mechanic though, and theres what looks like a coolant pipe missing from the back of the engine and nothing going into the radiator. i just need to know what, if im right, that the pipe is called as i'll have to get a new one for him. also where does this pipe run to. is it directly to the radiator or would it go through a heater matirx etc. ive told him it probably needs to go to a garage to sort it out but it cant be driven with the problem above, and it is also out of tax and mot now.
any help would be appreciated.
cheers
lee
They are both the same ones, Duratec and Zetec SE as found in Mk4/5/6 in 1.25/1.4/1.6 are all Zetec SE but for named em Duratec in mk6's.
As for the coolant hose it may well be a loose fittin to your matrix or block.
I can PM you details to obtain a Ford TIS CD so you can check but for the hassle you may aswell see Chris.
They are both the same ones, Duratec and Zetec SE as found in Mk4/5/6 in 1.25/1.4/1.6 are all Zetec SE but for named em Duratec in mk6's.
As for the coolant hose it may well be a loose fittin to your matrix or block.
I can PM you details to obtain a Ford TIS CD so you can check but for the hassle you may aswell see Chris.
possibly a dodgy hose etc, could be a plastic coolant pipe, if you get stuck i can get it flatbeded to the garage for £30
nice one fellas.
chris, that would be good.
can you pm me your number and i'll get paul my mate to ring you.
its his mrs car and theyve had nothing but grief with it since they got it back. she hasnt been able to use it since they got it back and its cost her a fortune already.
should have come to you in the first place.
it needs the coolant bits doing to it but also a very good check over to make sure its roadworthy.
cheers again
lee
[quote=MrPhil]As for the coolant hose it may well be a loose fittin to your matrix or block.
possibly a dodgy hose etc, could be a plastic coolant pipe, if you get stuck i can get it flatbeded to the garage for £30
theres no hose there at all mate.
water just pours out of the rear of the block once its poured into the resevouir (sp).
my number is 07783628321
it might of froze and its popped a core plug
theres defo matrix pipes there buddy
cheers chris.
will pass your number onto paul and he'll ring you.
how you fixed for doing a snapped handbrake cable on my vectra gsi?
thanks again mate.
lee
anytime you like buddy
nice one.
where are you chris?
my garage is at the rear of oxton road birkenhead
if you go up oxton road, on the left theres a red and green chinese resterant the summer palace, just after this theres a road called quarrybank street, turn left down there, then left again into the pay and display car park and you'll see 2 garages, mines the open one, ask for chris
CG motors
rear 47 oxton road
ch41 2qq
ill be there from 9.45 most days
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nice one chris. my mate paul will give you a bell on the fiesta and i'll pop in and see you about mine. i work near lairds so not too far away.
also, cheers phil for the map. much appreciated.
delta i'm aka wirralphil on vvoc, hope your vec is ok.
alright phil.
yeah vec is ok mate ta. just snapped my handbrake cable which chris is going to sort out for me.
just in the process of tidying up the vec to be honest. couple of panels on mine arent the best so managed to get some bits off jase on vvoc so the transormation can start!
had to get a rear bumper off him too as the lad who had it before me has put a twin exit powerflow on the car and cut the splitter to accomodate! going to get shut of the exhaust and put a standard centre and gsi twin slash box on it. the twin is a bit loud for me!
hows your vec anyway?
have to meet up with you soon mate.
the cars popped half a dozen core plugs out, looks like when the engines been changed no anti-freeze has been put in it
the cars popped half a dozen core plugs out, looks like when the engines been changed no anti-freeze has been put in it
How is the Colander, formally known as the radiator, and the heater matrix?
havent a clue until ive got plugs in, it wont fill up!
I drove for years with a bit of heater rubber pipe jammed in a core hole, with a large screw down the middle to compress it in place. It was a temporary bodge when one popped out on a motorway and became permanent - luckily I had some water with me at the time.
went to get plugs today got the wrong fecking size, hard to get the calipers in.
cheers for the work you've done so far chris.
you are a top man and i know paul is made up.
finally light at the end of the tunnel for him and his missus after the cowboy mechanics had clowned about with the fiesta a few months back!!!
cheers again mate.
Delta - Who did the work?
who did the original cowboy work you mean?
chris gilly on here is sorting it out though.
should have gone to him in the first place.
all sorted.
nice one chris.
chris is totally recommended by me and i'll definitely be using him again. so much so my mother in laws passat is going into him tonight/tomorrow for a service.
cheers again chris.
all sorted.
nice one chris.
chris is totally recommended by me and i'll definitely be using him again.
cheers again chris.
Sorry, yeah who did the original work?
somewhere up cleveland street.
friend of a friend of a friend if you know what i mean!
absolute joke!
NOT NEPTUNE by the way.
i know some of the lads in there.
name and shame, to save anybody else finding out the hard and expensive way