'00 Focus A/C & Cooling Problem

The mechanic I took it to noticed the fans were not working when i took
it in and fixed that problem. When i took it in the fans didnt turn on
at all unless the a/c was turned on. Well he fixed the fan problem
along with reseating the radiator to make sure it was on right. I read
in the Haynes book that the car has a fail-safe of turning itself off
as the heat goes up, if this is true i have not seen any form of
warning light when the temp gets into the red every now and then. I
simply rev the engine in neutral at stop lights and it goes back to
normal withing 10 - 15 seconds. If the coolant shoots into the resevoir
and i can see it in short streams, does that mean the water pump is
working?


pottsy wrote:

> hiya,
>
> Sort the engine overheat problem first, start with the cooling fan and then
> consider the water pump.
>
> m
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Somewhere on the Internet is a picture of a Ford water pump
whose impeller is corroded away to the point where it looks like
a thin piece of sheet metal with six tiny bumps. Yours probably
isn't that bad (yet), but if you haven't had it replaced within the
last 60K miles, there's a good chance your suffers the same
problem, or the impeller could be a little loose on the shaft.

Constant near overheating runs the risk of damaging the head
gasket, a much more expensive repair. Change the water pump
(and the timing belt while you're at it), and ask to see the old
pump before it gets sent back for the core charge.

Bob

"Sparda" wrote in message

> The mechanic I took it to noticed the fans were not working when i took
> it in and fixed that problem. When i took it in the fans didnt turn on
> at all unless the a/c was turned on. Well he fixed the fan problem
> along with reseating the radiator to make sure it was on right. I read
> in the Haynes book that the car has a fail-safe of turning itself off
> as the heat goes up, if this is true i have not seen any form of
> warning light when the temp gets into the red every now and then. I
> simply rev the engine in neutral at stop lights and it goes back to
> normal withing 10 - 15 seconds. If the coolant shoots into the resevoir
> and i can see it in short streams, does that mean the water pump is
> working?
>
>
> pottsy wrote:
>
> > hiya,
> >
> > Sort the engine overheat problem first, start with the cooling fan and
then
> > consider the water pump.
> >
> > m
>
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