Help My Ford fiesta's coolant has disappeared

markelock

pinkangelnic wrote: »

Just to let you know what happened in case this happens to anyone else, is was a broken water pump, which is apparently common on newer fiestas, and focus'. Cost £280 to get fixed !!!!! £80 for pump plus vat £10 for coolant and 4 hours labor, at least I stopped driving it straight away to save head gasket being replaced

for future ref I'd look around for cheaper labour rates. (I think I paid £30 an hour before christmas at my local garage)

sassy_one

You may have a leak on the radiator or it may be a leak with the connecting pipes.

Keep topping it up as your blow the head if you drive it dry and it over heats!! :eek:

davemorton

pinkangelnic wrote: »

Just to let you know what happened in case this happens to anyone else, is was a broken water pump,

sassy-one wrote: »

You may have a leak on the radiator or it may be a leak with the connecting pipes.
:eek:

lol, PLEASE, my sides are hurting now!! :beer:

NiallB

Bloody hell, when do the schools go back? :-)

J101Saar

I have a 1.4 zetec which has had some coolant issues.

You could also try the following:

1. Check the reservoir holding the coolant is ok (mine had a hairline split which the coolant was escaping from when hot - you couldn't see it with the naked eye though). Also check the reservoir cap. (cheap to repair)
2. Possibility of a pump failure (over £100 to repair)
3. Hoses could be loose or split (don't know how much this repair would cost)

benham3160

First, headgasket failure on a Fiesta is highly, highly unlikely. I work with these engines day in - day out, and I'm also one of the people who has part of running the UK's largest Fiesta club, trust me, I know my Fiestas.

Never seen a Fiesta "HGF" even when abused to the nth degree!

Regards,
Andy

Dave101t

no coolant will lead to the head gasket blowing, but your not there yet.
most likely just a leak somewhere or another, you would know if it was more serious as you would have exhaust 'blow' within the engine, white liquid under the oil cap for the engine, or a loud ticking noise over and above the engine noise from the cylinders, or all 3! i did!

worried123

PEOPLE! - STOP!Nicola knows what is wrong now!!

joanne_d_3

worried123 wrote: »

PEOPLE! - STOP!Nicola knows what is wrong now!!

Yeah.......she found out 18 months ago !

cajef

joanne_d wrote: »

Yeah.......she found out 18 months ago !

Yep, good old sassy managing to bump another 18 month old thread, they must spend all their time trawling for old threads.