Ford Focus 1.8tdi 2008

[wraith1966]

Hello all

 

Looking for some advice and can not think of a better place, as yous have helped me in the past.

Model Ford Focus 1.8tdi 2008 with the face lift look

I have owned this car since more or less new from jennings with only 1800 miles, as the saying goes manager special lol bit like a zetec s without the bodykit.

it often checked, and had few things like new clutch and timing belt, i take care of my cars and been a ford lover since passing my test in a mk2 escort omg wish i still had it lol.

Problem

tonight on a short trip i do most nights the car over heated and i got the message on the dash Engine Failure, pulling over saw the temp was up.

switching the engine off i went to look yes no water in the header tank, lucky for me i carry water, so done the checks, belts on, no white smoke, no water in oil, and no oil in water.

waited for engine to cool, added the water let it run kept topping up to the level. sat to see if the temp would go up pasted the normal running level which is just under the half way.

after about 20mins waiting i drove home with no problems, but when i got home there is a big black patch on my drive, never seen it before. looked like oil with drops of water on it,

if i was to guess this would be the center of the car.. i will look tomorrow when it light. and added feed back.

extra info the header tank cap was very hard to remove.

asking for advice on what do yous think may have caused this, like said above i never had trouble with it at all, wish it was next month was going to start look for something new lol

sods law

[Luke4efc]

Sounds like it's just a case of you ran out of coolant due to a leak (or headgasket failure) and the engine overheated causing the fault code to come up. I take it you've looked under the bonnet and had a good look for any signs of leaks? Particularly around hose connections or where the head meets the block?

[wraith1966]

Hi luke

UPDATE car is booked in at a local "a friends garage" monday, i do not think its the headgasket, no white smoke at rear of car, no change in the oil, after i topped it up i ran it for 20mins and it did not loss any water and drove it home with no trouble, i normal check water/oil every week or two. but to be honest could be a few weeks since i checked the water, car as been standing 16hrs over night now and water level as not dropped.

So as a safe bet i we get the garage to check it out on monday.

? what side is the air con on the car.

this morning was small drops of water on the Passenger's side right in front of the wheel infact it was coming through where

the screw keeps the engine cover on the bottom of the car, was for sure the air con was on the other side ?

Maybe i am lucky and its not the headgasket, and just a leak..

sadly i am too broken to get under cars now lol and had to join AA and after 13yrs still not used them

what i did notice and the header tank cap was  hard to get off normal no trouble, could the bottle expand ?

[wraith1966]

Advice help.

Is the there any water pipes at the rear of the engine ? saw on youtube a guy changing something at the rear think it had a sensor in it as well on a 2008 focus.

well this morning i went back to the car never over heated but water running out everywher but could now tell where from due to engine floor cover was on think rear of engine.

as the front of the bay looked dry.

[wraith1966]

UPDATE

Turned out to be a split in a rubber pipe.

OMG rubber pipe was only like 2-3 inches long, local garage claims they have changed loads of them, so must be common.

better than what it could have been 🙂

[zain611]

Good to hear it's sorted and not a big problem 👍. I was first thinking it's the headgasket.