Ebbs Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Hi Sorry for the delay , could not for the life of me remember the password ! Yup I'm getting old ! If it is the o ring it is really easy , I spent a couple of days trying to sort it , once I knew what was wrong I bought 2 o rings and 2 new clips . On my back , in the footwell but it solved it in 20 odd mins . Simple fix and cost about £12 Your pics look different to mine but give it go , you'll only get wet once . Good luck Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie-wp Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Hi guys, thanks for the responses, if I do the work myself, do I need to remove the entire dash? Ford said the dash needs to come out and the doors also. You guys have any idea where I can get hold of a manual for my car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 https://www.dropbox.com/s/29gw7sebz6fddj7/Ford%20Focus%202005%20to%202009%20Haynes%20PDF%20Manual.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazsky786 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Let me guess Ford charging you loads for the work. My Ford centre done it for me. Only cost £80. He didn't have to take dash or anything out. He just got a mat took him 30 mins with the ramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie-wp Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Yeah, they wanna charge me R9750, which includes apparently 10hrs labour to remove dash and the 1 front door! Oh and they wanna keep the car for almost 2 weeks to do the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazsky786 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Yh. That's just stupid. £9750 must be mad. Just do it yourself or use another Ford place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie-wp Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Guys, thanks a million for the doc, I'm going thru it and it talks about removing the centre console, I guess this is to allow for leeway to move the 2 pipes apart to install the new o-rings. How long did it take you to do this? I'm an experienced DIY but this'll be my first on the focus, my previous car which I nearly rebuilt from scratch was a Ford Laser 160i jap import. Nice car but not as many panelling and wiring and there was space to work if I needed to get under the dash. I wanna DIY this job but need to gauge how long it'll take me though. This car is a daily driver so don't want it to go into 2 days with the repairs. Thanks again guys for the info n docs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwengo Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I know this is an old thread, but I thought I would share my experience with this problem as I had the same issues. When replacing the 'O' rings make sure you get genuine ford parts. I used o rings from any old motor factors and they didn't work at all, just kept leaking. I didn't take the dash out, I went for the easier route and cut open the heater matrix housing :) though I wouldn't advise this as even though I have fixed the leak it really does kick off some heat. I've even taped heat shielding around the matrix housing, but it hasn't made much difference. I might just replace the matrix housing now and take the dash out :(. Here is my thread if your interested: http://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/49712-mk2-16-focus-overheating/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat8136 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Can anyone help? Where can I purchase the genuine Ford 'o' ring, I've tried ford but there claiming they don't stock it. They can only sell me a new heater matrix. I've bought an assorted box of o rings from Halfords, lubed up a 17x2.5 O ring and inserted it into the female grove on the pipe but now I can't join the pipes back together. Either the o ring is the wrong thickness or I'm doing summit wrong. What size o ring do I need. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel182 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Within the 3 month period the garage tried several times to fix the same problem. Can you ask for your money back using the sale of goods act? As i have the same problem with the focus i bought with debit card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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