bobbin Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Well its my first post so here goes. I have a 2000 plate fiesta with the 1.8 DI engine fitted.Last week it whilst out & about a water pipe burst causing it to get hot.Obviously i stopped when temp rose ,but when i lifted the bonnet & found oil everywhere & oil in the expansion tank. Once home i set to working through it to find the problem.With the car running ok & no bubbles in water system when full etc soon ruled out head gasket.Further investigation soon uncovered the oil cooler & filter housing all in 1 unit (put 2 & 2 together ) which had obviously split internally.After flushing out the cooling system I then joined the cooler water feeds together & re-routed the water feed totaly bypassing the cooler.Problem solved ,or is it ??. Not wanting to purchase a new cooler at some £220+ I wandered if anyone has done this before ?? or can see any problems with doing this?? or does anyone know where to get reasonably priced replacement?? Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helena Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 My Boyfriend is a Diesel engineer engine specialist thingy. I will ask him :) x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coalman2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Well its my first post so here goes. I have a 2000 plate fiesta with the 1.8 DI engine fitted.Last week it whilst out & about a water pipe burst causing it to get hot.Obviously i stopped when temp rose ,but when i lifted the bonnet & found oil everywhere & oil in the expansion tank. Once home i set to working through it to find the problem.With the car running ok & no bubbles in water system when full etc soon ruled out head gasket.Further investigation soon uncovered the oil cooler & filter housing all in 1 unit (put 2 & 2 together ) which had obviously split internally.After flushing out the cooling system I then joined the cooler water feeds together & re-routed the water feed totaly bypassing the cooler.Problem solved ,or is it ??. Not wanting to purchase a new cooler at some £220+ I wandered if anyone has done this before ?? or can see any problems with doing this?? or does anyone know where to get reasonably priced replacement?? Rob Hi rob i wonder if that problem you had with the oil leak in oil cooler was fixed by bypassing the cooler could you let me know thanks leon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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