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Guide: Mk2 Leaking Coolant Driver's Footwell Fix

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On 8/22/2025 at 10:59 AM, LukeTaylor said:

My son bought a 2006 Focus. We found that the join on one of the pipes carrying coolant from the engine to the heater matrix was leaking. After many hours and several o rings later, we just could not get the top pipe connected without the male end catching the o ring on the way through (despite a lot of silicon grease).

So, we have now decided to move to plan B - a short length of radiator hose and 3 jubilee clips. The radiator hose will cover where the pipes join and about 5cm each side. Then one jubilee clip over the join, and the other two either side of the join. That's for tomorrow. Wish us luck!!!

After much jiggery-pokery, we have now managed to get the o ring fitted and the pipe join isn't leaking (at the moment).

We found that fitting the pipe ends together a few times, without any o ring, helped align the pipes when we did it with the o ring.

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      Hi,  In case it helps anyone else, I've followed this guide to repair the same problem with my Mk3 Focus (2013).   I did jack the car up and remove the undertray in order to drain the coolant, bu

    • nick2019
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      Many thanks for your pictures and guidance how to sort out this common problem. You need a lot of patience to do it. Best way to do it is taking the driver seat out, i've managed to also remove the he

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      I found that I needed someone pulling the metal pipes from the engine side while I was lying upside down in the footwell pulling the pipes there. It gave me just enough room to slip the split o r

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