"Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "BK" <anythingulike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Hi all
>> I have just had my car into a local garage in Liverpool as the engine
was
>> "chugging"
>> He had previously replaced the plugs and HT leads
>>
>> He told me that water was getting in via the crankcase housing (via the
>> bolts they put in when they make the casing (he showed me the rust that
> had
>> built upalong the sides) He phoned the local Ford dealer****p as he had
2
>> previous Fiesta's with this problem and they gave him a "fix"
>>
>> Unfortunately He couldnt get the bolts out, they just wouldnt move.
>
> What probably will have to be done is (assuming the bolts are in an iron
> casting) is to take a oxy-acedeline torch, heat the bolt with it up
pretty
> hot,
> then let it cool just a bit and then try unbolting.
>
> If the bolts are steel in aluminum then you can try the heat trick but
> when
> the bolt comes out, the threads will come with it, you will have to
> disassemble
> everything around it, then drill and tap with a helicoil.
>
> Ted
>
>Thanks Ted
It looks Like a Ford Garage Job and a mortgage application!
BK
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