"BK" <anythingulike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > "BK" <anythingulike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > news:fvd18e$jv1$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> 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!
Heh - you must have meant mortgage equity line of credit application. ;-)
Honestly, I cannot imagine spending the money on a Fiesta.
Didn't these come with a 2 page repair manual that said:
"Directions to repair vehicle; open trash dumpster, insert car"
Ted
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