"Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> "BK" <anythingulike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:fvekit$h4r$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:newscache$gcd80k$des$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> > "BK" <anythingulike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> > news:fvd18e$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
>
>I have had it 5 years and this has been the only problem But then SOME
>problem.
Thanks again Ted
BK
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