Originally Posted by
Sp3no
If your thermostate is leaking then generally they only leak when the car is hot and the thermostat open so maybe it would not show up. From what your telling me i very much doubt your headgasket has gone. Is the car overheating?
ST170's losing coolant is quite common and 9 times of ouf 10 the reason is as Rich says the thermostate. If it is dont be told that the whole thermostate needs changing either which will cost you a couple of hundred, the problem is caused when the o-ring on a bung goes, you can buy a replacment bung from ford for a few quid
Thanks pal, like i say i will get a second opinion from a garage just in case. Hopefully though it will only be the thermostat
Just as a sidenote i was cruising around with a pal in his new 58 plate 1.8 focus and he was keeping up with me
ha! Hopefully i wont need to spend any money on the gasket so can concentrate on some mods as i cannot be having that
