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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 08:42 AM
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Simon Taylor
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Originally Posted by botters
the temp guages on a focus are totally innacurate if you watch the live data readings on a proper scan guage you can watch the temperature rise from 80-120 degrees and the cars guage will never move from the middle. my guess is waterpump, remove one of the return pipes from the expansion tank. you should have a steady return of water coming out of the pipe when running if the waterpump is ok
Thanks for the advice, I will consult the Haynes manual again and have a tinker with the water pump hoses then.
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