My dads car (escort) was basically overheating and it drop the coolant.

Now it went into the garage and the chap said its a hose, but its a 3 way one? he had to remove the powersteering jobbie to get to it and it can only be ordered from ford.

Is the chap for real or telling my old man any old shit?

 

sounds to me like the 3way -rad,water pump,header tank hose not too sure about taking the pas jobbie out as cant picture the bay in my head . but surely its not just a ford item cant they get a pattern part?

if its any use ive got one sitting here doing nothing your more than welcome to have pal.

tony

 

Not too worried about whether its a ford only item or not etc, main thing is he hasnt made something up, as none of us know much about mechanics.

But from your description of the hose it sounds like he hasnt made it up

Should have more faith really but you cant trust your own shadow these days.

P.s thanks very much for the offer, but its already ordered

 

i know what you mean mate i dont trust anyone anymore lol
they are abit trick getting to them but not really hard .

no worrys pal thought id offer saves chucking it lol

 

 

The 3way hose on my Zetec Mondeo was a ballache to do, I remember that much.
Not hard like, just proper fiddly due to where it all is.
That split too.

 

Which Hose is this........

 

 

 

i dont get it?

hose and ho?

is that it?

 

The only part of the power steering I can think of that might need removing is the power steering reservoir, and that's just 1 bolt and it pops out. no need to disconnect it.

 

Thats the first thing i thought of when i saw the pic

He tried didnt he

Cheers for the other info lads