Hya everyone and a merry xmas to all.

This is my 1st posting on passionford,

xmas eve disaster, doing my xmas shopping this morning at 7am, yeh 7am, all completed, filled up with shell v-max, im all ready for the festivities to begin!
Then 200yrds from my front door there was coolant steam billowing from my front grill, cant print what i shouted to myself but it began with f and ended in k.
Got home and feared the worst head gasket etc, but turns out to be a coolant hose, that connects to the plastic pipe that runs along the top of the radiator, it connects at the left hand side, if you are standing in front of the car looking down, and after a few bends connects to a larger hose via a t-piece half way down the front of the engine block.
Failure of hose was caused by a spring hose clip from another hose rubbing up against the one that failed, arrrrh.
on xmas eve of all days.
does anyone know the ford part No of the hose in question,
help greatly needed.

badgerok

 

might be worth a post on the rsownersclub forum, the focus rs room on there is very busy

 

I can get it when i go back to work but not until 2nd of jan

 

hi,
thanks for that, it looks like im going to have to wait untill new year to get it correctly repaired, in the meantime im going to repair the hole using a rubber patch/rubber glue and duck tape and cable ties, just to get me to the nearest ford dealer.
And all because one hose clip was rubbing against another hose and over time , wore completly through, arrrrh.
xmas ruined-boxing day ruined-- could have been worse though!

badger

 

hi new to passion ford also have focus rs.Be carefull repairing hose would prob be best getting part fitting at home, than doing repair mentioned. will cause more damage to more expensive parts if repair does not hold. simon

 

yeah busy looking at a old fag ash tray

 

HI bud if you need any help Pm and i can talk you through the problem