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Sat 21 May 2005 19:22
escort 98 - andyfordescort
Hi, just wondered if any of you could give any advice/ideas on a problem i've got with my 1998 escort,noticed this morning the heater would not blow hot air,cold works fine and the engine is running hotter than usual (always stays on the middle of the gauge normally).
I opened the bonnet to do a visual inspection and noticed the water level was way down(was fine a week ago),topped the water up and switched the engine on,water level dropped within a few mins and the engine temp got above three quarters on the guage before the fan kicked in???
any advice appreciated cheers Andy
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Sun 22 May 2005 20:17
escort 98 - Essexlol
The water presumably leaked away from somewhere.I would suggest you check again. With the water draining that fast,I suspect its a split pipe and should be easy to spot.
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Mon 23 May 2005 01:18
escort 98 - Blue {P}
There isn't a lot of white smoke coming from the exhaust is there?

When the heater stopped working in my BMW it was early stages of head gasket failure, I now have a 48 reply thread listing the grief I have had with it...

Keeping my fingers crossed for you that it's just a split hose.

Blue
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Mon 23 May 2005 19:31
escort 98 - andyfordescort
turns out that the car was leaking water but only when fully warmed up and under pressure,spoke to a mechanic and as soon as i told him where abouts the leak was coming from (down by the timing belt somewhere)he was confident it was the water pump causing the probs,thx for the replys
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Thu 2 Jun 2005 20:34
escort 98 - andyfordescort
water pumps been changed and the water has stopped leaking but the car idles lumpy now,mechanic reckons the timing must be slightly out and will fix some time next week but is the car ok to use until then ????????
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