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Focus 1.8 pollen filter fiasco

This is the first year I have had the focus 1.8 2004 petrol. I though I wou= ld service it.

First issue is the pollen filter cover. After I removed it I changed the fi= lter bought 2 new clips and the foam seal strip.=20

Cleaned the glass and plastic up and on it went. Made a good seal 1 day lat= er the right hand side in between the clips area.had come away. Upon furthe= r inspection the rubber side has stayed on but the glue on the other side h= as come off the strip and stayed on the window.=20

I bought a new strip and it did the same. I asked a ford tech to look and h= e said the cover us warped. On that part hence why its pulled off the glue.= He suggest either liberally applying silicone sealant and putting a weight= on it over as this would seal and hold it down. Or buy a new cover at =A36=

8 + seal and clips if they break removing old ones. Seem scarily high for a= piece of plastic.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has encounted this problem and how to ove= r come it with out replacing it.=20

Amazingly with all this wet weather it has not leaked in the car.

He put some black waterproof gaffer tape on fore till I figure it out.

Be very glad if any advice on how to solve that.=20

Also in the chambers where the spark plugs live its all water damaged? With= a brownish colour surface but bone dry. I see no obvious leaks must be rai= n getting in ?

I put a smear of servicol grease on the threads of the plugs as they were s= tiff coming out probably from being soaked.=20

Lol other than that all went well with the service.

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focusowneruk
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Did you price that up at a dealer? They used to be £25, although Ford parts prices have risen dramatically.

If the cover is warped, there's no way you will get a seal.

I've never heard of it happening, but I do know that the cover and class have to be cleaned with a solvent for the seal to adhere. I use Isopropanol.

Water in the cylinder head recess is usually caused by a leak in the screen wash plumbing, but is more common in the 1.6. That should be the first thing to check however.

Chris

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Chris Whelan

Thats what the parts guys said it was just =A325 I thought great he went to= check and its now =A368 with the vat! ouch. I did call another local deale= r and he said it was =A348 with vat which bothered me ? why the difference = albeit 8 more miles to drive. I thought ford prices were going to be cheape= r than vw which I moved from a mk4 golf. Which in comparison was a cheaper = car to run not as nice a car imho.

I used white spirit to clean oth window and on the plasctic. Althouh adhesi= ons was not the problem as the adhesive strip did stick to both the plastic= and window but ripped from the sponge part on the window sied of it.

What I managed to do this evening was pack some silicone in the warped part= gently prying it up and weighted it down and will check on it in the morni= ng. I'm hoping the silicone will bond nicely like glue as it were and form = a nice waterproof seal. If not I'll bite the bullit and pick up a new cover= , seal and clips and never touch it again hehe.

The ford tech said they don't remove the cover they unclip the three clips = on the engine bay side and do it by feel and that way the clips are in tact= and the seal is not bothered. But when I took mine off the seal was shagge= d and probably close to the end of its life and eventually would have leake= d. But I see why ford don't want to touch it lol. Imagine it happened on al= l the serviced cars and they have to tell everyone its going to cost =A368 =

  • odds and ends to fix.

Thanks for the post Chris, fingers crossed its seals up overnight if it sod= ding stops raining the moisture in the air won't help drying time.

I'll investigate the washer pipes.

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focusowneruk

White spirit doesn't dry totally clean, unlike acetone or IPA, or even meths.

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Grimly Curmudgeon

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