Ford Ka water leak

Well I can only go by my own personal experience, three years and around

20,000 miles without the slightest problem, almost all of the comments I've read about it on various forums seem to be very positive, however even the manufacturers' themselves make no bones about the fact that it won't cure every problem, perhaps there are others reading this who may have had some experience of it and would like to comment.

OTOH my MK2 Golf cracked its head, and K-seal fixed it perfectly. I've no idea if it ruined the cooling system or not - at some point I have replaced both the water pump and the rad, but I can't remember which I did first.

We picked up a cheapo Ka a while back for daughter to learn to drive in and that had a water leak than I'm pretty sure is the water pump. The new one is still in the boot as we haven't gotroundto changing it as yet. Mainly because she still seems uninterested in the whole driving thing (but seems a good driver, preferring to be on her motorbike [1]) and partly because leaving the expansion bottle cap just cracked open means we don't lose any water.

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[1] I think that's changing out of necessity as her b/f from Scotland has only recently passed his test so can't accompany her in her car and she hasn't had a winter on her bike yet. Theory test now for this month. ;-)