hey guys, i think my head gasket might be on the way out but im not sure, I recently topped up the coolant and its all the way down now and i havent got much oil in there eitha :S im sure these were up to level not so long ago, its not overheating and there's no smoke so im not 100% can someone offer some knowledge on the matter?
the car is still under warranty but im about 2000miles over when it should have been servicd :@ cant belive i left that slip past me

My STs bottom radiator hose split and I was losing almost a whole tank of coolant a day because of it so it might not be the head gasket. Luckily my local dealership looked at it FOC and fixed it quickly.

So either get it looked at or I'd have a good look around the engine bay from above and underneath and if you can, park it on some cardboard or something and see if anything drips on to it and from where.

it is most likely a hose split or seal gone, or could be the water pump...

and said above try and work out where it is dripping from!

Water pump is a common fail on the st, headgaskets are pretty good on these motors.

thanks, feel a bit better now lol, im guna top it up now ina bit, then see what its like when i get home and if its down again ill take it to ford, luckily theres a dealer down the road lol, just need that service book stamped now...

Bumping an old post I know but I was going to make a topic on this.

I was driving down the M3 this morning when my Temp guage shot up, I pulled over, switched off and popped the bonnet. There was steam coming from the engine area and my coolant was out. Luckilly I had some Evian (only the best for the ST) and poured that in and drove to the services (3 miles)

Filled it up with water at the air n water (thanks shell) and bought 3 litres of Evian. Needed to make 12 miles to a Ford dealership and it was a case of filling the coolant reservoir, driving till I could hear it was out of water (makes like a spitty sucky sound (bj?)) and then I pulled over and emptied in evian 1, drove a bit more, evian 2 and I was litterally about to overheat when I pulled into Ford.

Should be fixed under warranty providing it isnt a stone chip, sound like a hose or pump problem mentioned earlier.

Rented a 1.6l Deezul Foci.

I H8 4Rdz... and cars in general.

ouch good save!

Keep us informed as to what the fault was ShottaZ.

Picking it up today. I'll update here.

Water pump... getting fixed under warranty but I forgot my service book so I'll have to pick it up tommorow and continue the delights of 'Deezul Powah' for another day.

Still, getting 55MPG out of the Focus and i'm driving it rather spirited (rental thrashment)