My wife drives an 01 Focus wagon. The one and only time she had an issue with no heat, it was low on coolant. Yea I know, seems to simple. The reservoir on the passenger side has a couple of lines for hot full and cold full. I discovered the thermostat housing that bolts the engine was leaking when she would shut if off (sudden temp change and instant lack of flow). She never mentioned seeing water under it but I had in the past but just ignored it. Also there is a sensor that screws into the block that is the temp sensor, but I don't recall what all it controls. It's located behind the alternator which has to be removed to get to it. The alternator died and had to be replaced last year so I replaced that switch while it was out. Alt swap takes several hours, some bloody scrapes and a whole new list of words to complete. I found a lot of help from a group of Focus folks (they are more into hot rod stuff, but will help anyway) here:
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Today's Featured Article - Tuning-Up Your Tractor: Plugs & Compression Testing - by Curtis Von Fange. The engine seems to run rough. In the exhaust you can hear an occasion 'poofing' sound like somethings not firing on all cylinders. Under loaded conditions the tractor seems to lack power and it belches black smoke out of the exhaust. For some reason it just doesn't want to start up without cranking and cranking the starter. All these conditions can be signals that your unit is in need of a tune up. Ok, so what is involved in a tune up? You say, swap plugs and file the points....now tha
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