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Sooooo purchased a thermostat body for the zetec se, fits the engine perfectly but the non thermostat pipe is slighly the wrong angle. Had the joy of going to both ecp and GSF in waltham forest and not one matched the original, all more of the one size fits all. So ended up getting the one from the Transit parts place that was a third of the price, and 3 years guarantee.
Took the throttle body off to clean the body with a baby wipe as the throttle body and butterfly have a special coating so shouldn't be cleaned...found the body has been replaced. The car is an 01, and the throttle body has a date stamp of 99. One security screw has been snapped off, and used rtf to stick the throttle body to the housing. Tried to use molegrip to remove the broken screw, but no chance. What could cause a metal screw be stuck in a plastic body. Ended up making a little clamp with two bolts. So now the tick over is smooth and stable and no issues when you stay on the brake at tick over.
Looked to take the plastic rocker cover off, and replace the gasket on the engine, but it has been stuck on. The gaskets pops and leaks oil as the rubber PCV pipe to the inlet manifold collapses so the engine fumes have nowhere to escape so pressure builds and pops the gasket and has an oil leak. Found that the plastic cover is stuck on, so some other garage has stuck the rocker cover on. So left if as is.
What are the odds that replacing the water pump and thermostat housing yet the car will still leak.