I didn't expect to use the pressure tester so soon.
My sister turned up with the Focus to take Mum shopping, with the complaint that the heater doesn't work and there's a funny smell.
A quick pump on the tool(and empty coolant bottle
) showed a hairline crack on one of the small plastic coolant pipes.
As a temporary repair I'd hoped to slip a bit of hose over it, but both the pipe and T-piece were really brittle:
That T-piece comes complete with the both hoses and the plastic pipe complete with QR fittings, and I can't get one until the end of the week.
So £1 acquired this better sized bit of hose and the correct size clamps:
A few minutes on the lathe:
my last piece of silver solder, must get some more and practice a bit:
and the completed repair:
I've just got back from road testing it, no leaks and the heater works. So that's good for now; I'll still order a new hose, as I have doubts about the rest of the plastic pipe.