2010 Ford Focus Water Outlet Removal 

Just want to say thank you for posting things like this. I’m a broke college student who is unable to take my car in to get serviced and this is exactly what is wrong with my vehicle. You really are helping me a ton with this info.

I just want to thank you. I did this same job yesterday and did the install today. took almost all day to find this video. But once I found it. it made the job way easier. at first I thought it was that top freeze plug thing also then after watching your video I tore into it and sure enough the plastic was broke on the top edge and the rubber gasket had failed just like yours did. so Job done Wife is happy and she has 304.000 miles on our 2008 focus. going strong still. so far no leaks. thanks again. The part was 34.99 at Auto zone.

Thank you a whole bunch man!!!!! I just lost my Oulet 2 days ago and had no idea where to start. You saved me a whole lot of time and trouble!!!

hey man thanks to u i was able to troubleshoot and find out what was wrong with my car and only need to spend money on the part your awesome God bless

Thank you for this! You are a great life saver I really appreciate you taking the time to show us some knowledge!

Fantastic! I was able to use this video for my 2012 Focus! The only trouble was to remove and put back the hose clamps... However, I found a video . Thanks!

Great video…my 2012 lost all coolant and was very wet in the same area. I will be tearing into her next weekend on the same task here. Wish me luck.

Thank you for the video. Will help greatly when I do this repair in a couple days.

thank you! my car sat for awhile because of a leaking PS pressure line. finally did it and i forgot my heater didnt work at idle. a little low on coolant but it was leaking once i topped it off. i just had all that crap out because doing that PS line is a pain in the butt. atleast i know how to do it now. just gotta find the OEM number. definitely not using a dorman part for that.

great video!

OMG you are a life saver

Thanks a lot. No idea where to find a metal one? I read on some Reddit feed that someone found one. Then they never had that problem again.

Hello, I have changed my thermostat and replaced cooling system with new coolant. I have spent lots of money already on coolant and thermostat. What steps can I take to fix the engine overheating? There is ample coolant now, but, the engine runs idle and there is very cold air blowing out. Heat only works when revving or accelerating. There might appear to be a very small leak, yet I cannot detect from where. The heat only comes on when I rev or accelerate. I am worried the engine will overheat eventually but I am just unsure what to do. Could it be the radiator or heater core? I don't see leaks by the water pump and I just do not know what to do anymore. I have no engine codes but I noticed the reservoir very slowly dissipate coolant. I added bar's leaks cooling system repair to radiator directly, very recently. I think there may be some sludge? Again, car heat only comes on when revving or accelerating and then is ice cold when idle. What do you suggest?

Only question, did you use that 2nd gasket?

Good video. I removed and replaced this same part on a 2012 Fusion. If you take your time and remove and disconnect everything in the way first as you did the replacement is pretty easy if you put the bottom bypass hose on before you replace the inlet housing. The hardest part for me was getting the old hoses off. I did not remove the bypass hose until I removed the inlet housing. The part was $36.99 at Autozone. Duralast DL902-231. I think the part is made by Dorman. 10/2/20

Would a bad water outlet also cause pressure leak from under the radiator?

Hello, any idea why a car wouldn't start after this problem happened? I've replaced the part and everything is back to normal. I even swapped to a different good battery but it just clicks once and does not start. The car started once to get it on a tow truck then sat still at home for about a month until repaired.

Our computer connectors seem to be stuck, see the lever do we just pull, wiggle and pull or is there a trick? Don't want to break anything.

We have a 2009 Fusion and a 2007 Mazda 6. Both use basically the same 2.3L engine. Our Fusion w/ 150k mi. recently started leaking from the water outlet, but it hit me that our Mazda with 200k has not leaked from there. I went and looked, and our Mazda's outlet is made of aluminum.

Thank you! I have one question. My leak is coming from that exact spot but what is the circular hole you point to at 6:00 and is there any chance the leak is coming from that?

Thank you for the vid! A question: what is the name of that round hole/outlet with a sort of brownish plug (needs a huge alien key it seems to open it) right above the “rectangular “ outlet/hole you connect the new piece to?? You’re kind of pointing at it at 5:58 approximately. And why does it throws out water (in my car)? A huge thank you!!

Is there a bleed screw in that area to get the air out of the coolant system?

Thanku

Did you ever find where the extra gasket went or was it not needed for the change?

do you have a part number?

you are not lying when you say no plastic next to engines. I have had to replacet his piece twice. First time in June of this year and again today. The car ended up overheating on my son because the tensioner pulley broke and he had the car running while trying to get home and overheated and looks to have melted the dang thing..,

Torque specs?

The water outlet looks like it has two eyes balls and one big mouth screaming who in the hell designed me.

Do you have the part number by chance? I’m asking for that at the auto parts and they don’t know what I’m talking about 😂

Geez my sons car needs this and the garage charged $550🤦🏻‍♀️