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Good news. Out of interest, I did a search and couldn't find any evidence of a known problem.

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They said one of the pipes from it had become brittle and split.

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While there was little water in the car, there would still have been some (depending on which pipe had failed).

Also, I know older Focus models had a cylinder head temperature sensor, which would detect overheating totally separately to the cooling system, and would put the car in to "limp home" mode before engine damage could result.

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My happy thought, not seen any blood sucking vampires since Friday, it's great :)

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You are indeed a lucky chap dilli as l remember on one of my long terms stays they took blood several times a day for weeks on end and my veins were struggling to give anything out in the end.

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I had a similar 'near miss' with my motor last year. I'd noticed a persistent coolant drop over a period of time but there were no visible signs of any leaks then one day I noticed a drip of fluid on the drive just under the o/s rear wheel arch. A feel around under the plastic wheel arch lining revealed badly corroded metal cooling system pipework which it turns out was a known issue on that model my car was years out of warranty. Evidently the system had only been leaking significantly under pressure so had I done a long trip before discovering the problem I could well have had a wrecked engine. The cheap solution to my problem was to simply bypass the whole rear section of the heating circuit and leave the rusty pipework in place. Phew! :)

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They just told me my kidneys are doing so well (after the angiogram) I can have two whole litres of fluid a day now :)

It's a shame that's not booze mind but at least I can have more tea :)

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That's excellent news dilli that your kidneys are doing well and even though its not booze you can drink there is nothing wrong with a cup of tea and a biscuit.:)

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Reminds me of a time I was waiting to see the asthma nurse at my surgery and a bloke came in and said to the receptionist that he had an appointment with Dracula. We all had a chuckle at that.

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That's great news dilli.

Oh and don't worry about your blood suckers running out of victims as they have moved over to torment me. My current twice/thrice daily tests should keep them distracted until at least next week. :)

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Yep good for you Dilli. Onwards and upwards! :tu:

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I think they saw me posting about them as they showed up shortly after lol :)

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All the best for your tests Jo!

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Wishing you the same Jo.

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Cheers guys, my results are looking good so far just a matter testing to make sure my latest drug regime keeps me stable.

I shall be immensely happy when dilli can say the same.