Ford Fusion (2002 - 2008) - 03 1.4 Water in top mounts

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Sat 26 Dec 2009 16:48
03 1.4 Water in top mounts - Javalin
Hello all,

Happy Christmas!

GF's car keeps getting water in the offside front suspention top mount bolt hole. The nearside i've emptied a few times (tissues, cotton buds etc) and it seems to be fine. The offside one obviously has been doing this for ages (we've only had the car for ~2 months or so) and is very rusty.

I've tried putting tapeing a plastic cover over it to see if its running off the underside of the bonnet but that didn't work.

Thought about filling the hole with 3-in-1 oil, but don't want to lubricate the bolts loose! Could seal it with something - but suspect at some point suspention might need doing - cause of rust? ;-)

Any ideas? Do ford make a top-mount-cover for these?

Cheers all,
James
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Sat 26 Dec 2009 18:12
03 1.4 Water in top mounts - bell boy
can you not put some plankton in there and so help save the world?
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