Lets discuss the 1.0 Ford ecoboost engine

Hi there! you seemed to like these sort of videos so i thought id make another in this mini series! stay tuned for other types of engines and gearboxes etc... Lets discuss today the 1.0 Ford ecoboost engine briefly and a couple of well known common problems.

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[johnrockley]

Had both belts changed at 10 years old 50k miles, only main dealer would do the job, two and half day job, £1, 400. Factor this in if you buy a used one.

[Jones-xxgc]

My mate runs a garage and it depresses me when he tells me about the faults in modern vehicles. Anyone would think manufacturers didn't want them to last.

[michaelsharman]

I have a 1 litre ecoboost Fiesta 2013 152350 miles Belt changed at 150000 Belt showed little wear I have serviced it myself in my 5 years of ownership never let me down fantastic car. Look after it and will look after you. Last 8 cars all Ford all high mileage never had any trouble.

[EZee]

I have a 2013 fiesta ecoboost, and had a belt tensioner go, and damaged 2 exhaust valves on pot 1 & 2. Looking at the original tensioner the tensioner spring on it was held in place with plastic bars, and that’s what went and released the tension. I have rebuilt the top of the engine with new valves and belt kit, the new tensioner spring is held in place by metal thank god. As for the crank bolt I invested in a Milwaukee M18 Fuel ratchet with a nut busting torque of 1385 nm, I heated the bolt as I was replacing the crank seal, and it came out straight away no problem. For those who want to know the bolt has a torque of 720 nm!

[iainp]

Had ford used a dry belt or a chain from the beginning it would probably be considered one of the best engines in car production today, well done ford, you messed up big style .

[gamesmaster]

The idea of the wetbelt is that the oil is supposed to preserve the belt so you dont have to have it changed as much as usual, so you have the smoothness and cheapness of a belt but the reliability of a chain but weather this actually works or not is another thing. Ive seen it work for some people and dont forget a lot of these engines have been sold, so proportianlly they might not have as many issues, I think a big part of it is the right oil being used (ford spec 5w-20) at regular intervals to help the belt. Also engine flushes apparently wreak havock on the belt so dont do that but this may contribute to the issues as some dealers/mechanics/people may put the wrong oil in or flush the engine.

[thedubwhisperer]

Ford designer: hey, I've got a great idea. Let's build a sub-motorcycle size engine for a family saloon car. Even better, we can design it so the rubber bands driving critical parts are continually soaked in oil; hot oil when it's running, but don't worry about that - think of the money we can make from scheduled rubber band replacements...

[brianiswrong]

As this is the 10th year of the engine in a fiesta, and the belt replacement is 10 years or 150' 000 or 125'000 miles depending on who you talk to.
I think people who know will want a cast iron guarantee that the belts (there is also the wet belt from the crank to the oil pump) or a £1'000 min off the asking price.
We took our 2013 fiesta ecboost 125bhp to 108'000 miles with nothing other than annual oil and filter changes, 1 set of spark plugs and 1 pair of front lower wish bone arms, .
But spending over £1000 on an " invisable" belt change on a £3000 car was to mad even for my man maths, so we part chopped and got a 3 pot 12'000 mile kia rio.

[nigelwright]

The older ecoboost engines had a problem with the cylinder head. There is a groove between pots 2 and 3 and this is a weak spot where gasket blows.

[antn]

I saw you remove the front cover to get to the wet timing belt and I already hate that engine.

[konradcomrade]

mine is at 95000km, a 2015 Ford Tourneo Eco. so now its getting 9 yrs old. commuted every workday 2*22km, very salty road in the winter, now the underside is very rusty! Engine seems still ok, did more than recommended oil-changes, always good synthetic as in handbook.
I was a fan of VW until the management decided to build a 12_cyl for themselves! Then I changed to Fiat and now am proud of my Tourneo. Actually I bought the Ford quite by chance, when I was looking for a used car for my daughter. Used cars were all so old and high priced, suddenly I saw the Ford sales offer, changed my plans and bought it right away! Gave my Fiat Punto to my daughter; both cars still running.
Didn't regret it; except that the 3_cyl is a bit rough starting uphill in snow!
Once I couldn't get out of a snowy Garage, uphill, because the wheels were initially "rumbly" and car slipped sideways.

With Ford's it isn't they build bad cars, but more that the mechanics, sales, and customers don't understand what Ford's engineers have designed! Lack of information/communication technical! Not really malicious intent; when I recognize THAT it is "over"!
One critic to the engineers: if they had designed the oilywet belt in an O_shaped run it would last much longer! the X_shaped run causes much more bending of the rubber material. An O_shaped run could have lasted

[wordreet]

It''s a great little engine if you're hiring the car. Which I did a small handful of years ago, quite a lively little beast I thought!

[nigelbarratt]

As an old guy who started working as a mechanic in the late 1960s I formed an opinion then which has only been reinforced over the years since, namely never touch a Ford with a barge pole. They've kept me in work many times but they were the pits way back then and if anything they've just got worse for a ton of reasons.

[brianfearn]

Vary informative, i would rather keep my 1.6 focus with 4 pots .Great engine along as you change the cambelt & auxiliary belts.

[S-Ltd]

I had the beginnings of a similar issue with my PSA puretech 1.2 which are known for the same wet belt disintegration. Fortunately I got rid before the engine grenaded itself. Ended up with a Mazda3 Skyactiv petrol which has been stupidly reliable over 3 years. The only issue I've had is the soul red paint peeling off on one side of the car due to a shoddy repair.

[Mr_Meowingtons]

my favorite part is the fact they use a belt that notorasley fail my disintegrating when wet with oil then cloges the oil pickup..
i can only expect some one to come out with an aftermarket chain setup.

[joaolapa]

Hello good afternoon, just one question, do you think this problem with the belt bathed in oil has been resolved with the new Puma engines, where it now has a metallic chain, thank you

[terry]

My 2015 titanium fiesta ecoboost suffered oil starvation due to the oil piclup strainer getting clogged with sediment from the wet belt.. Car had a full service history. If only they had used a chain this engine would have been brilliant.

[tonycalow]

I was told years ago by an old mechanic if your timing belt gets contaminated by oil, change it asap as it will eventually snap!! And that was on Vauxhall Victor engines which were non interference engines. I had one that lost its teeth on a bit of belt, about an 8" stretch of belt, that stopped the engine starting, but no other damage.

[cjespers]

Remember the Ford 4.0 SOHC ? Engineering failures. Thanks for the video.