Can't thank you enough for making this video. My 2018 Ford Focus suffered a wet belt failure at 33000 miles. Been chasing my tail trying to find my cars service history as Ford customer care said they would not touch the car unless it had a full service history. They never mentioned the 2020 gap (this was the only one I was missing). Sent my case back and it has been approved for repair. 6 weeks without my car so far, what a nightmare.

@carukchannel

13 күн бұрын

Fantastic to hear, I have pinned this post to show how content like this can spread the word and help so many people affected by this issue. Glad you got it all sorted 👍

@as-h3928

13 күн бұрын

@@carukchannel absolutely, without the additional information it's likely that I would have covered it myself. My repairs aren't scheduled until mid-July unfortunately. I'll be interested to see what version of the engine is put back into the car when they get around to it

Peugeot, Citroen etc should follow suit and repair or replace their troublesome pure tech 1.2 engines.

@sbrader97

25 күн бұрын

I thought they already did do a recall because its a safety issue due to it affecting the brakes in the worst case scenario

@peterg3661

25 күн бұрын

I Read an artical yesterday it mentioned that they new before production that the belt degrades due to fuel mixing in with the oil which is causing the belts to degrade.

@jonsimmons4150

25 күн бұрын

pureshite -typo

@zzhughesd

25 күн бұрын

Yup. Same same tech. Prob designed similar technical departments

@denisewarner8982

24 күн бұрын

I have a 1.2 Citroen puretech c3, worrying

Only a couple of weeks ago ford refused to accept responsibility for my 2016 focus with an ecoboost engine (also an automatic) 70,000 miles, which has now cost me £2304.00 to rebuild. They're a bloody disgrace and I will never buy another ford.

@HypocrisyLaidBare

18 күн бұрын

Congratulations, welcome to the world of the sane.

@dannyboyy31

Күн бұрын

@@HypocrisyLaidBare Loving my 8-year old Focus ST - not a single issue with it, and it puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. I must be insane 😄

Because they are being sued in USA!!!...They should be recalled here too!!!

@andrewculverhouse8914

21 күн бұрын

Yep if it happens in one country others should have the same rights. VW are the same I've had failures on my Passat that would have been covered in the USA, VW here want to plug in their gear tell you it's what you knew and that it's not covered in the UK and you now need to pay for their time diaging the car (In my case the clock spring in the steering wheel which failed because of dirt (hair) ingress. With Mini also doing the same thing but for their diesel egr issues, not covered for failure in the UK however there is a recall for the cooler. In our case the egr failed 2 months before they recalled it for the cooler. The egr fails because of the cooler in our case it failed before 27k miles. Mini garage said we can get it refunded if we talk to mini, mini came back and said no refund because the garage said it wasn't covered. Warenteed at this point are just extra loo roll.

@ukcitizen1158

12 күн бұрын

Problem is not with the manufacturers. Problem is that Governments outside the U.S are pathetic and can't enforce anything on behalf of themselves or consumers. The U.S Govt. tare manufacturers a new arse hole, that's the way it should be done!

You've played your part in getting us this far. Good on ya' fellah!

Reduced cambelt intervals breach a contract at sale as far as I'm concerned 4years sooner hits fleets big time

@carukchannel

25 күн бұрын

⬆️⬆️ Very good point 👏

@user-xp5gy8iz8x

24 күн бұрын

Just had that news for my Citroen C4! Cambelt at manufacture was 10 years 112,000 miles, took it to my mechanic for service 2 weeks ago, he’s told me they’ve changed it to 6 years 62,000!!!

@mattdenker

21 күн бұрын

Hi I had engine overheat back in 2022 Ford replaced engine but I lost £1200 down to having to hire a vehicle so that I could get to work, I was not impressed by first attitude and fobbing me off

@SethPowell7

9 күн бұрын

Ford should have to pay for the added changes above the original factory schedule. The added maintenance expense may have affected purchase decisions.

Well done Lee for putting a bee in their bonnet,they can't ignore the problem anymore,and I hope they will help owners financially to change these belt systems.

I feel sorry for those who scrapped their cars or traded them at a massive loss. They will get nothing 😔

@ClaireBlunden-xs7ji

25 күн бұрын

We literally did just that last Friday 😢

@MattBrownbill

25 күн бұрын

@@ClaireBlunden-xs7ji damn. My friend lost thousands trading his Festa in, with an engine that sounded like a bag of nuts in a washing machine.

@frankf3248

25 күн бұрын

Yep! It happened to my son, basically got washers for it in a trade in.

@GeorginaMahoney

24 күн бұрын

I did that 2 weeks ago 😢

@tardeliesmagic

24 күн бұрын

It's such a con!

Took them long enough to fix it. Obviously the adverse publicity is making them get a move on with. They still have their heads in the sand.

Imagine some people might have been in the window to get it fixed, but they have scrapped the car now.

I don't have a full service history on my 2017 ecoboom so that's game over and another lesson learned.

@bird6691

19 күн бұрын

Fake it like they failed every aspect of the engine

Well done mate......the people's champion😁👏👏👏😂

@carukchannel

25 күн бұрын

hardly but thanks for the view and the kind words mark 👍

Honda recalled there 1.0 s we had all are belts done for free 😊

Ford Ecoboom, about time. It takes the states with their class action lawsuits to bring around a dose of common sense

@hughmarcus1

20 күн бұрын

Class action lawsuits are possible in the UK too. The US has very stringent laws around vehicles being fit for purpose hence the chances of success is far higher.

Thank you for standing up for the general public. You wouldn't hear this kind of information in the news or local media.

I still can't believe they were stupid enough put these in their vans after they finally sorted out the rust problems. Though all new vans are junk now tbh

@MattBrownbill

25 күн бұрын

I also can't believe they made the transit FWD.

@hedydd2

21 күн бұрын

@@MattBrownbill You have a choice. The larger vans can be rear wheel drive.

That's Lee for keeping us updated on this ongoing problem.

Thanks for that, well put together. Still pissed at dealer quoting £2200 for wet belt replacement and service. 31k on the clock on 2017 eco boost. Daylight robery/ rubbery

@carukchannel

25 күн бұрын

plenty of specialists now doing belt replacement for 800 mark have a look on eBay for wet belt replacement service. there are some good guys on there doing them for traders who also take on public work

@user-yr2of8iw4q

25 күн бұрын

A friend of mine got a quote from a Dutch Ford dealer for a 2013 Focus with about 110.000 miles from € 2.800,-. I bought a Fiesta ST line X 125 EcoBoost Hybrid but that should have a distribution chain as I understand. Mine is from 2021 and had done 45.000 miles( 32.000 when I bought it). Does it help when I change oil after 7 or 8 months in stead of 2 years? Sorry for my English

@user-yr2of8iw4q

25 күн бұрын

The quote was for a new distribution belt.

@adewhite3921

25 күн бұрын

Lucky enough after seeing your video I've booked my 2015 1Ltr ecoboost with 47000 on the clock in for a wet belt change at my local garage. I've been quoted about £950-£1000. After that's been done I'm getting rid of it. At least I can get a bit more trading it in if the belts have been done as I've had a few traders say they don't take ecoboosts.

@youtube2kwatcher

24 күн бұрын

​@@adewhite3921 i bet loads have got into debt where they couldn't afford to get a new wet belt after they found out they bad news to own and sold the car for chips

Too late ! My mum’s went bang , she replaced her derelict with a Honda and never looked back. Ford can kick rocks .

This could be great news to my son, his partner had no warning on the M6 when her engine just exploded, but Ford refused to help !

The whole thing is just delaying tactics due to the potential costs involved, plus some of the problems disappear with time, like the customers.

Ford had taken to long to try sort this problem out with the junk engines as people have lost alot of money and many have been scrapped because of the problem so still don't look good and people still won't want ford to little to late to be fair but really good of you to tell everyone 👍

FORD......The "Boeing" of the 4 wheeled transport.

@davidpearson243

25 күн бұрын

I thought Ford were good until I got a VW now wouldn’t have anything else (I have a Skoda now )

@stevecoinitin7521

24 күн бұрын

@@davidpearson243 Yep, I had a couple of truly awful Fiestas, my mate and his nephew both suffered horribly with mk3 Escorts...engine dying @ 53k, my mates @78k plus 2 more engines lasting 2k and 7 k lol! There was me driving a few bulletproof 1.8 and 2.0L engined Cavalier's over a 15 year period. Never a problem. My mate bought an 89 2.0L Cavalier and took it from 128,000 miles to 268,000 miles in 4 years without a hint of a problem! My mate even did about 75,000 miles in an 84 Polo estate (pre Fox) in 3 years with regular services.

@Shutityou

24 күн бұрын

@@davidpearson243my vw T6.1 has been a total money pit.

@paintingdecoratingwithzac7340

23 күн бұрын

I bet you've been driven as many Fords as.....Boeings

@briancarton1804

19 күн бұрын

​@@davidpearson243Get a Toyota and you will never touch a VW product again. Once upon a time I would have also said Honda but they have slipped up badly in recent years. I drive a 2007 Honda Accord myself but won't be buying a new Honda unless they improve greatly. Just about all manufacturers are making crap these days with the exception of Toyota and even they are not as good as they used to be.

And when the car is 10 years old, you are on your own, scrap value, anything longer is a bonus. Cars should easily last for 15 to 20 years these days, but not Ford Eco-Boom.

@boyasaka

24 күн бұрын

Honda 1,0 in their civic from 2017 to 2023 ( mark 10) Also has a wet belt And honda has finally done a recall ,costing them millions 3 cylinder engines ,bad idea Wet belt ,bad idea Same as dpf ,egr valve ,bad idea

@TRD1949uk

23 күн бұрын

That is the product life cycle mate. The 1.0 engine when it first launched I had friends in dealer who got told don’t worry you’ll never change a belt on one of these the engine is designed to be throw away at 10 years or 125 so we’d advise replace engine at that

@stevendouglas6593

19 күн бұрын

Buy a Toyota.

@gamesmaster1060

8 күн бұрын

No​@@stevendouglas6593

@The_Noticer.

4 күн бұрын

@@stevendouglas6593 The Toyota V35A engine would like a word with you. All brands have duds.

Must be a massive potential market for someone to make a chain conversion kit..

@volt8684

25 күн бұрын

How about Ford doing it

@MIK23458

25 күн бұрын

Great idea, now you’ve some spare time Andy how about you give it a go? 😉😊

@andyhill6398

24 күн бұрын

@@MIK23458 Spare time ? what's that? don't know how i used to find the time to work. Hahaha.

@edwardkantowicz4707

22 күн бұрын

Was thinking exactly the same solution!

@Xenon777_

20 күн бұрын

Just steal the bike chain and sprockets off your bike :P

Great information Lee for customers, well done for bringing the situation up to date

2 of my work colleagues have suffered with the wet belt failure (within a month of each other) one of them a focus the other a fiesta, focus driver has a totled engine and my boss with the fiesta managed to save his (just about) as he said he started hearing a strange noise so he stopped driving. He paid £1.3k for engine repair (new belt and engine flush etc) his mechanic who did the work said it was a VERY VERY close call

Great information Lee..... thanks 👍

The more Ford makes cars, the more I respect Toyota.

@HypocrisyLaidBare

18 күн бұрын

The more I see and hear about Ford, the less I love my Volvo.

@Spark-Hole

18 күн бұрын

@@HypocrisyLaidBare Last time I drove Volvo, and that was 24 years ago. The car was very good. Hope Ford didn't send its design team to Sweden.

@jimalcott760

17 күн бұрын

What about Toyota’s new problems with their trucks…?

@dean6125

17 күн бұрын

Toyota cars not in my taste though

@paul_nwsxs

16 күн бұрын

@@jimalcott760 it,s the tacom in the usa that they are having a problem with, it,s an engine we don,t get in the uk or europe

That was really useful information thank you. I have had so many problems with fords over the years I’m getting really fed up with it

100,000 and booked for a wet belt replacement in September. I’ll look into this further but it seems promising. Apart from that my Fords with wet belts have been absolutely reliable.

Ford should sort the power shift gear box, while they're at it. I know it's discontinued but it's still affecting many people.

It was funny how confident they were about their 1.0 ecoboost engines , that upto last year we in the trade could buy a full engine , in a crate direct from Ford , with oil filter , some sensors ,water pump , wet belt etc , rocker cover for £1150 trade plus vat , giving us over £250 discount , on an exchange basis

I just scrapped my 16 yr old Ford focus and bought a Toyota, because reliability is important to me...I dont think I will ever buy another ford.

@st200ol

23 күн бұрын

16 years isn’t a bad lifespan. We all know that manufacturers build stuff to last 1 day past the warranty.

@chalikuddin5700

23 күн бұрын

Glad you made the best decision ford unreliable it’s money pit

@regjenkinson6247

22 күн бұрын

I've had 3 Toyotas and two fiestas and had more trouble with Toyota than the fiestas in fact my 15plate and the wife's 14 plate 1ltr ecoboosts which we've had for 5yr each have been great also we've not payed a penny in road tax but having said that I wouldn't buy a focus either

@-sargntclashroyaleandmore-491

21 күн бұрын

16 year old focuses are pretty reliable cars... far better than the ecoboom era Fords!

@abc-ye2ec

21 күн бұрын

@@-sargntclashroyaleandmore-491 yh, but the rust on 16 yr old fords is too much.

What a great summary of the current situation with this prolific engine, you're again helping lots of people for no other reason than the desire to do the right thing, so good on ye mate! I've told many people about the woes of this flawed engine and most people don't seem to believe me or say "I've never had any bother with mine" etc. Very annoying. They can't say that now!

I have now added some Time straps - Time bar - so you can skip to the relevant section of the latest new from Ford UK 👍👍

@HypocrisyLaidBare

18 күн бұрын

Where in the description is the link to the Ford letter? you said you would post a link @ 5:08

Excellent video, with as you say lots of information within. It is definitely worth watching twice to try and get your head around it

Hello good news to some extent. My wife has a 1 litre ecoboost and at 49000 miles going well. To me Ford should fix this before failure and not wait until the engine goes bang. Well suppose the goodwill scheme is better than no support at all. Thanks for this video of the latest information of affected cars

Great News!! Finally a result :) Well Done Lee

@carukchannel

25 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

I’ve got a 2022 puma and I’ve had 4 ecoboost vehicles from 2013 onwards and all done over 100k one of the focus I had I sold it with 180k on the clock and including that focus I haven’t had a single issue with the engines!………..just saying🤷‍♂️

@NickMackenzie-kb8mv

24 күн бұрын

Regular oil changes are the key, problems is people don’t have the cars serviced enough.

@TheWebstaff

19 күн бұрын

Op what are you doing? Go buy a lotto ticket!!

@Primerules

17 күн бұрын

@@NickMackenzie-kb8mvexactly. People moaning cause their engines go bang but they don’t service them

Oi Oi!!🤘The Nerd In Motion sent me here to get some proper and detailed info about the new engine issue. Thanks for your effort! 👊

Clear to the point explanation. Hats off 🎉

@carukchannel

25 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot 😊

Wet belt can save 1% fuel consumption. Clearly worth it.

@hackney7106

21 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@royfontaine5526

20 күн бұрын

100% if it can’t be driven!

@NordenEngineering

19 күн бұрын

How can a belt having to squeeze oil out of the way be more efficient than a belt in air

@G-ra-ha-m

19 күн бұрын

​@@NordenEngineeringGood point, well made. I prefer gears 😊

@TrumanShow-im2ve

19 күн бұрын

More green BS pushed by the Globalist overlords. The Ford Zetec engines were superb. Rarely had any issues with them.

Just had belts replaced on 2014 Focus 1.0 ecoboost manual estate, at ford main dealer Aberdare, cost: £1,240.00. We only do about 5k a year (68k in total) so that, I think, reduced the possibility of engine failure. Plus never missed a main dealer service. I would never buy another wet belt car, so who in their right mind would buy ours?? We either run the car into the ground (we actually love the car) as we do such little milage or take a huge hit on trade in? N.B. the car to date has cost in repairs with the above belt £3k including *leaking slave brake cylinder at 50k, as brake cylinder in bell housing also changed clutch. *Front brake discs *Engine mounting bolt snapped and engine collapsed (luckily happened on driveway) Did I say we love this car??!! Thank you Car UK

@ouethojlkjn

21 күн бұрын

Engine collapsed?? do you mean the engine dropped off its mounting? Sounds nasty anyway.

@xKazor666x

21 күн бұрын

Did ford compensate the cost? I'm confused what you're supposed to do about a belt that could fail at any time. Ford focus 1.0 101k 2016 plate.

@thomasrogers4534

20 күн бұрын

@@xKazor666x As our car is ten years old it required a belt change as per Ford recommendation. I was told by Ford dealer that the recommended belt change mileage has been reduced from 150k to 120k. As the engine had no issues there would be no financial compensation.

@thomasrogers4534

20 күн бұрын

@@ouethojlkjn The bolt on the engine mounting under the battery snapped and engine dropped. This mounting allows the engine to be lowered to work on the gearbox. It was suggested by AA and mechanic that the bolt was over torqued when replaced after work carried out on gearbox?

@ouethojlkjn

20 күн бұрын

@@thomasrogers4534 Bloody Hell - I hope you get it sorted and you are not out of pocket. Best of luck with it.

what a great bloke,thank you

Thanks for the update, really interesting but always disappointing to hear how big manufacturers operate now. I bought a used 1.0L EcoBoost Focus earlier in the year, died on the motorway ten days later (unrelated to wet belt, was leaking coolant) and went back to dealer. By chance, ended up watching your videos on EcoBoosts and as a result ended up opting for a 1.6L Duratec Focus, it does the job and it's not a race car but I'll take that over an engine clogged with rubber and brake failures any day! So, thanks for info and keep up the good work.

@adams7405

22 күн бұрын

Yes old fashioned 1.6 in my Focus, 250,000 miles and no problems.

@regjenkinson6247

22 күн бұрын

Seems like the focus are the bad boys for lots of problems

@philsweeney8787

22 күн бұрын

@@adams7405 250k is impressive…and reassuring! 👍

I have a 2014 Fiesta Ecoboost with 60.000 miles on clock and just had my wet belt replaced at my local Ford dealership a couple of weeks ago at a whopping eye watering cost of £1900, had service & MOT done @ the same time, not much change out of £2300, I also asked them to take photo's, just as well i got it done, oil pick up pump was starting to clog.

@Luckyjo21

25 күн бұрын

Just sell that heap of shit

@dan44zzt231

25 күн бұрын

Two thirds of the value of the car on a belt service 😭

@jimmyjt16

24 күн бұрын

That’s a disgraceful cost to charge customers for their own doings. With this now announcement I’d be marching back in for a refund.

@paintingdecoratingwithzac7340

23 күн бұрын

Which belt was starting to degrade ...the timing belt or the oil pump one ?

@tonybingham334

23 күн бұрын

@@paintingdecoratingwithzac7340 timing belt

Excellent video. Love your videos. thanks

More power to you lad ❤ Well done 👍 There is definitely a tv personality right here , bbc couldn’t have done this better ………next step 🎥

Great to hear.

Top man, good information I can pass on to my customers who own eco boost cars 👍

Well done for helping making this known to Ford , and at last social media has helped

After seeing your previous videos traded my 2020 Focus for a Toyota Corolla . So glad I did love it and everything about it feels better built than the Focus.

I know a lad with a transit custom 50k miles only 4 years old engine is toast, I know of a couple that failed at 40k

@TRD1949uk

23 күн бұрын

Had they been serviced? There’s vans on the road now used daily by a friend of mines company who service it every 2 years or 24k miles by Ford and the vans are 8 years old done 90k and still run perfect in daily use. But then hear or vans doing 50k that are 3/4 years old failing with no history and people wonder why

@user-mp4un8vb5y

23 күн бұрын

@@TRD1949uk fully serviced, a mate of mine has just bought a transit jumbo with 80k on it and changed the belt right away,the one he took off was perfect. I guess it's just the luck of the draw.

Excellent video,thank you so much in making it

Many thanks, this has clarified a lot of issues and cleared up a lot of questions.

What designer ever thought that mixing oil and a rubber belt was a good idea?

@TheWebstaff

19 күн бұрын

The ecoboost designer!

@dean6125

17 күн бұрын

Other makes have wetbelts too

@robl5833

16 күн бұрын

As if cambelts weren't a bad enough idea.

@Jack_Warner

15 күн бұрын

@@robl5833 They were fine on my Ford Pinto engines, 40 years ago.

@mariodemarco9749

10 күн бұрын

What was wrong with driving the oil pump directly from the crankshaft? I don't see the benefit of wet belts and no mechanic I've talked to can explain the logic. What surprises me is the huge mileages that the Skoda or VW 1600 diesel can do. In the taxi trade they do 2 to 3 hundred thousand miles before death, usually from wet belts debris blocking the oil pickup. But at least they do massive mileages, the Ecoboost engines should do much more than they do.

What about all the ones that blew up and had to be scrapped , my son was still paying for his he thought why pay for the same thing to reoccur and bought a cheap runaround instead and just said keep it and break it, great informative post Lee

Long and short of it is dont buy any engine with a wet belt ,even the short oil pump belt versions . Bring back the pinto lol

@andrewlowe693

22 күн бұрын

Bring back the good old Crossflow 😂

@chrisstephens6194

20 күн бұрын

Mk1 focus engines are awesome

@DavidSmith-ze2wi

19 күн бұрын

I've got a Pinto engined car, 44 years old still runs great.

Interesting vlog Lee, I serviced the Mrs 68 plate Ecosport today, had a Ford service history upto 15k miles, now has 21k miles and I used blue print oil filter, Wix air filter and Westway 5w 20 fully synthetic oil to Ford correct spec, will change the spark plugs tomorrow when I have the correct size spark plug tool, NGK iridium only good quality, kind regards to you and everyone out there, Mark from Billericay 👍🌞🌞

@eddiereed5025

25 күн бұрын

you have too much money or are a bored mechanic at heart

@marcusmaximus451

25 күн бұрын

@@eddiereed5025 neither !!

@user-uh5ll9hv5e

22 күн бұрын

Where can you get the right size spark plug tool from marcus? I want to change the plugs on mine too.

@marcusmaximus451

22 күн бұрын

@@user-uh5ll9hv5e hello there, nice to see a positive question, if you type in search engine 14mm long reach spark plug socket, I found mine on Amazon, QWORK 2 pieces thin plug socket for £9.95 for a 14mm and 16mm attachment and with a built in magnet which is very good…..kind regards to you and take care, good luck 😉

@marcusmaximus451

22 күн бұрын

@@user-uh5ll9hv5e hi there I found mine on Amazon for £9.95 QWORK 2 pieces thin wall spark plug socket set of 2 including a 14mm and 16mm with a built in magnet which is very good…….good luck and take care 😃👍

Great video as usual Lee…why the hell would Ford build an engine with a cam belt that runs in oil…it’s madness.

Simple. Maintain the wet belts should be a ford's warranty period on wet belt engines period (any part that's a rubber belt in oil). If you own a eco boost wet belt sell it fast. Never buy a ford ecoboost wet belt system car, vehicle.

At least they’ve shifted a bit maybe they’ll be pushed further in time. I’m surprised no one has come up with an after market chain for both cambelt and fuel pump maybe a chain I dunno?

V good video - crystal clear. Hope the goodwill will in practice apply to those (me included) with a post 2019 engine if need be. Whatever ... thank you!

We had a failure in our 62 plate focus ecoboost, ex-mobility car cost us over 4k for a 'new' engine ( with Ford Staff Discount) as there was one service 6+m late ( service 2 ) so basically told us to get lost Will try contacting them again but don't hold out any hope - car is now in my wife's name and not mins Thanks for this update :)

I have a ford fiesta ecoboost on a 64 plate. Full service history with 35,500 miles on it. Hopefully will have a bit more life in it for a while. Great video thanks for the update.

@Eddie_Tyler

9 күн бұрын

Hi Terry. I have 64 plate too but with 77000 on the clock. Local mechanic is replacing the belts as of today and mentioned how blocked the oil pickup was. He took pictures so will be interested to see the state of it. I’m not sure if it’s overall mileage or the cam and auxiliary belts running oil for 10 years or more you should be equally as concerned about? You may want to consider your options.

Great review. Thanks !

Excellent

Well done that man 👍

@carukchannel

25 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

Well ✔ good video

Do know someone who works for a hire/leasing car company. On looking for another car he told me to steer clear from the Ecoboost engines for this exact reason as he gets to know of the common faults on cars.

They’ll never recall my car because I’ll never buy a ford car thanks to your video. I was about to pull the trigger on a new Ford Puma. At least my small commission they missed. Thank you 😊

Well done excellent work!

Are they going to recall all of the powershit boxes next ?!

@MIK23458

25 күн бұрын

Good point!

@rubberplantsandwich

20 күн бұрын

What's the problem with these?

@DoubleG79234

20 күн бұрын

@@rubberplantsandwich it’s not difficult, quick google search will tell you

Very informative and thanks for sharing 🫶

Great video really well explained good work

@carukchannel

21 күн бұрын

Thank you!

A most informative video, thanks so much. I'm not sure I can sleep though as I have a 2014 Ford Eco boost manual gearbox, 60,000Kms. Were the earlier engines constructed with the same belt or just the same type of system ?

That's good news for anyone affected. It also highlights the fact that Ford (including many other manufacturers - NOT just cars) has known about a problem for many years and worse than doing nothing they have refused to help. Quick to push out the product and not so quick to fix the problems. In the worst cases blaming the consumer and charging extortionate prices for a fix. Almost every major manufacturer does exactly the same thing. Take Sony Mobile Communications as an example. They lied about their Xperia phones being waterproof. Now, after a class action in the USA every owner of these models in the USA are due a 50% refund. But' NOT so in the UK. From experience they wanted me to part with £180 to have my phone fixed and sent back. When I pointed out the class action, they refused to honour the ruling. This was of course many years ago. I've never owned a Sony phone since. The problem we all have with this is who to trust with your purchase?

The Ecoboom engine makes the Edsel look shrewd.

well done mate fantastic info

Excellent update

@carukchannel

22 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

Tried to buy my son a 1st car usual suspects 208 / fiesta all I heard was ‘ wet belt failure ‘ and ECO Bust! put me right off

I enquired if my Vauxhall Corsa had this system fitted to my three cylinder engine. I was told it had, so I've got rid and purchased a Toyota diesel!!

Sold my focus this year as i did not want to pay so much for a belt change (it was still working fine. I just did not want the cost or worry arount it.) Shame as other that the wet belts it was a great car.

@johncarpenter5472

25 күн бұрын

Not everyone can afford electric cars and they're not worth it they call chuck away cars

On my shortlist there have been many cars from Stellantis group (Pure Tech wet belt engine) and I'm currently happily driving a long time rental Ford. But because of the wet cambelt issues that you can hear about in many repair shop videos, I stepped away from any engine with a wet cambelt. Latest theory I heard is that E10 fuel doesn't cope well with short distance cars and wet cambelts: when running a cold engine too much alcohol or petrol is mixing with the oil and the chemistry of that cocktail is decomposing the belt. When driving long distance engine and oil get much hotter and alcohol and petrol in the oil will vaporize before doing damage.

I have had my 70 Plate Ford Focus ST Line 1.0 Ecoboost manual for 2 Years now been very good so far but I don't really do high mileage in it

The later ones are called the dragon engines I’ve been told. My puma has the turbo at the back so is chain driven for the camshaft belt. But I’ve seen 2022 fiestas that have still got the full wet belt system, turbo at the front of the engine.

Great video and easy to understand. I have a 2022 Ford Focus 1.0L Ecoboost, should I be worried?

My daughter had a 140bhp eco boost, lovely to drive, smooth and powerful, great shame they cant redesign with a dry belt or chain. I want a newer petrol berlingo but it’s a Nono

Just to note Ford changed the Powershift box for the release of the Puma and MY2020 cars as well.

i had a 2020 ford focus 1.0 ecoboost with the "8" speed dual clutch auto, it spent more time at the dealership with gearbox issues and other misc issues then i got to drive it.... sold it after 1.5 year and now have a Mazda 3 that just goes and goes and 0 parts replaced or dealership visits after soon 3 years, just regular service... i will keep to japanese cars from now on ;)

very informative video , how does one stand if you maintain it yourself, and have a mechanical background. thanks lee,

@carukchannel

23 күн бұрын

they would not give goodwill if not been serviced by a garage using OE parts

Am I hearing you right? A belt in oil? That is madness. I know they have a drug problem in America but blimey.

@davidnorton5887

25 күн бұрын

European deigned and built. Nothing to do with America.

@Tekwyzard

23 күн бұрын

I thought the very same when a friends car, a Galaxy, or S-Max I think, dropped its guts on the motorway nearly three years ago, and my tiny 23 year old VW Polo valiantly towed him home. We looked inside the cam cover, no rotation of the camshaft, he had no warning, no oil light, or anything. He did some research, found the 'wet belt issue', told me and me response was literally ' You F'ing what? What moronic car manufacturer would run a rubber belt in oil, unless they had a death wish, or had ensured the early death of the engines?". We argued massively over it, repeatedly in fact, I couldn't, wouldn't, still can't believe it. Apparently even a lot of mechanics and dealerships knew nothing about it, but the dude was right, and I still owe him over doubting him on that issue.

@livc444111

23 күн бұрын

Yep, apparently the Transit circa 2008 already had a wet belt

It's mental how many issues 1 thing can cause with ford. I've had and heard similar about bearings tripping ABS and parking sensors, brake lights stopping the electric throttle, and many more.

I own a 2010 2.0TDCi Ford S-Max with a wet belt engine designation QXWA, I’ve just had the engine replaced because the garage couldn’t find the cause or location of severe oil loss that sprayed through the drivers side wheel and up the side of the car, so as part of the refit of a new low mileage engine the wet belt was replaced along with all the bits that go with it, not sure now when the service on that is next due (car was on 166820 miles) the engine is a 77k miles engine.

great one. zhx

I had a 2003 petrol ford focus 1.6 it was a robust engine, actually when i had to get rid of it because of rust it was still running perfectly fine. So ford tried to make the engine die sooner - and they succeeded. Fortunately i heard these eco boost engines are trash and i did not buy ford again!

@vevos_

25 күн бұрын

the engine itself is not bad... actually making such a smooth 3-cylinder engine is quite a feat. The wet belt is the issue. Wet belts are just not reliable enough yet.

@Hrossey

25 күн бұрын

@@vevos_Daihatsu has done it since 1959. 3 cylinder kings!

@MegaReddevil71

25 күн бұрын

The older zetec engines lasted well 200k mines done 196000 miles 1.8 zetec 💪ecoboost won't do that

they should have ditched it years ago

I've worked in the motor trade all my working life and most what I call new-age engines have a problem because they are designed by computers and people with letters after their names and has never had hands on experience with real engines(in other words never got they're hands dirty)

Transit 2 l Ecoblue Diesel Engine is also mounted in many other Ford cars. Mondeo, S Max ,Galaxy, Focus, Edge, Ranger, there also is the regularly engine oil change very important. If faults of the DPF System, Malfunction Engine Lamp is on, let it check immediately at a professional car workshop.