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FORD –

My T150V Trident wrecked 2 rods and needed the crank regrinding when an oil filter disintegrated and blocked the gauze filter from the oil tank. I think I could still rebuild a Trident engine in a darkened room.

Mike

They are invariably set far too low to be of any real use when driving. If it comes on at any more than idle speed, then you're normally looking at engine damage.

And the 1.0l Ecoboom is terribly weak in a number of areas – oil pressure, coolant leaks, timing belt issues(it books 9 hours and about £600 in parts), drivability, smoothness etc. They're best avoided.

"The car has done 45,000 & i regularly service inc oil & filter. the oil level was correct as was the water".

Hi Steve, my wife has one of these on a 2014 plate so thanks for the heads up. After the warranty period I took on the servicing but I did the oil and filter approx every six months because I clocked the internal fibre cam belt.

From watching Youtube what do you think of getting the oil pressure checked to see if it falls off at high RPM?

Seems the simplest option to see how blocked the filter gauze is. Last oil change, I was in agony for a week, so taking sump off is a no no.

When I drive it I usually hit 5000 RPM at least once!

Cheers Mike.

There are 2 types of oil pump that Ford use, vane type (Worst) and the gear type.(better). Worth checking.

This issue certainly sounds like some of the engines are not fit for purpose. This should mean the retailler / Ford should have some responsibility for the repair. Unfortunatly if it was not serviced on time every time by a Ford garage (or you can prove it was done by a competent commercial garage using Ford approved parts) Ford have a reason to avoid liability. As soon as Steve di a service Ford had get out. There was a brief piece on the BBC recently and the cases highlighted had incomplete service history. They also quoted Ford as saying somthing like it had only happened on 0.01% of ecoboost engines worldwide". That sounds like lying with statistics to me. Ecoboost range covers a wide range of models including 4 and 6 cylinder varients. It seems like it just affects certain versions of the 1l 3 cyl engine. In the USA the 1l ecobost (which may be different to the UK one anyway) accounts for less than 10% of Focus and Fiesta sales. The Wet Belt was designed out around 2018/19.
If this had affected any significant number of cars in the USA there would be a class action suit going on.

Robert.

No you don't seem to see them so much anymore. Seem to have been taken over here in Australia by cheap low-mileage secondhand motors imported from Japan, where they drive very few miles a year and cars are discarded after just a few years due to steeply increasing taxes on cars more than a couple of years old.

The trouble with oil pressure gauges is they will show wide variations and still be operating normally, it will require the driver to understand what is normal behaviour and not panic when the needle drops with hot oil and idling speed. Manufacturers don’t normally fit them as they would get worried people on the phone all the time. A performance engine with an informed driver can make good use of an oil pressure gauge but probably best not to let Joe Public see what is going on.

Mike

Do you know the cause of the seizure? Is it possible the sump got holed and all oil lost? That happened to my dad once when a brick fell off a lorry in front and it went straight through the sump.

Andrew: 2nd paragraph of the very first post

What a xxxx by Ford. Why didn't they recall the cars and change the belts once it was known the belts were causing a problem? No, it's alright, I know the answer – similar to the Boeing MCAS disaster.

Perhaps the Ford garages pulled the sumps off at every oil change and checked and/or cleaned the gauze pre-filter.

Edited By John Doe 2 on 10/06/2023 16:44:07