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2017 FORD FOCUS 1.0 ECOBOOST - A RISKY BUY ?

  • 22-09-2023 9:18am
    #1
    goochy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,702 ✭✭✭


    Friend interested in a low mileage one of these , I see online these engines gave alot of trouble . Ford clam they sorted problems in 2014 and stopped making them in 2017 but online it says cars after 2014 have had problems .

    any one familiar with them ?


    .



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  • #2
    GavPJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭GavPJ


    The nickname for that engine is the Eco Boom.



  • #3
    goochy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,702 ✭✭✭goochy


    yes but its 2017 Ford claimed to have sorted problems by 2014



  • #4
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,210 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    brother has a 2018 one since new with zero issues



  • #5
    goochy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,702 ✭✭✭goochy


    newer model



  • #6
    mk7r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 839 ✭✭✭mk7r


    They are fine if they get the correct oil, wrong oil will melt the wet belts and that's when people have issues, it's a specific spec of oil used



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  • #7
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,644 ✭✭✭cml387


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121143567#Comment_121143567

    Idly surfing Youtube one evening I watched an American guy strip down one of these, where he found most of the wet-belt teeth lodged in the oil filter assembly so that makes sense now.



  • #8
    Tech_Head
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭Tech_Head


    I have a 2016 Ecoboost Fiesta that’s been mapped and running fine. Mines been serviced yearly though outside of a miss during lockdown.



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