May 15, 2023. #2. I follow the "ford eco boost nightmare" group on Facebook. It's a truly shocking situation with ecoboost or "ecoboom" engines failing without warning or provocation for a variety of issues including wet belt problems despite them being maintained to the letter. The posts about failures are often multiple times per day. Not sure Ford have stopped using wet belts. just bought a 2022 eco sport 140ps and service info through ETIS says Belt replacement at 10yrs 150k miles. Also oil pump drive may be welt belt. someone on here said cat between rad and engine - wet belt, cat between engine and bulkhead - chain. 1.0 eco boost.
"Ford has already made substantial contributions towards the cost of 1.0-litre repairs, but ongoing discussions with customers show that Ford needs to go further to ensure reasonable repair costs
He insists the Ford Transit Van Timing Belt crisis will result in owners needing to replace their entire engines if they follow official Ford guidance and fail to act early. Ford state the timing belt should be replaced every 144,000 miles OR every ten years – but HallCraft insist that will result in disaster for owners. The Ford 1.0 EcoBoost engine fitted to the Fiesta, Focus, B Max and some Ford Connect vans is ran by a wet belt (runs inside the engine) and Ford recommend it should be replaced at 150,000 miles or 10 years.
32 months. [report] [news] Thursday 20th October 2022. I own a 2013 Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec which has done 50,000 miles. I'm looking for a Ford specialist in Scotland to change the cambelt
