My 2014 Escape SE AWD and 120,000 miles on it. Smoke was coming out of some where around the engine as well as the exhausts. I did the oil change and added the BG EPR, MOA and I even threw 5W 30 in it just like you did. I drove it up and down the street two times and the smoke stopped, and now I have my Suv to drive to work again. Thank you very much and I'm grateful you posted this You Tube video. I going to assume there is allot of sludge oil build up in there so how many times in a row should I do this until it's mostly all cleaned out? What is a PCV system and is it possible it got ruined because of the oil to high from the sludge build up. Thank you times a million!!!

A wise man is teachable because he knows he's not always right. Be teachable, not many people are.

People needs to start treating the ecoboost like the high stresses turbo motors they are. Every turbo car needs good oil frequently.

I have found a new STRAIGHT IN YOUR FACE, TELL IT LIKE IT IS, CAR CHANNEL, DAMN RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.

This is what a real mechanic is. These are the people that deserve our dollars.

We use BG products in our shop and the EPR oil flush kit works well. We see a lot of Hyundai /Kia where the oil looks beat at 3,000 miles/5,000 kilometres. The direct injection engines need a lot more care than people realize

Thank You!!!! You saved me thousands of dollars. I will never trust any Ford dealer again as long as I live. They told me I needed to replace the engine on my 2014 escape. I followed your steps and the smoke cleared up.

Great Information..... I learned today that regular, frequent maintenance is NEVER a waste of time nor money!

If you come here and you just blatantly start talking trash about Ford and you start spamming my comment section with nothing but trash talk I will remove you that is your first warning As my channel grows and I push the limits of my employment where I work people have asked to be a part of my life financially because they know I take a chance they know that at some point Ford could drop the hammer on me and say get out so they often ask to help me buy things for the channel and support the channel and things of this nature although it's not necessary people have asked me to create a patreon so they can donate to the money I spent on the channel and I do appreciate the help so here is the link to my patreon if anybody's interested www.patreon.com/Fordbossme

good job! I'm a believer in frequent oil changes and full synthetic. BG makes good products

Good information. You are right, I noticed that using 4.3 Q of oil in my 1.5 Ecoboost engine as ford specified actually make the oil level little bit above the full mark. I only put 4 Q. Of oil and the level looks right. 👍

Thanks Brother! I start a new job Monday at a local Ford dealership and this is golden information!

Thanks! I have a 2015 Escape with a 2.0 and my wife has a 2015 Fusion with a 1.5. This information is very encouraging!

WOW, 189,000 miles already, that's incredible for a car that's 5 years old... especially an escape. At least it is to me!

so happy to see this video. gives me hope that top maintenance can make the EcoBoost last almost 200k miles (over 300k km)!

That’s some awesome troubleshooting. And that sets you above the normal tech. In the end you saved that customers ass. I respect that.

Looks like it's in pretty nice shape, especially cosmetically considering the mileage.

I remember reading about the mechanics of 100 years ago when it was a yearly practice to de-carbon valves and heads. Looks like we're back to the beginning with this new technology 🤣🤣🤣 Everything old is new again. Also thanks for showing how these new engines really push the oil to the max.

I actually just picked up some MOA from my dealers parts department today after I got my daily re-inspected. 16 bucks, glad to know I’m not wasting my money, figured it’s like buying your car a couple beers for still chooching up every morning to pull your butt into work. Also, damn right those cans are hard to open.

I've been watching several of your videos regarding BG EPR and MOA. You have made a believer out of me. My 2008 Honda Odyssey has a clogged under the floor Cat which seems to have come from oil burning out the substrate in the front cat. I'm going to change my cats and then perform a motor flush with this product. All the best sir.

love the BG products brought them to my shop saved quite a few vehicles with it. love your attitude about mfgr. recommend service intervals, and oil weight. keep doing what you do

Good work man! I'm a bit biased as I absolutely abhor GDI, at lest the way the OEM's have implemented it. The thing that bothers me the most about GDI is the OEM's had to have seen and known about the carbon buildup during the testing phases. That says to me that they figured they could get through the warranty period without having to do anything, and then the problem would be the customers. One thing i do when I check and\or change the engine oil is to lubricate the oil dipstick o-ring with a little oil. I've found that it helps it to not stick as much when you're trying to pull it out.

This is incredible to me, yes I believe you. I just am amazed at how the use of these chemicals works and how much mechanics poo-poo’d this a few years ago. But your video is the proof. If all works out you’ve saved the customer $thousands$. Good job and the videos coming!

That "Old Lady Hearing Aid" oil funnel is the bomb! ;-)

BG makes great products. I'm especially partial to there induction cleaner that gets induced into intake while running. It can make any car smoke like that after sitting after treatment 🤣 I know you know the power of seafoam, BG, or mercury power tune de carbonizers. Even the GDI intake cleaner from CRC is decent. Keep em coming

I'm with you on the engine oil weight recommendation, great video.

I had a 2014 escape with the 2.0 engine and had lots of engine issues around 100k miles. Valvoline has a induction service that took care of most of the issues. I ended up keeping it until around 180k miles

My 2015 is doing the same. It runs and drives great and has 185,000km. Thank you so much for this video!!

I have that same funnel. Hardly ever use it...but when I do, I appreciate it! I think that's the first F-bomb I heard you drop.

Thanks. Great video. I think what you've shown would apply to any GDI engine these days. And the manufacturer specs of oil changes every 10K or more miles is complete BS. It's good to see a mechanic offering a customer a solution like this which saved them many thousands of dollars instead of an engine tear down, new engine, turbo etc. Good job.

I’m a retired technician who started working on cars professionally in the late 70’s and did a fair amount of “shade tree” stuff before I could even drive. I’m still amazed that people don’t get the “ideal conditions” crap about changing oil!! Maybe you should hammer away about this in a future video. Hardly any car EVER falls in this category. I bought my wife a 17 Escape new in late 16 and it’s just about to turn 100k… I seldom let it get more than a few hundred miles over 3000 when I change it. Always use good synthetic oil and filter. The Escape is a 2.0 and other than oil, filters,one set of front brakes and a set of tires really never had any problems. I usually do at least 2 and sometimes close to 3 services before the stupid oil change warning comes on, usually between 9-10,000 miles. I can’t believe these people going that many miles and wonder why it needs engine work!! I guess a lot of people like plunking down 35-40 grand every 3-4 years for a new one, but I’m not one of them. Listen up people take it from professional and retired professional technicians…you want to hang on to your vehicle more than a few years, change the fluids!!! Not just oil either transmission, differential oil, transfer cases and especially anti-freeze!! Anti freeze doesn’t get (usually) all nasty like in the 1960-1990 era but it gets really acidic and starts eating up gaskets and starts leaking coolant and if you aren’t paying attention, next thing you know you are doing head gaskets or engine replacement!! Food for thought people. Great videos, I enjoy watching them. 👍🏻

I look forward to using BP EPR at some pojnt in the future. Thank you, Ford Boss Me!

Great information. I agree 100% with doing maintenance earlier on ecoboost. I was a Ford tech for 16 years. I always told people to not go by the oil minder in their car. It likes to them.

when in doubt get the BG out i always say. good methodical and fast save dude that was scary. i don't know how it would fair in modern engines but ive had good results with RISLONE back in the day, even seen it up compression. id bump the oil too with high mileage/looser clearances, those are only "factory recommendations" from the engineers, climate, duty application and general overall condition dictate what viscosity oil should be in the crankcase.

Perfect timing on this video. Just a couple weeks ago we had a bg rep come into our shop to explain how the new fuel induction kits work and after that discussion I asked him about the epr kits. He said that it works very well to remove varnish and it can help unstick piston rings etc but there were two really important things he made sure that I knew about epr. For one the epr kit is not designed for engines that have sludge buildup there's only so much a can of solvent can do. Second he said that you absolutely have to use moa after the treatment, he didn't elaborate why but he made it very clear you must use moa afterwards. BG will only sell the epr kit with moa, I'm sure you can buy them separately online but by only using epr you are going directly against their recommendations. I have a Honda that uses some oil I'm going to use the epr kit next weekend and see for myself if it can actually help reduce oil consumption

Great video!! I have a 2011 3.5ecoboost f150 had it since new now has 143’000 miles i change my oil every 4-4500 miles with full synthetic and it runs amazing still as it did new

I don't own a ford but glad you put this out to show even though it is a engine with a turbo, the epr and moa actually work on both applications, I'm just missing the moa for my vehicle now.

Funny, my one-liter fox engine also takes exactly four quarts of oil -- not the 1.2 gallon specified in the manual and compartment tag. Yes, that factors in filter fill-up.

All direct injection vehicles should have been equipped with air-oil separators from the factory, especially when intake valve fouling was a known problem.

Great video. New subscriber here. I have a 2015 escape with 85,000 miles. But I bought it specifically with the 2.5L. Zero problems and I run it pretty hard. Thanks for being a stand up guy and not throwing parts at it.

Great content man. Everything you recommend is exactly what I do

Looks saved to me, was sure it was coolant intrusion. Learned something as always. Curious if this is just Ford's small displacement turbo powerplants, or something that other makes will be running into in the near future.Gen2 MINI's call for 10kMiles between changes (1.6 Turbo) and this makes me wonder.

BG does make good shit. Have you ever tried anything different for induction cleaning on these like water, or water methanol? I had to decarbon some old lady cars years ago, just hold it about 3k rpms and slowly pour a small stream of water in the carb. It worked back in the day. I'm sure you've noticed how nice and clean the combustion chamber is on a blown head gasket car

That is awesome, what a great product. It is sure worth trying, u wouldn't loose anything. Great videos like this are very helpful. Keep it up!!!

I've owned 2 EcoBoost trucks and I've always changed my oil using a full synthetic and at 3k miles just based off what I saw at the dealership. On another note, I've never tried it on a vehicle but I've fixed a few small engines on power lawn equipment with stuck rings by pouring MMO down the spark plug hole and allowing it to soak for a couple days. I've heard of WD 40 working the same to break loose the gunk around the rings when poured into the cylinder.

You have all the cool gadget tools, I'm jealous. I know you've collected them over time.

Good decision on helping that customer, I am sure he/she has no intention on spending $7,000 for a new engine. I highly doubt that this car will ever live pass 200k, unless the maintenance is carefully intended to and not abused. My 1999 Honda CR-V has 227k miles and its still on its original engine and transmission; its had one hell of a hard life but the maintenance was always kept on time. I even accidently overheated the engine a few times due to busted hoses and it still refuses to quit. Try doing that with this Ford Escape, I bet it will not survive.

Rich, count me in as a BG believer. I have a 99 E150 with the 4.2 V6, 240k on the clock and clogged EGR ports when I purchased it. First oil change I ran EPR before dropping the old stuff. You wouldn’t believe the softened chunks of sludge that ended up at the bottom of my drain pan. Engine even quieted down a little after fresh Pennzoil Plat 5W30 and a shot of MMO. Who knows what the old stuff in there was! Only running Motorcraft filters on this old girl as long as she’s mine. I’m going to do another EPR treatment before the next oil change. Thank you for your content and God bless, Brother!

Came across this channel looking at the BG product testing/results. Appreciate the honest review. Thank you.

The problem with small turbo direct inject engines is the owners don't drive the cars at high loads often enough.

I'm with you man. I've got 190 thousand on my 04 Silverado and I add Lucas every time I change my oil. 5/30 turns into 10/40 it's called tolerance lol great job

I had the exact same issue pop up recently on my 2015 1.6 that's coming up on 100k miles. I've been worried about a blown head gasket but after seeing this I will definitely be trying this first.

You'd figure with all of the testing that Ford does, (like they show when promoting the eco-boost engines) this would have been figured into the equation? Thanks for the video.

I'll be changing my wife's oil every 3,000 miles with the new engine shes getting in her fusion.

My wife has a 2018 Mustang with the 2.3 eco boost motor. She only has 18k miles on it but I’ll be using the BGR products you used in this video before her next oil change. Cheap security blanket

I am so glad I found this today..... the crap I've just gone through....i have a new place to start as of now! Thank you.... to be continued!

Rich - great video, THANK YOU!! 👏👏 Questions - maybe I have poor streaming this week, due to 5G replacing 4G in my neighborhood - You changed the oil & filter first ... Exactly what is the name of the flush you added to the fresh oil? Did you run it for a time (2 hours?) to double-check for smoke (sure looked like coolant when it came in!) - - and then change the oil & filter AGAIN, OR did you just return the car to the customer? Regular oil OR real synthetic? Thank you again Sir!! @Ford Boss Me PS for low cranking compression, I've used Engine Restore with a fresh oil change & filter, going back 30+ years. Recheck compression 1 - 2 - 3 weeks later, psi has gone up AND more power and throttle response. If you want more info and a history of the cars I used it in (including 71 Opel Manta coupe for autocross), let me know, and if you want, I'll send it to you off-this-thread. Thanks again!! 👊👊💪💪

I have a 2020 2.0 Ecoboost Esacpe AWD Tinaium, and a 2020 Explorer ST and a 2021 Explorer ST, UPR catch cans on all 3 and what we drain out is NASTY and TOXIC smelling.

Appreciate the great info here man. I just found you and gave you a follow. I used to change my oil at 7,500 and in the past my vehicles have done really well as I changed my own oil. Now you have me thinking to go with 5k though. Much cheaper alternative to replacing an engine. It's so hard nowadays to know the truth about cars with everyone online and opinions. Im going to give you a try with all the good stuff I've seen though. Thanks for your experience.

Good video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.

The Ford dealer told me to change the oil in both of my vehicles every 3,000 to 3,500 miles. They said you never change the oil enough especially the eco boost engines

My wife drives a 2016 escape 2.5 engine no problems 70k perfect engine since Ford fix it

Great job man , saved her a ton. Your a real tech , you fixed it instead of selling her a engine .

i had a 2013 flex ecoboost. bought it at 42k. got rid of it at 150k. oil change every 5k with motorcraft 5w30 full synthetic. had the timing chains done around 125k before my premiumcare expired. they weren'y needed, but my tech friend was saving me the expense down the road. he called me and said that my engine was one of the cleanest he had ever see. i always do 5k with full synthetic on everything i own. yeah, i may pay twice as much as thouse who use regular oil every 10k miles, but i trust my engine to last longer than theirs!

When you put 30W in instead of the recommended 20W, you mentioned the vehicle had 200K+ miles on it. Do you recommend upping the weight on all vehicles that are up there in mileage? Or was this just a special scenario considering the obvious wear and tear on the internals and sludge?

I love the Ecoboost engine, but people have to maintain them. They neglect the car then complain that it’s unreliable.

Another great video incase i run into this a my Ford dealership. Thanks again Rich!!

My parents have a 2013 Ford escape with the 1.6L. They're nearing 100k miles, no smoke on start up yet but still something they should keep in mind. Gonna share this video with them, Thanks.

Add some marvel mystery in between and you'll be a happy customer with such a cheap priced product.

Wouldn’t a catch can work on the eco boost engines since they are directly injected. I’m not no expert but even I understand that gas is an good solvent.

You are a Master... amazing work.. I am a Ford guy but it's the same for the GT350

Thanks. BG makes great products. Really like the MOA.

This is exactly what’s going on in our car, going to try your recommendations!

Got the old 4L SOHC with 176K. Previous owners used synthetic blend, I use the full synthetic. Maintenance is the thing with these oldies. Hope you can get success with the Ecoboost, there are surely LOTS of them around now!

Previous corvette I had had a very hard life. I put in 5w40 indtead of 5w30 and flushed it with engine flush a few times, ran much smoother and had better oil pressure after

Regards from Dominican Republic. Thanks for the explanation. I have a 2013 Ford Escape with the same problem. I asked the mechanic if he had passed the oil and he lied to me. Thank you very much.

Nicely done that's gona be a happy customer.

Thank you Great video! You really helped with my 2013 Ford Fusion. I just love a get to the point fantastic mechanic

I have a 2015 blue 1.6L escape and change the oil every 3000-5000 kilometres and follow the recommended maintenance in the owners manual and advice from the mechanic. It has 152,000km and I bought it 2 years ago at 138,500km and have had lots of maintenance done. They are a great suv for the city

This is one or many reason my daily driver is 71 years old. I do step up to a 49 year old car with only 61k miles for long road trips. These old cars have never let me down, unlike anything I modern I have driven.

Ok I probably shouldn't say anything but my 2010 f150 I bought new with the 5.4 3 valve now has 235,000 . I only did engine oil changes every 5,000 miles transmission fluid change every 60,000 miles and rear-end fluid every 60,000 coolant, power Steering fluid brake fluid every so often. regular oil changes are definitely important. You got a new sub.👍

I am going to try this and report back. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Exactly. I am one of the only guys at my dealership who actually checks the oil level and noticed that 4.3 was to much. I remember Ford in the beginning with the 2013 models say 5.5-6qts for the 1.6 but then had a literal oil change recall where we changed the oil, replaced that crappy dip stick and put a yellow sticker with the 4.3qt spec on it. Noticed it was still high and found 4qts to be proper.

I like videos like this. You can learn something. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you! I got a 14 Focus ST on its second motor, Im sure even at 60k its gunked up. Im gonna get it flushed soon, and a catch can on the way!

Thank you for the awesome information. Keep up the good work. !!

BG products are top notch. Great video...

2/19/2022: Thank you! I have a very mild case of blue smoke on startup. For me it is intermittent and started shortly after the warranty expired. It is most likely to do it when it gets down to freezing and parked overnight. Sometimes it doesn't do it for weeks and then it starts up again. I'm gonna try the flush and with edit this post with my results.

I have a Toyota sequioa whit 234,457 miles on her and she stills running strong dude, my secret it’s do your own maintenance period, good vid bro,

Thanks for your hard work man

Thank you much appreciated all the info fixed my issue too

BG is good stuff. GM guys in my area swore by the M.O.A. for 3.8, 3.4,3.1L. Guy who told me about it drove a 380k Bonneville.

I ran this in the wife’s 2010 RX 350 180k miles. Also add a can of MOA at the oil change. The car is like new. I also change the oil every 3000-3500 miles. The engine noise is now gone. Actually changing the oil in the morning again. BG works

Thank you so much for your help !! I just bought a 2013 escape se with 79,000 miles and notice smoking few days right after 😢 and i was stressing what it could be

Bg epr is amazing. I get the quart and dump it in my 3.5 Colorado twice a year and my oil stays super clean even at 3500 miles also tried the penzoil from your video and I’m impressed 2000 miles and it’s still clean

I did that to mine but i used seafoam and run Penzoil synthetic then put a full can of seafoam in my fuel tank great video 👍

Spot on!👍I also fill the oil filter when I can!

Thank you for clarification I have a 2017 ford edge titanium with same symtoms

I used this all the time and it works great 👍

It's nice to see a consummate professional at work..