I would rather buy a hand grenade with the pin missing😂

I see these all the time in work. Shame on Ford for producing such a pile of junk. As you said the 1.25 was a cracking engine and the 1.6 as well.

Never had a problem. Right oil and regular changes never been a problem

Cracking video! “Buyer Beware!”, so very true where the ecoboost engine is concerned.

Great vlog… you’ve confirmed the many potential problems that I’ve heard about the 1 litre eco-boom engines.👍

My 1.0l eco boost focus went bang on the M6. Pulled over to phone the AA. Ten minutes later it was a complete fireball. I'm not even joking. These things are downright dangerous

To add some balance. We bought a Fiesta Ecoboost on a reputation that didn't reveal the wetbelt issue and cost to replace. Initially horrified when this knowledge came to light and seeing the usual internet horror stories we weighed up our options. Given that most Cambelts at the time that I know of were 40,000mls or 5 years bracket thats 2 replacements in the service interval for a wetbelt which is 140K or 10 yrs. So that makes the playing field a bit more level. But then you have the concern that they aren't making those kind of milestones and giving up earlier. Once again internet horror. So we decided to bring the interval forward to 7 years splitting the difference and feeling more comfortable about the not having the same level of potential to degrade and break. I asked the ford garage for pics of the belts in situ and that showed a completely normal looking belt, no debris in the oil pick up so even though any belt can snap (dry or wet) prematurely it seemed to me that the belt would have made the service schedule recommended interval. The car had been serviced on time each year and using ford genuine parts (Oil) for most services and the last 2 I cannot be sure of but assume kwickfit would use the correct oil. So there you go, properly serviced, some extra caution time wise because of the stories and everything is now good with the wet belt clock reset to zero, for the cost of 2 normal cam belts and a bit more I'm afraid but the big thing to come from this based on what I saw is with proper servicing it is now good till 2033 and 210 kmls. That makes the cost more tolerable and cheaper than any Audi I've ever owned so hopefully this helps worried owners who know the service history of their car and the way its been driven decide on the way forward with the service interval approaching. I believe many have suffered from lack of, or incorrect servicing frequency and oil type despite owner claims.

Subscribed, gaining lots of useful information through your videos. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

I sold my 2013 fiesta ecoboost 125bhp with 108'000 miles on it. My mate down the road still has his 2013 fiesta ecoboost 99bhp which he has had since 600 miles, is still his daily with 150'000 miles. Neither had a timing belt . We part exchanged for a chain driven engined car after a £950 quote for the wet belt change on the fiesta .

Great info as usual good of you to share ur experience and knowledge to the less knowledgeable

What a great video, crammed full of good advice and the voice of vast experience from start to finish, created for no other reason than to help folk out. I don't know how you do it mate, when so many people don't seem to listen or believe you, it's a thankless task when all you're doing is trying to help people see the risk they are exposed to. As is always the case with risk (this appears to be a hi risk engine) some people will get away with it, some won't and some will take the risk but be wary, or minimise it, but those with any sense will steer clear. Why wouldn't you when you have other, safer options?

That was the best , right to the point details about the fiesta

Brave man. Ecoboom Great when they are running well

Wet belts grrrrrr.naturally aspirated engine much more reliable, not as nippy or frugal, but much safer bet.great vid as usual, some handy tips to owners or potential buyers.

Another great video, cheers Lee. I'm obviously no trader but I do work in risk and I definitely get why you made the decision you did. 👍

Excellent video will some great advice I thank you for. have not long ago brought a 65 plate cmax with this engine with only 35000 on the clock and have had the wet belt replaced at ford main dealer, I also have a 3 year warranty on the car which I paid extra for,,,,it's a really nice comfortable car,,

Excellent review and very timely because you definitely helped me dodge a bullet. Great work - thanks. 😮

Sound advice Lee yet again m8 on this video to help people navigate their way around any potential problems or to make them aware what is liable to give any problems...Think in the wide scheme of things you've made the right call on it and as you say your not gonna lose money on it and worst case scenario you make a few hundred quid on it trading it on or maybe better at Auction...would be great if we had a video on the auction it goes in if it does get moved on that way...Anyway best of luck with it and see u in the next video...Hope you've settled in well now and we get a peak at these new premises soon...👏🏻👍🏻💪🏻

The BIO (belt in oil) scenario affects most small turbo engines - PSA, Ford, VW etc - had the oil pick up blocked through nothing more than a degrading OEM belt on a 1.2 DS3 - all in a car with a full main dealer service history.

Drive down that road nearly everyday past Morrisons and HABs. Fords of Winsford just few 100mtrs down the other road. Was loving the content even before i released you were in my home town.

My Audi tdi I always run for a minute after a long journey or if I’ve been pushing the engine just to let the oil cool and the turbo , improves the life of it

Seems a straight guy, trustworthy.

Loving the content

Hi Lee, really enjoy the videos mate! If you ever get a chance could you do the best Transit/Vivaro/Traffic style vans to buy between 06-12 plates please. I here there are some real problematic engines out there and would like to know which the best engines or vans to get for reliability and which to avoid. Keep up the great content!

The joke about the seagulls laughing at you is spot on,and flying upside down because it’s not work shit*ing on is priceless..🤣🤣🤣🤣

Got same car and age. Lower mileage 63k never had an issue with it. Sailed through 4 x MOT's.

I'd do the preventatuve maintenance or clean out you mentioned of all those parts then retail it BUT I would price in another service in the retail price and offer the customer s free service in the 6 month liability period. So they'll return for the service and I'll refresh the oil and clean the easily accessible parts again which should give the customer another year of trouble free motoring.

Lee you know your stuff more than me, I'm surprised you don't deal more with Toyota and Lexus, those things are pretty much invincible great to pass on without any comebacks I have a little 64 Yaris 1.4 diesel 196K on the clock and it still runs and sounds like it's brand new only ever broke down on me once it just needed a new battery and it was an ex fleet car with 135K when I bought I have owned it 7 years now, my sister always buys Fords and always has problems, BTW I love your videos I am a bit of a car enthusiast.

We had a ford focus 2018 1.0 and it had full ford service history and it went bang on the way to work i was out of work for 4 months because of it sadly nearly lost the house months of fighting ford offered me a settlement i brought a seat leon and never looked back

reading the comments and noticed split opinions. I think this reflects the fact that there are lots of these on the road, and some survive just fine if serviced and used lightly. I think the bad ones are those that worked hard and had deferred maintenance. Obviously, things like fuel pumps fail on many cars, so it's not Ford specific problem. Direct injection, turbo charging and long service intervals only add fuel to the fire when it comes to reliability. The best engines were usually free of VVT''s , no turbos, port injected, dry belt or accessible chain, 4 cylinders or more. The progress in technology has not done much good to reliability. It's all about tail pipe emissions and fuel saving with a heavier reliability tax.

"Alot of things go wrong with this engine, most of them catastrophic", brutally honest and true, and as these things get older and fall out of dealer servicing it will only get worse. How did Ford get it so wrong?

A great video…and had no idea how bad they are…thanks

They have a wet belt for the camshaft and the oil pump, later 1.0 ecoboost cars have gone back to a chain on the camshaft but still have a wet belt for the oil pump, you can tell the difference by looking at the engine if the exhaust and inlet are on the back of the engine the car has a chain fitted on the camshaft and the wet belt on the oil pump, the earlier cars with both wet belts have the exhaust on the front with the metal shield over it @11:32, the fiesta st 1.5 engines have a wet belt for the oil pump also from about feb 2019, when the belt lets go the small bits of the teeth that have broken off block up the strain filter on the oil pump in the sump, this causes lack of oil being pump around the engine this basically knackers/destorys the engine componets inside, also the head gaskets are prone to going causing water in the cylinders, this causes hydrolock which can bend rods and also destorys the engine. I guess with some decent servicing every 6000 miles or so you may get better results. who knows?. ymmv

Enjoyed that interesting 👍

Spot on with removing the sump. This is the thing with car owners changing their oil at 10,000m. 5,000m is where it should be,lots if issues can happen. Many Toyotas owners do it 10,000+ miles,why? No more than 5,000m,using good oil with cheap filter is ok, cheap oil + cheap filter NOT ok at 10,000m. The VVT & solenoid get blocked too on Toyotas which is bad. Use a named brand of oil,none of this rubbish Mannola oil you see at GFS,euro car parts etc.

Ford service say replace the cam belt at 10 years, belt is reliable if oil change is done at correct intervals using correct oil

Fun to drive, i got 2015 automatic, 75k km, no problem, only the turbo wastegate flapper noise on low rpm

I paid £8,000 for mine in feb this year. It’s a 5 door, in colour white, no scratches on the car at all. two previous owners, the last being an elderly lady. The car had 24,324 miles on the clock. It’s been an awesome car so far.

“Live fast, die poor”! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 That will grenade itself in about 5 minutes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

We have my mother's old 1.25 Zetec on a 65 plate. My eldest child learning to drive in it. It is immaculate at 31k! I can get a steady 55mpg on long journeys.

An old work mate of mine had this in his 12 reg focus it was on the 2nd motor when he had it in 2017 he px it for a new captur enough said. Lol😊

Mine been fine and it came for a ford dealer with full dealer service history using the correct genuine parts and correct oil ! And been looked after.

Another excellent video. I really do love the way you share your knowledge on this channel. Please do keep these coming and good luck with the new venture.

Love the fact these are sooo reliable Not 😂 I remember when these launched and some doubted my opinion of these tiny little engines that are massively overworked and will go bang, it was inevitable, shame as Ford are capable of making good vehicles.

I have a 2014 1.0 Fiesta ecoboost. Currently 36,700 miles. I change my oil and filters every year even though I only do about 1,400 miles per year. I recently changed my oil, and thankfully I didn't find anything in the oil which I drained (admittedly I didn't put a rag through the sump plug hole and rub in to the bottom of the sump) but apart from being dirty there was nothing untoward in the oil. My insuarnce is cheap and it's zero road rax, and if I trade in I will have that to consider.

The 1.6 tdci DV6 is also a very good engine. Followed closely by the later 1.5 tdci which is also pretty decent. I don't touch these 1.0 ecoboost cars unless they're cheap and have full service history or they've just had a new engine.

The seagulls are laughing at the engine 🤣.

Theirs a pressure switch under the air filter pipe that goes wrong as do turbos as do the wet belt blocking the oil pump up

Got a mate with a 1.25 engine in the Square Fiesta model - just over 200k miles on the original engine which shows the value of proper servicing. I know he would jump in it tomorrow and drive to Barcelona with no fears. Neighbours grandson bought a 1.0litre ecoboom for his first car - 10 months later the engine has lunched itself......... I did warn him

Love the way fiestas and focus’s drive, the best but I would not entertain this engine yet its in new puma’s as well, bizarre, great video, everyone can learn from your experience, bet you’ve saved someone thousands in repairs

I currently drive a 1.0L Ecoboost Fiesta (65 plate) and have no problems what so ever. All i recommend is that you get it fully serviced at least once every 2 years or every 6,000 miles which comes first. I drive mine lightly, i'm aware of the horror stories but mine's still going strong today.

Had a Ford eco boost for ten years. Nice car, good to drive and reliable. Like any piece of hi-tech, regular servicing from a Ford dealer is essential.....This is not a car for amateur cheap servicing as so may have discovered....

Some top amazing tips on your videos Lee. The Wet Belt engine designs are Peugeot if my mechanic friend was right. That explains it all to be honest lol. In theory it should be a good design, in practice, as you said, it clogs everything up in there and engines don't like a lack of oil lol. Great video. Now get on and do one of your new pitch. 😜

Brilliant vlog I for one will never buy one of these and I'm a big ford man had them for years, and it looks like now most newer Ford's have the 1L engine even the new Puma small engine for big car but they do carry the new eco boost engine not this one, this eco boost rubbish has put me off Ford's after many happy years motoring.

I had a Fiesta ZS 1.0, serviced every 6000 miles and sold it at 64k miles. Terrific car during my ownership, totally faultless apart from a battery when it was about 7. It never missed a beat, was reasonably nippy, great fun at lower speeds, it even sounded terrific. I drive a wide variety of cars and it was genuinely fun, particularly because you can give it the beans quite a lot of the time and be well within speed limits. The Mk7.5 really needed a 6th gear for cruising though, which the Mk8 got. The 1.25 65hp is woefully slow, less than half the hp of the top spec ecoboost, I couldn’t live with one personally, but it’s a battle axe. If you don’t go on motorways often it wouldn’t be too bad. Truthfully I would be very wary of keeping an ecoboost 1.0 beyond 80k miles, and I really don’t think it’s a big enough engine for a focus personally. Mk8 Fiesta quality really nosedived, a really sad way to see out the name.

Gotta remember how many of these engines sold…. Fiesta and focus the main sellers of this engine were top 2 selling cars in the UK for basically 2012 at launch to 2020 when they swapped to the later 1.0 with chain instead of belts…. Obviously when your selling twice as many cars than your competitor you are gonna see more failures…. From experience you probably see 1 in 5/6 that are bad. I’d say that is no worse than corsa with timing chains. Prince engines with everything 🤷🏻‍♂️ Sigma is great but so outdated with mileage and emissions. Gotta be DV6 high power or 1.0 ecoboost every day!

I have one of this, just for City, it s a 1.0 petrol, not ecoboost, 1st 2nd 3rd gear it goes ok, 4th and 5th you have time for snack. But for city , it's just enough and fair car. And yeah, I did started to see a lot of them, and similar.

I had a fiesta for while, I used to wave at other fiesta drivers but would always get ignored. Except for that I enjoyed the car.

I’d rather piss in the wind than own a Ecoboost Ford! I was close to buying a 2018 Ecoboost Focus, glad I didn’t!

We have Fiesta and Focus, both are 1.0 ecoboost. Focus currently has around 360k km, fiesta has around 210k km. Both have had the timing belt done and they have been faultless. Would never pick any other engine for Ford car.

Appreciate u r dealer insight,got 3 of these engines in family highest mileage 90 k ,no engine probs with 6k oil changes.Think it depends more how they are or are nt cared for…?

Great vid please do more like this one explaining the pitfalls and the good things about buying your average car i know now to stay clear of this car👍👍

The fiesta on your clip no service history who would buy one without one, i have had one these 2014 plate for 5 years 60000 plus miles, really good on fuel no road tax unless its after 2017. my wife's got a 1400 2011 fiesta £180 road tax not as good on fuel and less poke, like all older cars need them serviced regularly, and dont forget they were the biggest selling car on the road for years, so theres a lot more that can go wrong.

Great video showing all the potential pitfalls that this engine has. The seagulls are having a laugh. I heard they all fly upside down over Liverpool because there aint nothing worth shi***** on.

Excellent information stear clear of this model Thanks.

I have had a focus ecoboost for nearly 6 years. The oil strainer blocked about 5 years ago and then the belt went at just over 60,000 miles. The car has just done 78,000 miles.

if you do the timing belt and clean the oil pick up then it should work ok

No problems here! Had a 63 plate Fiesta S ecoboost with the mountune stage one upgrade. Owned her for 3½ years, not one issue. Economical, quick & very reliable. I traded her in beginning of this year for a FiST. Only lost £600 on her over my time of ownership. Heard other dealers refuse part exchange of this engine but with only hearsay to base their opinion. Doesn't seem fair to me.

Great watch that lad, & thanks again for sharing. Without fail every video/vlog im lerning something new here @Car uk 👍🚗👍

Damn. I've been looking at a 1.0L EcoSport. Yeah I know they're basically a Fiesta but worse, but fits my particular list of wants. Anyway, it'll have this engine so it's right put me off!

Lee that fiesta could cost you lot’s 😩. A wise move shifting it on 👍👍

I almost upgraded from a mk1 zetec 1.6 focus to a 1.0t ecoboost focus a year ago.. After consideration and about 2000 reviews read later decided to keep my little nugget. They may sell well but how long do they drive well for...? The focus only has 79k on it anyways, ulez compliant might aswell keep it ay?

It's a banger racing car !

Hi, does the Ecoblue diesel engine share any of these problems as it has the same wet belt design..?

Well great advice Lee, keep away from the 1 L eco boost, enough to scare me, and of course you being a dealer why retail it,with all the potential problems

Lee, recently sold focus titanium 1l eco boost. 2012 with 20000k. Full service history. Score of 929 out of 999 on history report. Sold to someone I knew. I flagged up the wet belts issues. Deducted what I thought was a reasonable amount to change the wet belts. What I didn't take into account was London Ford Main Dealer estimate for the work i.e. north of £2000. The person I sold it to got advice from a local garage and flipped it without doing the work because he was told it would be trouble. I know the work is a pain but I thought £1000 would have covered the work. Seems you need special tools for this job and Ford are pretty much the only people who have them. Lovely car runs like a dream. I thought cost would be about £350 parts and 6/7 hours labour. I live in the midlands and was amazed at London Ford Dealersip price.

Cheers Lee, you've just reinforced why I've never owned and never will own a Ford! Love the channel and wish you every success with your new premises 👍

Ford seem to have redesigned this engine at some point my 2020 Puma 1.0 ecoboost mild hybrid has a chain cam engine recognisable by the turbo being at the rear of the engine instead of the front. I believe the oil pump is still driven by a small wet belt so i dont know if this will be a problem.

If it helps anyone, here’s my experience putting 66k miles (from new) on a 2019 plate ecoboost Fiesta. It’s my driving school car and it’s also my ONLY car. Every one of these miles has been travelled in fear of it blowing up, and therefore I’ve had the oil changed every 6k miles (3 times more than Ford’s recommendation of 2yrs or 18k). I plan to use it for 1 more year, taking it to 88k and then sell it. Despite the fear of owning such a time bomb it’s been reliable so far, and so I’ve been able to enjoy the relatively fast performance and great economy. Make no mistake, I’m not necessarily recommending you buy one….. But if you do, I definitely feel those frequent oil changes are helping BIG TIME. But next year, I’m going for a Swift Sport (chain driven and Japanese engineering).

100% the right decision, not worth the drama mate

My view of this engine is "what do you expect when you consistently squeeze such a lot of power from a 1.0L 3 cyl engine. These engines were heralded as genius and if everything is 100% but they have a dual circuit cooling system which is the achilles heel and lets face it with a tiny turbo charged engine you do need good cooling !

ITS AN ECO BOOOOOM best of luck mate. move it on to trade asap

Think I'll stick with my 1ltr aygo been a great car and easy to learn DIY mechanics

Great video and very informative, I've had a 15 plate for 5 years and its been superb great on fuel and free tax. I service it every 8- 10k with genuine parts, my advice is only buy with genuine history or the minimun are receipts where you can see it's had the correct 5/ 20's oil. What are the later 20 plate ecoboosts like as i was thinking of buying a newer one. Thanks

Brilliant honest video as usual, very helpful for guys like me who love cars but haven't a clue under the bonnet I like these cars but will be avoiding them now definitely. Love how you show the known faults with cars and how they can be fixed and by avoiding main dealer parts.

Hi Lee. Christ your right. The worst engine ever lol. It's a Shame it has that Engine in it because it looks the Part. It looked nice at the Auction when i first saw it. Great Colour. Great year 2014. And it looks lovely and clean. Such a Shame. You will have to flog it on to one of your Mate's and make a small profit. So it could be better but an Awful lot worse Lee. Anyway another Great Video again. Chat later buddy. 😅😅

My 2011 fiesta 1.4 Diesel done 160k engine like new bit of noise from final drive and aux drive belt rollers

Everything I read says using the correct oil and servicing has been the problem, 5w20 is like water using heavier oils kills that engine.

Wouldn't you do the bushes, two tyres and put a full MOT on it? That'd make it easier to trade on a for a bit of profit?

It all started i think when they tried to get diesel economy out of petrol cars. I had a focus 1.8 with 120 bhp and it would do only 25mpg in town, 35 on a run. My previous focus 1.6 prior to that did 37 on average and 42 on a run but wasn't quick. Hence the upgrade to the thirstier 1.8. My current golf 1.5tsi will do 35 in town and 52 on a run. But it's so much more complex. And in the first few years that won't matter. Long term I fear for it's reliability above about 7 years old whereas the old Ford 57 plate is still on the road. As our 2nd vehicle I made the mistake of buying a mini Convertible 2012 with a prince engine. Since realised the amount that can go wrong on that is massive. Luckily it's the N18 not the N14 but already needed new thermostat (restricted performance mode randomly) and 2 new coil packs (smooth until you put you foot last half way then shuts a cylinder off) in 2 months. The car is 10 years old. Luckily I have a good specialist and they didn't believe the 9 faults shown by ECU. Gradually replaced parts for reasonable cost and now it's working right. But the ECU was showing vaanos issues, turbo, fuel pump issues. All of which apparently were due to it being confused by running with a misfire. But too complex. But that's what you get for 181bhp and 40mpg. Accept 30 mpg and get a NA 2.0 and repairs will be less I'm sure. New on a 3 year lease the ecoboosts make sense. Good economy, quick and advanced. Used though, over 5 years old small turbo petrols are not that durable it would seem.

Sold my Ford focus EcoBoost yesterday. Terrible car, had a water leak when engine was hot. Got rid asap

Are the later models just as bad? My friend has had a 69 plate one litre turbo from new.

I've got a 2012 Ford Fiesta Titanium 2012 with the 1.4 sigma engine. Had it for just over 4 years, awesome car. 4 cylinder duratec engines far more reliable than the ecoboost :)

Another great video. Really helpful information. No nonsense Has been my go to channel for a while now. Incredible how the number of subscribers has shot up so fast.

Millions of these sold in Britain we've had 2 ecoboosts for 5yr now no trouble apart from wear n tear parts ie brake lights and pads but to be fair we only do 4000miles a year local driving perhaps it's the ones using motorways each day that have the problem

I haven’t heard much horror stories on the later Eco boost engines, the earlier ones did have issues though. However the wet belt change costs on the 1.0 engines puts me right off them. I am more of a fan of the older Bulletproof Sigma Ford engines, the ones that came in the MK1 focus to the Fiestas. All the Fords I have had have been utterly reliable though, never has put a foot wrong and has been more reliable than the Japanese stuff I have owned. It’s a shame they stopped production of the Fiesta.

I’ve had 3 of these. Never had an issue. I drive an A class now and it’s not as fun to drive as the Fiesta.

Hi, I was considering buying a Fiesta ecoboost, but after viewing this video, OMG,I won't touch with a barge pole!!!

Lee, back in the day I did my time at a Triumph Stag specialist. the engine was universally slated, unjustly in my view. this EcoBoom! engine looks like a true dog and takes me back to the old Essex v4 with fibre timing gears that stripped and it literally shook itself to pieces. it would be logical to have an aftermarket replacement chain kit for the EcoBoom!, effectively fixing the cause of most issues in one hit but I couldn't find anything. why would you risk you're credibility retailing it? couldn't agree more with your SPQR exit strategy. "Boom! Shake, shake, shake the room, Tic-tic-tic-tic boom!" edit: the EcoBoom! is an Essex. haven't they learnt anything in the past 60 years?

Very good video 📹