The degas hose is fixed on the facelift but there are other hoses that can leak the turbo coolant pipe rusts on some cars it seems certain ones in production must have used a different metal that rusts easier and that's built into the turbo so u cant just replace the pipe easily. I owned a 2015 facelift and the heater matrix pipe engine bay side was leaking coolant from there and the turbo pipe was rusty on mine but no leak then the wet belt went on it too expensive to fix it I suspect the wrong oil was used as you say so I got a replacement car instead of wasting money fixing it as everything kept going wrong at once on that car gearbox was also noisy in 1st and 2nd gear I've now lost all faith in buying another Ford and theres also no hope for modern Peugeot Citroen and more recently Vauxhall models all doomed with the same wet belt in the 1.2 puretech engine rules out so many good cars ruined by crap petrol engines

05W20 even.

Exactly, I had a 13 plate ecoboost fiesta serviced every year with the correct oil. Had that car for 9 years before upgrading to a MHEV fiesta. Not a single problem with it.

Ive seen several cars online with over 100k miles so they can last but just lots of horror stories but suppose most cars have some weaknesses! Had to replace the battery and thats it so far

Maybe you can turn it round quick.. but if it's got a spotty service history? And getting over 60k I would look at the wet belt change.. the weird thing is they had the oil pump re done which you would think they would do the wet belt at the same time? I guess not.. but like a cambelt 60-70k so it's due..most buyers look at mileage and have no clue about this engine.. so cleaned up it will go.. if the wet belt was changed though. Then things would be better

Surely if they’ve replaced the oil pump they’ve changed the two wet belts at the same time. I’d try to contact either the previous owner or the garage that replaced the oil pump to ask the question.

@@tonyc2837they have obviously just replaced the oil pump. The belts will need changing straight away.900 quid by a good independent specialist.the old oil pump must have been damaged by the degrading belts.

Just do it.

I'm certain, designed to fail. I'm the past owner of the peugeot equivalent, the Prince engine in a 207 from 2007. Total hell to own, then , after 12 years and 24000 miles, scrapped due to wet belt failure. And it worked. They got me to replace it with a hyundai ioniq electric. 5 years of blissful motoring, and I'm happy to take my chance on charging and battery issues. I've totally gone off the combustion engine for life.

Any ecoboost?

@JohnsMotoring yes 2,the the last one, a Mk3.5, had it 8 years, same colour as the 1 in this video, a 1 litre Titanium X, great car, no real issues. Traded for a Mk4.5 last year 1 litre ST line X. No issues so far but only had it 8 months. Always serviced regularly, usually at main dealers. Both cars bought nearly new, under a year old.

I' only drive ford's I've had 15 since 1978,honestly apart from tyres the odd battery no problems 😅

First time in a while ive been called courageous so I will take that 😂

Nonsense, fords are very reliable cars

Car is currently rented out on turo. Its been all over ireland the past few works. The check engine light pops up sometimes after codes were deleted so will get that checked again eventually but running good at the moment!

@JohnsMotoring problem with these are oil gets contaminated with bits and bits of wet belt too . And oil pick up in sump gets clogs up. Exhaust off and sump then clean pick up mesh and same time check wet belt for condition

Fingers crossed this one goes the distance!

What oil did you use Michael? Exclusively Castrol or was it other manufacturers to Ford Spec?

@@NickPhartor96 used castrol oil for first few years but have used duckhams 5w 20 it fully conforms to ford specifications. That’s the only 2 brands I have had in the engine

@@michaelc6325 Thanks Michael.

They require a specific oil and most places just put standard oil in

@@bigpete111100 What grade oil would they need?

@Leehuss5582 The oil Ford released for the ecoboost engine whatever it is

@@bigpete111100 Cheers Pete ✌🤜🏽

Because the oil breaks down the rubber timing belt causing rubber pieces to clog the oil pump. Either the timing belt will break, or the oil pump will get clogged. Either way you can kiss goodbye to the engine

It’s a gamble I wouldn’t take,anyone buying one of these from BCA unseen and unheard wants their head tested.

So there's no real savings then, how much is a new belt fitted?

If i wanted an EV, it wouldn't be a Ford anyway. They only sell 2, and neither are my sort of car.....

Yes indeed. Specially made to fail I'm convinced also. My peugeot 207 had the same issues if not worse. It became scrap thanks to the wet belt after 23000 miles. It was a nightmare from day one. Now I have an electric hyundai , my faith in the modern petrol engine has been totally destroyed. Happy to take a chance with charging issues and batteries. It will be to get us all electric, and then eventually out of cars altogether. Potholes, anyone?

Because it supplies the same bhp and more torque than the 1.6 litre engine that it replaced.

the torque of 125hp variant with overboost is more than a 2.0 litre naturally aspirated engine now if you want watch my video of my focus 1.0 ecoboost with a light stage 2 to see what is really capable of

Clearly, you haven't driven one.....

Apart from the wet belt issue, the engine is a clever design. It accelerates really well, you generally don't feel any difference. 45 mpg, £20 car tax and free entry to Ulez zones, so there's a lot going for it.