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I heard somewhere that Ford was installing heated tail lights on all affected models to help keep your hands warm while pushing in cold weather.

Poor little engine is sad inside itself , shedding those little hidden tears .

This is a known issue with the 1.5L, 1.6, 2.0 and some 2.3 ecoboosts. The reason why the head gasket fails is because the deck of the block has slits between the cylinders to allow coolant to cross from one side to the other and with all the pressure and heat of it being a turbocharged engine, the cylinder deck eventually deform and moves under the head gasket, not allowing it to seal anymore. This is why we are replacing short blocks on the 1.5s and long blocks in everything else. It's a major issue and there were already millions of these engines on the road before Ford intervened and updated the cylinder blocks to have cross drilled coolant crossovers instead of huge slits. Like saw cuts.

120 years of engine design improvements

Ford’s Auto cylinder decarbonization feature

Your customer may want to contact Ford with their vin and see if warranty will cover a engine replacement. My former co-worker had this exact issue. Took it to ford and found out he was still within the warranty period. His only complaint with the process was he thought Ford was taking too long with the long block swap. I had to teach him what a long block swap actually was. After that he was a little calmer about the situation. He was a lube tech at my shop that unfortunately got himself fired because he left too many oil filters loose in a row and customers came back complaining about it. Our manager fired him for it and now he's been playing the blame game with why he got fired and not taking responsibility for the issues.

I had a customer ask me to do a head gasket on her Ford of similar nature. After a little bit of research I found that Ford recommends engine replacement rather than head work because most of the time by the time people realize there is a problem too much damage has been done to guarantee a successful repair.

I've got a 2016 CHEVROLET! Malibu with the big 1.5 that has the same problem. The endoscope made it possible to diag this very quickly!

Anything ecoboost with ford will require quite an investment once off warranty. Might not be today, might not be tomorrow, but it will happen. The 1.6 has engine block defects. Marvel of engineering. Great vids, educating customers one at a time.

Fantastic. I have both tools., but never thought to pressurize the coolant while looking inside of the cylinder!

My 2014 Escape has the 2.0 and has had zero issues. I did a little research a while back after hearing about this issue on the 1.6 and found out the block on the 2.0 from 2013-2016 is designed by Mazda. Completely different design, I was extremely relieved!

Good diagnostic, Eric! You went all in to discover the problem - good borescope images too 🙂

This may actually qualify for the recall that was issued for this problem. Recall 17S09 (2013-2015)

That side camera on the endoscope is how I confirmed a cracked block on my '07 Volvo V70R. A TCV failure led to an overboost, and it cracked between #2 and #3. The B5254T4 2.5L engines have the same relief cut between cylinders as described by @fargenvonwitbier below. I now have a shimmed block which takes up that space between which strengthens it.

Nice to see it! I had a 2017 Focus with a 1.5 ecoboost, but here in the UK Ford denied all knowledge of the head issues. But was told I needed a new engine after only 11K… but all 1.5 production was going to the US and it would be months before a new engine was available. I sold it back to Ford and went to BMW after being a life long Ford customer, such a shame it went that way….

Replacements of the Ecoboost 4 cylinder engines for the coolant intrusion issue used to be a regular feature on the FordBossMe channel before he left the dealership.

Nice video. That happened to my stepdaughters '17 Ford Edge. It got a long block at their local dealer in MD. 2.0 turbo engine, similar pos.

"Which leads us to the problem that all these Fords have". Sad, but true. Yet people keep buying them for some reason. The mind boggles. Nice work, Mr. O!

the dreaded open-deck block design bites again

Is that ford award winning motor. I know they’re proud of their 1L will the wet belt that needs to be changed every couple of years.

Thanks for sharing. Because of you i bought both sizes of those Snap-on needle nose plyers. They are awesome. Only Snap-on tools I own, not a sponsor... Always good Mr O.

In Australia, that borescope camera shows the coolant rising from the piston, up to the cylinder head. Bugga

I think , believe its great to have an honest mechanic/technician and a person of your talents ,Eric . You could had talked them into head gaskets ,made money ,but you didnt . Hats off to you Sir . I have met many machanics that just dont seem to care about the customer . You ,from what i have watched get right down to the cause of the probem .

Great video's keep up the good work mate. Michael from Scotland

Great video Sir, awesome teaching. Take care, thanks 😊

Eric, That’s a big WOW endoscope image! Several Static drips within a minute! Ford you say? Who would have guessed!….haha

Knowing what to look for and how to find it is cool. Awesome man.

Eric, you dazzle me every time i wasch your video's!! I'm starting to wish I lived in New York and that I could buy a POS just to have you work on it and trouble shoot the problems. It would be worth the cost of the repair and better than tv or KZfaq!! Keep amazing me please, I love your video's.

borescope helped me do the exact same diagnosis. I could see coolant weeping into the combustion chamber

Your diagnostic work is excellent in my opinion

Honda 1.5 D.I. TURBO are having blown head gaskets, even fairly new. In addition to the oil dilution : )

Awesome as always. Thanks Eric.

I grabbed that same scope (well ds300, rather than the 350- but it's essentially the exact same one). It was used on fleebay for only 40 dollen, shipped. It has already paid for itself. :) ... I wasn't sure if I was going to get it, but then I watched your review on the thing; so it was a no brainer. Best 40 duckets I've spent in a while.

When I used to work at the car lot, my boss would say, "Hey, I have an escape with a misfire." I would say, "Hey, I'll clear the codes, send it back to Bordentown. " Meaning back to the auction where it came from 😂😂😂

Very Interesting Find! Thank You Sir!

Great find. You're still The Man Eric!

Great info.!! Great video..! Thanks again ❤

Good going!!!! Who woulda thought a leaking head gasket would do that? I bought a Depstech just like yours when you recommended it a while back. I sure hope mine never has to see a leak like that......

Always love a quicky!😁

Another great diag Dr O 👌

I had to change an engine in a 2018 Ford Edge with 65,000 miles. It was out of factory warranty but I had the extended warranty and it was fixed that way, with little cost to me. Ford engineers should NEVER have released a engine with that design. I'm sure it was cheaper and quicker to produce by simply cutting s groove from one side of the piston to the other, to connect the coolant jacket, but the mating surface on the head wasn't large enough to withstand the pressure of the compression and eventually creating a path for coolant to crossover to another piston. The new engine design is more logical and it's running okay now. Eric, I love the channel and the format of the videos. Long time viewer first, first time to comment.

Thanks for the video Eric.

If it's not under warranty, sounds like a good time to try some Blue Devil.

WoW that Endoscope is really Handy ! And Helpful ! 😊😊😊

An eco-boost engine that blew up. I’m really shocked.

That's using your noggin to get to the bottom of the issue...Well done sir.👍👍

If a full engine replacement is the fix, well this is a situation where one has nothing to lose by trying one of the head-gasket-fix-in-a-can products. I have seen these buy a customer several more months' of use of a vehicle. Normally I don't recommend or use such magic fix products but sometimes you really don't have anything to lose by trying one (but do follow the directions very carefully for maximum chance of success).

That endoscope is the boss !

I love when Eric is saying big with 1.6 litter engine but also with 6.0 cummins.

Amazing ! Another angle to the problem !

Bad head gaskets are not a lack of technology, but the results of bean counters.

Another cool video 😎🇺🇸

My wife's 2004 4Runner has a similar "only at startup" misfire on cylinder 6. Supposedly there is a known issue with the head gaskets on these. We have just been driving it. Runs like a top (as you say) after the first few seconds and it clears out the junky cylinder. I may one day fix it, but living in PA, the frame will rot out before the engine finally gives up the ghost.

Good stuff. Nice scope.

I had a problem on my Mk 1 2002 Focus 2.0 ZETEC for a long time. If it sat and got cold, esp. after several days, it would start like it was flooded, run really rough, and almost die until it warmed up to closed loop. I know of no scanner that would have traced the problem, but an expert on the Focus forum told me long ago to replace the coil, that the output of it needs to be greatest when engine is cold and rich upon starting. I did not believe him so never replaced coil until last month. (wasted-spark ignition, perfect plug color) It now starts and runs perfect! It can sit for days in the cold and start perfectly. I wonder if a picoscope or something would show the coil being weak. After it warmed a little, the old coil ran fine. But maybe my MPG was not as good as it could have been with a new coil.

I bought one of those camera's they are great. great tip Eric o

I have found this on a couple of vehicles with cold start misfire as well. It clears up once the vehicle is running and wouldn't reoccur until the next morning/cold start.

Those scopes are cool. After taking the exhaust off a 2 cycle. I bought the scope just for fun.

Thats a built in feature to keep the cylinder and valves clean.

I own a 2016 Edge with the big o'l 2.0T engine. 142,000KM and it developed a cylinder 3 misfire. Cylinder wall between 2 and 3 actually cracked and allowed coolant to enter. Thankfully, my local Ford dealer has good willed me a new 2.0T with the updated block design. Should be getting it back here in about a weeks time after about a month wait. Suuuper common on these small engines from Ford between 15-19 model years.

Your a good man MR O.

Great diagnostics Eric.. Heard there's lots of issues with the low litre Ecoboosts..incl what's in their Mustangs... Keep away from em.!!

That's amazing tech used by an amazing tech.

Great job !

LIKE that camera,awesome

Not an escape, but both a coworker and myself have had cars within the last couple days same issues. 2007 wrangler, and a 2003 tacoma w/2.7. I used a Depstech camera you linked during a sale, worked great! Psst... Works better than the shop foremans snap on camera 😅

100% correct as usual sir. As noted below, these Ford Engines are a nightmare and I pray that Ford will offer some sort of replacement engine deal, though on a 9 yo vehicle I doubt it.

Did 2 short blocks within 2 months and the other heavy line guy did at least 5 in the same time frame. They had extended coverage on some of them. I believe it was program 15m02 but it had to have had 19b37 (i think thats right) done first which was a pcm reflash

Interesting stuff, not something I'd think of with a misfire.

Thanks for sharing!

I have the same vehicle. I too am impressed where the placed the coolant reservoir. Between that and the battery location... ugh.

Afternoon Eric👍

nice. From Peru, thnks my friend

You have the coolest toys

Thank you Eric.

Sir: As always enjoy your great content, you and WWW being my favorites. Do you see vehicles improving as you progress into the years?

Well there's your problem lady! Good job Mr O

Thanks for sharing.

Depstech bore scopes are awesome. I have a photo of a rusted out top half of cylinders on a 4.3 GM marine engine.

The Head -> Block junction is one area that won't tolerate anything less than "Quality is Job #1". Ford has had this problem before, too - remember the windstar?

Nice work

First go-to test on the Nissan QR25DE engines for the same problem too 👍

Even before pressing the play button, I thought to myself..."Self, I bet it's coolant intrusion".

Ford has some real stinkers for engines in the past 25 years. The 5.4 engines that blow the plugs pout of them when the cam phasers aren't TKOing the engine. The early 6.7 Powerstrokes where the glow plug blows up falling into the cylinder. The twin turbo V-6 with the plastic intake manifolds that go pop or plain just go boom like the 2022 Bronco. Can't imagine why a head gasket wouldn't fix this 1.6, but I digress.

And it the lady doesn't have a new engine installed or sells off the car? Isn't hydrolock eventually possible when the leak gets worse? And if hydrolock occurs, isn't there going to be bits and pieces flying around inside, and out of, that engine? Ray had an engine that wanted a bit of light to shine on the engine interior. After disassembling the engine, he found more than just a broken connecting rod. The piston had broken into several pieces. All because, he reasoned, of hydrolocking.

Gotta love turbos! Wooo!

Brian at BSG automotive has a great explanation of them ecoboost engine's

Eric, Great video as always - thank you! How many miles on that vehicle/engine? Paul (in MA)

Another cracked block!!!

Found On Road Dripping

A temporary way to get by with most blown head gaskets that only leak after shut down like this.. You can loosen the coolant cap.. so that it does not build pressure.. this works pretty well especially in winter time.. could cause a boil over in summer.. depends on the car.. Or loosen the cap right after shutdown.. be careful with that.. just loose enough to hiss, and let pressure out... not take the cap OFF. Can give you some time to figure out what you want to do... fix or scrap it. Also.. will keep the check engine light off.. if you need to just get thru an registration emissions test.

No bulletin on the 1.6L, just the 1.5 and 2.0... I just had the same issue on a customers 1.6L escape, ended up doing a head gasket and getting the cylinder head machined. Checked the block with a straight edge, no issues with it. Been a month or two since the repair and haven't heard of the cold start misfire occurring again.

I have a Depstech , not that one but yes they are nice. You can also capture a photo or video for show and tell if need be.

Your customer escaped a costly multiple parts cannon volley on top of a costly repair!

I’ve encountered this issue quite a bit unfortunately. Never good news but at least the issue is pinpointed.

Yup its Hondoos and Yotas from now on!

Thanks!

I love catching head gasket leaks on the borescope!!!!

My 2018 Escape had the short block replaced under warranty, thankfully. Cylinder 2 misfire.