JUNK Ford Ecosport 1.0L 3-Cylinder Ecoboost Teardown. LAWSUIT ENGINE!

"I Do Cars" Hopefully NOT for a living - I've not seen such an incompetent mechanic in many years of being in the industry.

This video reinforces a theory I’ve had for a while, the only people Ford hates more than their customers, are their mechanics.

As a Ford tech for a little over 2 years, this is the 6th time I've personally seen this happen, not including the rest of my shop. What we hear is either 1. The tensioner itself fails and there is no longer any oil pressure, or 2. The timing belt loses every single tooth (likely still tensioner failure) and becomes smooth and of course, no oil pressure. Most cars will keep driving like this until the "Low Oil Pressure" warning crops up, at which point we get it. There is no recall, but ford issued a TSB which directs to replace the long block and turbo. Which is why they are in such high demand. Obviously just a horrible engine design. Absolutely loved watching this one. I also hate that turbo vacuum line, and there's always one fuel injector connector that gives me hell. Great teardown!!

As a Ford Mechanic from Germany I service the 1.0 Ecoboost alot. First of all the 1.0 is extremly sensitive, service it well and don´t mistread it and it will run for a good while, but make one mistake, ( run without water/ put in the wrong oil/ abuse it when cold...) it will die on you garanteed. I have seen allot of Timingbelts and Oilpumpbelts like that because someone put the wrong engien oil in wich then started to degrade the Belts. Takes only a few weeks for this to happen with the wrong type of Oil. Also the Cranksshaft isn´t keyed so the belt can balance itself when you tension the new Timingbelt, because you need to lock the VVT units and the camshafts when changing the belt. That also means you need to take out the starter motor and put a Flywheel lock in so the Crankshaft can´t turn when you change the Belt. The New 1.0 Ecoboost now has a Timingchain, but for some UNBELIVABLY STUPID REASON (mostlikly money). The Oilpump is still Beltdriven. So you still need to tear the engine all 10 years or 200000KM/125000miles apart just to change one small belt. Facepalm!! Also the waterpump is now Driven by a Dry theeted Belt wich is Driven by the Camshaft end by Cylinder 3. YAY. Pls end me know.😥

Recent MSN story: "According to the recall notice, the belt tensioner arm may fracture because the retention caulk joint isn’t robust enough to withstand engine vibrations. If this happens, the tensioner could separate from the backing plate and cause the belt to degrade by losing teeth."

I’m surprised you risked putting all that weight on your engine stand.

wet belts are the most prime example i’ve ever seen of “just because you can… doesn’t mean you should” 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

As an ex warranty administrator for Ford here in the uk I can say we changed dozens of these engines under warranty. We were doing several a week! It’s a completely poorly designed engine with little robustness. We had them meticulously maintained and still failed. Ford technical told me they were stressed to the limit the minute they leave the production line and have no resistance to any faults like low coolant. In the end we didn’t even bother stripping them down. Just fit new ones. Must have cost Ford millions in warranty repairs. Same as the 2.0 litre eco blue diesel in the Transits. They have tarnished the Transits reputation.

I actually want a documentary on what happened to the engineer who made this and how it was pitched to the CEOs

In the UK these engines are known as "ECOBOOM" for their ability to self destruct. Great teardown, enjoyed this one.

I remember when Ford introduced this engine. Part of the marketing included demonstrating how just the block, or the block with head on it could fit in a suitcase. Seems that was intentional not to show how compact it was, but a new mode for transporting replacement engines to dealers.

Car industry making engines over 100 years and they came up with this genius design in 21st century

this has got to be one of the funniest teardowns on the channel, because I see these engines a lot as a technician and they always sound like they're close to dying. Ford never fails to impress me with their engineering silliness

They were so preoccupied with figuring out if they could make a disposable engine that they never stopped to think about whether they should.

Always love how a $10 belt destroys the entire engine.

I end up on one of these videos at 3am when I can’t sleep. Never fails

Thank you for showing me what happened to my ford focus ecoboost 50,000 miles, serviced by ford at the correct times and it still went wrong and ford don't care. 30 years driving ford, but never again!

This engine was designed to survive just long enough for the car to be out of warranty. Also, Ford hasn't keyed their timing components in at least a decade. It's all held in time via tension. They even make special tools to lock everything in place anytime you need to undo the crank pulley. Because that bolt is the only thing keeping the engine timed.

All the engineers who worked on this cried when they were told it had to have no timing keys and that they couldn't afford either a timing chain or seals for the belt. Only the accountants went home happy that night.

Still....

There was this one engineer, maybe a team, who stood their ground. They may have risked it all. Their careers....everything.

I salute the head bolt team. That was unexpectedly satisfying

Ford needs to have a new car called the Ford Triple Threat -- it uses the wet belt system, the Power Sh*t tranny, and the old Pinto's "built-in-BBQ" rear gas tank