Ford Ecoboost Wet Belt - Bristol
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I was chatting to the owner of my local independent yesterday about these, as he has a 16 plate 1.0 ecoboost in with a replacement engine at the moment as the owner didn't maintain the car properly and it snapped the belt.
He was describing to me how the system works, and the complexity of changing the belt - it books as an 8hr job as half the engine has to be removed in order to do it.
No help in terms of a recommendation for you, but given this is supposed to be a "simple" car for mass-market, everyday use it does make you wonder why Ford designed it to make the maintenance so costly and difficult.
He was describing to me how the system works, and the complexity of changing the belt - it books as an 8hr job as half the engine has to be removed in order to do it.
No help in terms of a recommendation for you, but given this is supposed to be a "simple" car for mass-market, everyday use it does make you wonder why Ford designed it to make the maintenance so costly and difficult.
Have you checked to see if you can get ford to fix it
I did read something the other day that ford now no about this problem and did a recall on certain cars as they admitted its a common fault as they said the wat belt design was good for 150k but have seen engines fail around 60k
The wet belt slowly breaks down causing the puck up pipe to get blocked and a loss in engine oil pressure .And can also be felt by engine performance down on power
Hope this helps
I can have a word with a mechanic friend and see if he would do it on his drive in Bristol
Ex Ford mechanic
I did read something the other day that ford now no about this problem and did a recall on certain cars as they admitted its a common fault as they said the wat belt design was good for 150k but have seen engines fail around 60k
The wet belt slowly breaks down causing the puck up pipe to get blocked and a loss in engine oil pressure .And can also be felt by engine performance down on power
Hope this helps
I can have a word with a mechanic friend and see if he would do it on his drive in Bristol
Ex Ford mechanic
Edited by the chav on Wednesday 24th January 10:37
mark-3bw80 said:
My friend had his done last week at My Garage at Emersons green 01179701346 for £1400.
Not that much cheaper than the dealer price that the OP got. I was at Clevedon Garages recently (service on our Mazda that they are also dealers for) and the wet belt issue was a hot topic with the people in there looking at new cars. I think it is going to take Ford a long time to live this one down. I know this is an old thread but for anyone else landing here by search engine, I've been quoted approx £1100 at 247 autos in Whitchurch, Bristol. I've got an early Ecoboost Focus and I've been debating whether to get it done for a couple of years now. Still find it hard to justify the cost on what for me now is essentially an old banger.
OP here - I ended up getting mine done by a mobile chap I had used a couple of times before and who has access to a workshop - I paid £1200 but this included fitting new front discs and pads, Eibach springs and changing the coolant hoses over to Mk3.5 spec (those parts supplied by me)
I was quoted £750 by a guy in Bedminster who happens to be a friend of a friend - at the time he said he was doing 2-3 belts a week so hopefully knows what he is doing!
I was quoted £750 by a guy in Bedminster who happens to be a friend of a friend - at the time he said he was doing 2-3 belts a week so hopefully knows what he is doing!
k a mechanic..
My son has been gifted a 2013 Fiesta 1.0L EcoBoost by his grandma, with only 20k miles. Will have to decide whether to get the wet belt done seeing as the car is 12yrs old. Getting the car free helps with the cost, but still hurts. EcoPro in Lincoln aren't far away from me (Sheffield).
The Gauge said:
My son has been gifted a 2013 Fiesta 1.0L EcoBoost by his grandma, with only 20k miles. Will have to decide whether to get the wet belt done seeing as the car is 12yrs old. Getting the car free helps with the cost, but still hurts. EcoPro in Lincoln aren't far away from me (Sheffield).
Sounds worth spending the money on.Gassing Station | South West | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff