Ecoboost 1L cam belt change

Clouds88

Just to say my now sold fiesta (not eco boost) so might make a difference had a cambelt this year changed at 10 years 80K miles and it cost £500 in total with a water pump and something else I cant remember that was at a normal garage not ford. 

[Deleted User]

I probably wouldn’t bother at that mileage anyway if it’s gonna cost over a grand. I would either trade it in run the car into the ground. 

VFR

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I probably wouldn’t bother at that mileage anyway if it’s gonna cost over a grand. I would either trade it in run the car into the ground. 

My thoughts as well.

AdrianC

Deleted_User said:

Why do they make cars so difficult to work on these days? Even simple things like changing a bulb is an hour+ work on some cars.

Because they have to fit so much more into a smaller space...

Short noses, scuttles further forward.
Big lights.
Big wheelarches for huge tyres.
Big crumple zones.
Physically larger engines with lots of stuff around the side - emissions kit, turbos, electronics.
Aircon pumps.
Electronically controlled transmissions with umpteen ratios.
ABS blocks and pumps.
ECUs for this, for that, for everything.
Transverse, so the gearbox/diff/driveshafts are in the bay as well as just the engine.

daniellejwilson

Many thanks for all of your advice. I'll most probably go for the belt change as I'm not quite ready to give the car up yet. I was advised by my local independent garage (who specialise in Ford) that given this belt change is recommended at either 150k miles or 10 years that they haven't changed one yet as none of the cars they service are at this point...yet, they haven't yet invested in the tools (which are quite expensive to buy). I have called a few others independent garages who have quoted £550, I'm not sure that they quite appreciate the work involved...

red_eye

daniellejwilson said:

Many thanks for all of your advice. I'll most probably go for the belt change as I'm not quite ready to give the car up yet. I was advised by my local independent garage (who specialise in Ford) that given this belt change is recommended at either 150k miles or 10 years that they haven't changed one yet as none of the cars they service are at this point...yet, they haven't yet invested in the tools (which are quite expensive to buy). I have called a few others independent garages who have quoted £550, I'm not sure that they quite appreciate the work involved...

From what I heard this has a wet belt, I also heard that it’s an engine out job and also these engines are “disposable”

I would do some reserch on this engine  

fred246

These cars are going to cause loads of trouble. People will sell them to avoid paying for a new cambelt. Dealers will sell them 'full service history' ignoring they need a cambelt change. Others will just keep driving them with their fingers crossed waiting for them to snap on a smart motorway. I wouldn't touch one with a bargepole. Unfortunately people won't do their research. People will buy them and then discover the problem with the cambelt. It's like pass the parcel with a timebomb.

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It's like that with all cars now. Designed to be used for 3 years 4 years tops. Then they become a ballache to do any repairs on.

Goudy

It's not so much as the belt snapping, though of course that is possible eventually.

It's a belt in oil, the engine oil.

The belts have been known to breakdown and release bits of fibre debris into the engine oil which clogs up the oil pump and starves the engine of oil before they snap. That tends to lunch the engine before it snaps and lunches the engine.

https://fordowner.b-cdn.net/uploads/monthly_2018_02/BlockedPump.jpg.561d923d3c2e135cd968f18311836999.jpg

The warning sign is the oil light flicking on and off or won't go off right after starting. If you have one and you notice it, stop the engine and do not restart it, you'll ruin the engine completely in no time at all.

As already stated, it a miserable job changing the belt on one of these. A special Torque Multiplier tool needed and as it's quite expensive not a lot of garages will carry it.

daniellejwilson

Hi Guys, its been a while. I got the belt changed,  they had to replace the starter motor whilst they were in there - but it's been running well since...fingers crossed i get a few more years easy motoring from it. Thanks for all of your thoughts and advice.