ford fiesta 1.0 eco boost wet belt replacement 

Theres a special place in hell for the engineers that decided wet belts should be a thing!

So the wet belt lasts no longer than a dry belt and costs twice as much to replace. Top job Ford !

Very impressed with your knowledge, skill, attention to detail and presentation.

Citroen/Peugeot went this way with the 1.2 PureTech engine. There's one place for those belts, and that is around the neck of the designers. Court case already started in the Netherlands by owners of damaged engines.

We have just sold very cheaply my daughter's ecoboost fiesta, Timing belt going, cracking car BUT. I am frankly gobsmacked at your engineering ability, i service small strimmer lawnmower engines but your expertise is on a totally different level,well done.

I very nearly bought a wet belt Peugeot -- so glad I found out about this nonsense before I went down that route.

I have decided my solution to this problem is to avoid owning anything with a belt in oil .

Fair play pal.... Cracking job... Shows many customers that the price quoted isn't for a 10 minute job..... Credit to the Industry mate....👍👍👍

I’m currently watching this on the treadmill in the gym awaiting for my timing belt to be replaced on my Ford eco-boost fiesta and I was curious at how it was done (I have no clue about cars) and this was so satisfying to watch 😮 - knowing the skill and graft that goes into this job is pretty phenomenal. Great vid 👏🏼 and great accent!

Thanks, Baz, for an amazing video of this nasty job. It helps me understand why it’s so expensive. God bless

Thank god for mechanics!!!! So grateful for their expertise

These engines can safe fuel in use, but when time of service are very expesives, so we spend the money that we safe. Good work

Wow! Youre a top professional, great to watch 👍

Top job. You are an astonishingly smart, able & patient mechanic. My 2019/20 Ford has a 1.5 eco boost engine. I usually only buy 2 litre automatic cars, but made an exception in this case because of the vehicle's other features. It's still running alright at 37k miles, & I know that it is the earlier & 1 litre eco-boost engines that are particularly vulnerable; but had I known about the wet-belt arrangement, at the time I bought it, I wouldn't even have considered the purchase. Stupidly, I thought it had a Timing Chain. Now I've seen your remarkable video, I'm disillusioned with Ford, because of this silly engine design; built muvh more for the convenience of Ford than the owner. At least I know what to keep my eye on now & what my local garage mechanics might have to do.. Best to you.

We had a 2013 fiesta ecoboost in the same colour copper pulse. We got to 9 years old and 108'000 miles with just service items and an exhaust back box and front wishbones. Got a quote for the 2 belts (the timming belt and oil pump belt) £1300😮 Decided to part chop as it was a 1/3 rd of the cars worth. Must be hundreds out there on a 13 plate with the original belt (10 years or 150' 000 miles, which ever comes first) If ever the saying " knowledge is power" applied to buying an ecoboost engined ford😮😮

Top job, need to do my boys next year at the 10yr point, took the sump off last year and the pick up was nice and clear at 42K

Great job, this looks like its far beyond most home diy guys, i have done a cambelt on an old 406 and was piss easy engine mount removed, lower engine a bit and i used some drill bits to lock the top cam pulleys and another for the crank pulley smug fit just easy enough no special tools needed, only bit that was a ball ache was the tenioner wich i didnt change it had a weird not so square slot but an old socket adaptor that i ground down with an angle grinder took few test fits but got it snug and i could put a decent amount of pressure on it and did up the main bolt and hey presto cambelt done, lasted over 6 years and around 70 k miles after i did it so i did something right but this wet belt thjng is so complicated i cannot see myself trying it not worth the hassle!

Spot on Baz! Nice to see you aren't afraid of showing the battle scars to component's 😂 🤙

Is a nightmare but also a fun job to do keeps you thinking great job you did to .

The total brake failure that my son experienced while coming off the slip road at Junction 10 on the M23 motorway was terrifying and he (and his apprentice) were fortunate not to have been involved in a major accident at this busy junction. The cause of the failure is well documented - the use of the wet belt inside the EcoBoost engine causes delamination over time. Debris from it eventually clogs the pick up pipe and vacuum pump which then fails causing the brake pedal to go hard. The brake pedal simply cannot be depressed to slow the vehicle no matter how hard you try. He is self-employed and relies on his Ford Transit Custom van everyday. It is currently at a Hendy Ford garage awaiting a goodwill gesture from Ford - as it is a few months out of warranty - yet the wet belt was not due to be changed for another 30,000 miles at the earliest.The current estimated cost of the repairs are £1,800! In addition, the failure of the wet belt may have caused damage to the turbo and the cost to replace it would be £1,000 according to Hendy. He has had the vehicle regularly serviced - using the specified oil. Ford have a duty to undertake the repairs - and cover any additional damages resulting from the delamination of the wet belt but they are digging their heels in - offering a fraction of the repair cost.

Great job...respect 👍

A big well done you a master

You didn’t show the nightmare with tightening the crank pulley up with a torque multiplier 😮 Absolutely essential in doing these engines with the floating crank.

Nice job❤

Another top job Baz. Well done . Hope to be over to churkk soon

I just replaced a dry timing belt on a 2010 kia soul. Had 125,000 and still looked great. Not bad at all and low cost.

A friend of mine asked me, if I can do this job on his wife´s car. Telling him to fuck off has to be one of the best things if done in my life lol

Nice job mate

We usually just advice the customer to scrap the car if this fails.

great video my wifes Vx garndland X had same issue wow

Would be useful having a hole in the sump pan to inspect the belt? A hole with a plate and with a sort of gasket to unscrew when we want to inspect the belt

thanks for the video, ill tell the customer to go to the dealer 😂 i do not feel like doing that

the cleaning and prep work takes considerable time. even sourcing parts can be rather tedious

I've done a few now, that lower ac bolt seems to be always a problem, not snapped one yet but have used heat from the induction heater and lot of patience.

International Engine and Powertrain of the Year 😄Yep!! In Finland, change interval is 240K km/10year.

I work with wet belts in an industrial setting, they are subject to far higher heat and stresses than you would find in any engine. I have changed many on routine maintenance; some have been in service over 10 years and were in perfect condition when removed with no degradation or missing pieces. This can only be Ford using cheaper belts to keep the costs down. If you can get them use Continental Syncrochain belts, they are not cheap but are the best the business in wet belt technology.

Bought a 2014 ecooboost about a year and a half ago. Had 45k KM on it when I bought it but was addament that I wanted the timing belt replaced before we bought it. Managed to strike a deal with the garage before I got it so it was a "cheaper" job. Was always curious as to how much of a pain it actually was, seeing as I only know it from what I read. Thanks for the insights!

I’m a diesel mechanic and know doing this shit I’m glad I’ve not got long till I’m bugger in off

I am completely in disbelief! A "wet" timing belt?? 😮 I'm not even close to being a engineer and even i know rubber and oil don't mix.. But then ford goes, you know what let's run the timingbelt through the oil! That'll make customers come back for repairs.... 😮😅

Apart From Possibly Being Quieter I Dont See Any Advantage Of A Wet Belt Over A Conventional Timing Chain . Except A Wet Belt Could Be More Prone To Breaking , We Seem To Be In An Era Of Disposable Engines . Glad I No Longer Do Any Mechanic Work .

Baz, I've done cambelt and head gasket change on my rover 416 , also on my vw 1,9 tdi twice. that is doable in the carpark, with simple tools, but this ford ecoboost is a piece of junk. thanks for sharing this with us.

I have this engine and when I take mines to get changed I’ll be giving them a sorry card along with it

Ford - Engineering a car to be throwaway. I bet the cost of this comes close to a deposit towards a new car on the "F* all on a 5 year plan". Having driven one of these, They are a hoot to drive, but I am amazed that these are pretty much engineered to fail.

Glad i no longer have my 2020 Ford Puma, also wet belt. Crazy idea. Chain drive for me every time from this point

Mine was due to be done in 2 weeks! Had no problems prior to it breaking today. WTF

All that in 7 minutes. nice

Ford wanted their head examined fitting these wet belts,the dry belts were bad enough but this was downright stupidity,as usual from Ford anything to save a few pence per vehicle and to hell with the costs to the unfortunate owner who has to foot the bill for this rubbish,it’s no wonder their loosing sales to the competition.

Nice work I’m still yet to do one of these I heard you needed a torque multiplier for the crank bolt removal but I have also heard it’s not needed, and doing it up you also don’t need it? Is that right? Also, how did you manage to support the engine with no timing cover and no sump pan fitted? Does it just drop slightly on the offside? No support beam between the wings required? Thanks

Ford 2.7L Ecoboost V6 also uses a Wet-belt driven Oil pump!!!!!! Use timing chains please.

Shocking!!!

What did you use for the graphic that tells you the mileage, would come in handy!

Reel’em in! Reel’em in! I got a 1.0 EcoSport too: we’re all heading for the last round up (junk yard). After 4 “Focus’s” I thought Ford had stepped up their game. I should have known better.

I see so many eco boost fords for sale, joe public ( including me ) just dont see the future problems that these engines can make, back in the days of my old morris minor ( with starting handle 🙂 ) and my old triumph herald where you could step into the engine department to do small maintenance work were the days with not a computer in sight, course they wernt racing cars but they functioned ok.

Haha bad ass cutting exhurst 👍

So how much is it for doing the wet belt

I read that Ford are doing a recall on all Ecoboost engines…..in Australia !!! Seems to be that amounts to taking responsibility for a poor design and that it should be equally applicable in the U.K. ?

Just about anyone who has ever picked up a Spanner would realise a wet belt is a bad idea. What was the designer thinking?

Great video, but what is someone looking at cost wise to complete the job?

Must be an absolute nightmare getting 4 or 5 of them in a week, Ford motor company have really gone down in my opinion.

Doesn't anyone offer a cam chain conversion to replace the wet belts ? As sounds like a bit of a lottery as to when the wet belts need replacing! Interesting vid 👍

It’s exactly the same as the old fiesta but in the oil.. what were they thinking!?

Takes me about 15 mins to change the belt on my MK1 Cortina, you can keep your modern day s---boxes.

do you think its worth doing the head gasket on these engines or just swapping out the engine?

Love the design of the engine and the power is pretty good but why ford why?? Surely a chain would have sufficed for all of it 🤦‍♂️🤣

I seen a 2016 Eco boost focus on 55,000 miles, but somehow I doubt it will be reliable for much longer and likely this belt hasn't been replaced recently.

Those 3 cylinders sound like a sewing machine.

Looks like engine has had the jab , all that solid crap pulled out of oil pump area - 😮

Are there not any companies that do a oil pump chain conversion it looks like a vw tfsi 1.2 chain system could convert nicely

Absolutely superb job you’ve just gained a new subscriber Where are you based? Kind regards Mark from Billericay 😃👍

Thanks for the video ! Just a simple question, is that 90000 miles or km? I think it's miles but juste to be sure... And how many years since the last belt replacement ?

Surely an aftermarket chain conversion is available

Not new crankshaft seal on belt cover?

thought there was a recall on that in the US for every single one with a wet belt?

I believe the torque settings for the crank bolts are about 300nm plus 90degrees. Did you manage that without a torque multiplier.

Can you clean the oil pump or must it be replaced?

At what point does the wet belt need changing

The later eco boost engines have reverted back to a chain apparently. But how long the chains last is unknown at the moment probably.

Don’t forget to change it at the recommended interval as it will break if you don’t.

Baz how did you unglue the belt cover? I am struggling with this

Better then backward timing belt of Range rovers 😂

Ford eco. Find in the yellow pages under dump yards.

Seems rather a big job to replace a timing belt. Sometimes new designs are not good..

And that’s why timing belts in oil are stupid

How many miles does this have?

What was the total cost of replacing both belts and bits/bobs?

It's happened to ours this week, nice Christmas present for me NOT, how much do you charge

very impressed. what was the mileage on this car? I hear the belt needs to be replaced at 100,000 miles. Ford have had lots snap and in America they have recalled all cars with this belt and changed them for free, but not yet in UK, I assume its with a better belt?

How much is the belt replacement

Shittest idea ever. The wetbelt on my 67 plate transit recently went. Over 5 grand to repair & lost the van for a month.

Ordered a Haynes manual and am going to attempt this on the drive with my 63 plate with 59k miles 😅 Do you know if you used any specialist sockets/tools that we may not have? How many different socket sizes were needed? I will be ordering the full timing belt and water pump replacement kit by dayco. Any advice greatly appreciated 🙌

My last car was a Fiat Tipo 1.8ie ,,,timing belt change 3/4 hr and that included a tea break ... i now own a Ford 1.000CC c max i don`t touch it ....

What’s the price for this job to be done on the ecosport

How much does it cost to change?

How long did it take you to do, and how much would you normally charge to do it ?

is the 1,5 Ecoboost that's in fx the Focus just as bad as the 1,0 (995) and are the Ecoboost engines interferance or non interferance?

how long did this take, because looks like a time consuming job.

How much is this mate ?

How much would this cost

What sort of cost is this job? Our one is working fine with no problems but I want to prevent any from happening

What sort of price does cost for this service? Parts and Labour? Thanks in advance