Ford Focus Ecoboost 1 0 Engine
As uk buyers continue to shun diesel ford predicts the bulk of sales will be made up of its 1 0 litre three cylinder ecoboost.
Ford focus ecoboost 1 0 engine. Ford says it will compensate owners of ecoboost engined cars after some suffer sudden engine failure and others burst into flames. For example ford reckons its ecoboost 1 0 litre three cylinder engine is as powerful as the old four cylinder 1 6 litre engine and far more frugal. It s a brilliant motor and one we know well from the fiesta. Because the engine only has direct fuel injection that means they re susceptible to a lot of carbon build up.
And canada reported to ford. Ecoboost engines are designed to deliver power and torque consistent with those of larger displacement cylinder volume naturally aspirated engines while achieving about 30 better fuel efficiency and 15 fewer greenhouse emissions according to ford. There were 29 fires related to the engine in the u s. The base 85ps version of this engine manages 58 9mpg and 110g km.
It was lauded as it offered power and performance that compared to a traditional 1 6 litre petrol engine. These respectively manage 60 1 and 58 9mpg on the combined cycle and around 108g km of co2. Starting with the 1 0 litre ecoboost petrol 100 and 125ps petrol derivatives which tend to be the most popular in the range. The 1 0l ecoboost firstly became available in 2012 in the ford focus and c max.
The 1 litre ecoboost engine was first introduced in 2012 on focus and c max models. Ecoboost is a series of turbocharged direct injection gasoline engines produced by ford and originally co developed by fev inc. The ford 1 0 ecoboost is a 1 0 liter inline three cylinder gasoline turbocharged and direct fuel injected engine the smallest engine of the ford s ecoboost family. 1 0 ecoboost engine problems this is the smallest ecoboost engine that ford makes and it did have a number of problems that we ve already mentioned relating to that uk recall.
In 2017 ford recalled ford focus with 1 6 ecoboost engines because of a risk of engine fires caused by a lack of coolant circulation. The popularity of ecoboost engines has been.