The block yes, but the head is different which I think is where the problems are coming from.Don’t the FRS and new Mustang share the same engine?
The block yes, but the head is different which I think is where the problems are coming from.
Yes, from memory the RS engine puts out c.60bhp more than the Mustang engine.Do they run different poster outputs? How come they’re different?
Yes, from memory the RS engine puts out c.60bhp more than the Mustang engine.
interesting video on the cause
Matt farrah on the smoking tyre is getting proper defensive about it all on insta.
That should be a recall then iirc? Isnt it something like 2% limit?I saw that, something like 3% of engines effected?
It made me chuckle a little...I wonder if some festive cheer was behind his passionate posts!Matt farrah on the smoking tyre is getting proper defensive about it all on insta.
This is pure speculation based on a forum figure (which is hardly all encompassing) and a finger in the air figure of total cars sold. A straw poll of FRSOC suggests it's at least 5%.I saw that, something like 3% of engines effected?
For a non safety issue is there even such a threshhold?That should be a recall then iirc? Isnt it something like 2% limit?
Nah, I love this thing. It'll take a lot more to make me lose faith in it. I'm sure it's fixed for good now...I just wish I could get Ford to admit something although that is highly unlikely.Christ, i'd be starting to lose a little faith by now.
I doubt it! I was sat in traffic when I did it...and had no intention at all of actually launching it...I was just trying to demonstrate the noise it makes as it holds revs at 5k...only it didn't and instead brap-brap-brapped off the limiter.Are you allowed to use launch control whilst running the engine in?
After running in does it go for an oil and filter change?
You can only run an engine in with mineral oil, not synthetic oil.
400 miles is plenty and if the engine has already got synthetic oil in it then I don't see what you're running in?
All your doing is bedding the piston rings into the boars, that's it.
In other news my run-in is slowly progressing...and a small issue has surfaced, briefly...
Honestly I think you've risen to some of the horse s**t on here a bit too much. Think about it for a second. You're asking a car company to put in writing that a warranty claim will have fixed something indefinitely? If they wrote it, what good would it do you? I doubt it'd give you much extra advantage in the event of a 2nd failing.
So either you've been so inconvenienced by your new car and the service has been so bad tjat you want to return it (it's only failed once and they provided you with a replacement vehicle) or you're happy with a working car and if it did happen again you just put a few more miles on their Kuga.
When you buy the car new you get a cast iron 3 year guarantee that if it breaks it will be replaced. If there is a registered fault/re call that means a new engine its not too much to ask that you should get another guarantee it wont happen again.Honestly I think you've risen to some of the horse s**t on here a bit too much. Think about it for a second. You're asking a car company to put in writing that a warranty claim will have fixed something indefinitely? If they wrote it, what good would it do you? I doubt it'd give you much extra advantage in the event of a 2nd failing.
So either you've been so inconvenienced by your new car and the service has been so bad tjat you want to return it (it's only failed once and they provided you with a replacement vehicle) or you're happy with a working car and if it did happen again you just put a few more miles on their Kuga.
No, the run in period doesn't require an oil change. First required oil change is the first service. Didn't stop me though.After running in does it go for an oil and filter change?
You can only run an engine in with mineral oil, not synthetic oil.
400 miles is plenty and if the engine has already got synthetic oil in it then I don't see what you're running in?
All your doing is bedding the piston rings into the boars, that's it.
When you buy the car new you get a cast iron 3 year guarantee that if it breaks it will be replaced. If there is a registered fault/re call that means a new engine its not too much to ask that you should get another guarantee it wont happen again.
Why shouldn't you, you've just spent the best part of 35k of your hard earned money. I do agree that it shouldn't be an indefinite warrantee but in my mind it should never have happened in the first place so they should be bending over backwards to assure every customer.
How they act now will be the way the customer behaves for their next purchase.
They should at least give him warranty from the start again on those parts at least.
I understand what your saying @Jeff simply and I agree, but i'd be "that" customer demanding the moon whether or not I got it.
Or if I was properly pissed I would reject the car and take my money elsewhere .
Hopefully its plain sailing now @MarkCup
Think I will quote thisI'm sure it's fixed for good now.
I'm expecting it to be.
The recent information suggests with quite clear evidence that looks to confirm that it really was as simple a f*** up as the wrong parts being labelled/sent/fitted with end result being a gasket specifically designed for the Mustang 2.3 fitted, in error, to the RS 2.3. The difference in the way the engine coolant flows around the RS block meant that fitting the Mustang gasket provided dead ends, hotspots, warpage, and a whole load of financial pain for a gasket supplier somewhere.
Glad it’s going well for you Mark. I’m not too sure on the wrong gasket theory. It doesn’t really fit with Ford allegedly bringing out a fix/recall early next year. To me it seems as if they still aren't really sure what the problem is/was. A wrong gasket fitted would have been picked up straight away on the tear down back at Fords.
Ford’s may of course just recall all engines built between a certain period for new gaskets just to be sure. Suppose we just have to wait and see.
If that happens you have definetly had a result in getting a whole new lump!
Ford will announce a Field Service Action (FSA) at the end of this coming week.
The FSA is to check and replace the Cylinder Head gasket on all Focus RS cars produced between August 3, 2015 and July 6, 2017.
Dealers are to pressure test the cooling system and replace the cylinder head gasket.
Based on test results, some vehicles may require a new cylinder head assembly.
This service must be performed on all affected vehicles at no charge to the vehicle owner.
Seen this on another forum
I'd take the new gasket, Whats to say the replacement engine doesnt have the same issues?