The Cause of the Ford Focus RS Head Gasket Issues Has Been Discovered
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tommy 555
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don't think the head gasket will be the end of the rs problems.
it's a completely open deck motor running serious power and stress and leaves it's self open to block problems , even the problematic ej25 has better cylinder support compared to the focus block. I'd be willing to bet that this is a panic fix from ford , probably would have been better off ignoring the problem like Subaru did
it's a completely open deck motor running serious power and stress and leaves it's self open to block problems , even the problematic ej25 has better cylinder support compared to the focus block. I'd be willing to bet that this is a panic fix from ford , probably would have been better off ignoring the problem like Subaru did
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potential fix
rumour mill still possibly but talk of a fix from ford being announced imminent, in next few days, all cars up to July 2017 build being brought in the replace head gasket at the minimum
I went from the Subaru 2.5 block to this. I never had an issue with the sti and had for 6 years or so, albeit low mileage. not worried about it as I am assuming any issues will be sorted under warranty but lingering concerns likely to hit resale in the future if the fix proposed doesn’t sort.
rumour mill still possibly but talk of a fix from ford being announced imminent, in next few days, all cars up to July 2017 build being brought in the replace head gasket at the minimum
I went from the Subaru 2.5 block to this. I never had an issue with the sti and had for 6 years or so, albeit low mileage. not worried about it as I am assuming any issues will be sorted under warranty but lingering concerns likely to hit resale in the future if the fix proposed doesn’t sort.
Recall and hg replacement confirmed in the us now. I guess they’ll get around to Ireland soon fairly soon. just need to get the right garage to do the work next.
Fair play to ford I guess for sorting head(no pun intended) on, though they probably didn’t have much choice if it’s an obvious manufacturing defect and has affected a reasonable number of low mileage cars
Estimates of 5k plus cars in Uk alone, that’s gonna cost a lotta cash
Fair play to ford I guess for sorting head(no pun intended) on, though they probably didn’t have much choice if it’s an obvious manufacturing defect and has affected a reasonable number of low mileage cars
Estimates of 5k plus cars in Uk alone, that’s gonna cost a lotta cash
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