Car expert warns drivers to avoid any model fitted with this troublesome engine

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A car expert is urging drivers to avoid buying any vehicles that are fitted with an engine that he believes will end up costing a lot of money to repair.

Grant from the YouTube channel Scottish Car Clan, said owners have experienced serious mechanical problems that tend to get worse the older the car gets.Speaking on social media, Grant warned motorists against buying any Ford vehicles that are fitted with the original Fox version of the 1.0-litre EcoBoost.He said: "I've spoken about the 1.0-litre EcoBoost quite a bit in the past, but to give you a really high-level overview, essentially, the rubber timing belt is buried within the engine, and it runs through the hot engine oil.

Rubber belt, hot engine oil."That rubber timing belt starts to break up into little pieces, which find their way into the oil.

That gets caught in the oil pickups and oil lines, and makes a right old mess inside the engine, possibly leading to oil starvation and critical damage."The 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine was introduced in 2012.