Hi guys,

 I'm hoping someone has had and fixed this issue. 

My car is a 1.6 EcoBoost (150bhp petrol)

Just coming home from work, everything seemed fine. Gave it a foot full to overtake someone, still fine. 3 miles later, I accelerate away from a corner (not hard acceleration) and it loses power. After that, it just won't boost at all. Seems like it's in limp mode and won't rev above 3k. With it stationary, put my foot to the floor and it won't rev above 3k and kinda missfires. Bit like a dodgy rev limiter. I tried my basic code reader and that won't connect, so tried a bluetooth one and that comes up with only one 'pending' code, which is P0087. Now, I'm not 100% sure about the accuracy of this because it's via a rubbish bluetooth one. But from what I've read, it's fuel pressure related, so it kinda adds up. 

So the question is. Has anyone else had this problem on a petrol ecoboost and found out what was wrong with it?  All of the posts I can find about it on here and everywhere else are for diesel models, or different engines. 

Can anyone offer up any help please?

Thanks,

Chad.

Ok, so a friend plugged his computer in and came up with the same low pressure issue. 

So..anyone know where the damn fuel filter is?  Is it in the tank?  If so, is it accessible without having to drop the tank?  Looked under the back seat but it wasn't obvious to see an inspection hatch to get to the sender etc. Any help much appreciated. 

 

Chad.

There is no fuel filter.

Petrol versions do not have a replaceable fuel filter. There is only a strainer inside the fuel tank (at the intake side of the fuel pump) but this is not considered to be a serviceable part.

On a 1.6 ECOboost the P0087 DTC code is usually caused by a defective high pressure fuel pump. The 1.6 ECOboost has a mechanical high pressure fuel pump that is driven by an additional camshaft lobe. Mechanical pump failure or failure of the integrated fuel volume regulator is quite common for this type of pump.

Really?  That's interesting. I'll have a look into it. Thank you so much for the reply. VERY much appreciated. 

 

Chad. 

On 1/31/2020 at 7:21 PM, JW1982 said:

There is no fuel filter.

Petrol versions do not have a replaceable fuel filter. There is only a strainer inside the fuel tank (at the intake side of the fuel pump) but this is not considered to be a serviceable part.

On a 1.6 ECOboost the P0087 DTC code is usually caused by a defective high pressure fuel pump. The 1.6 ECOboost has a mechanical high pressure fuel pump that is driven by an additional camshaft lobe. Mechanical pump failure or failure of the integrated fuel volume regulator is quite common for this type of pump.

Quick update for anyone else that comes across this issue. I replaced the high pressure fuel pump today and it fixed it. Thanks JW1982 for pointing me in the direction of it. One of the things I noticed when it went faulty, apart from it running badly, was the sound from the engine. Usually you can here the pump ticking its head off, but it was a lot quieter once it went faulty. One more thing to note for anyone else with this fault. After it's replaced, it still appears faulty until you clear the fault codes. Once that's done, it ran perfect. Very pleased. 

 

Cheers,

Chad. 

Hi, I seem to have the same issue. Sometimes it happens at low speed and revs other times it happens under hard acceleration but I have noticed it only does it when changing gear. So I assumed it was a turbo issue as it mainly occurs under high boost so to speak. I'll have to get it diagnosed but am hoping it's just the fault codes not been cleared. Assuming it's had the pressure pump replaced.  Took some finding to find this thread regarding this issue glad I'm not alone with this problem. Many thanks