Hi all,

 

I have managed to finally take my sump off and the findings were much worse than I was expecting. Even more concerning is in the oil strainer there is a piece of orange plastic. I’m now pretty concerned this is a sign of a bigger engine problem but unsure what this part is. Can anyone enlighten me? 

Just a guess but it might be part of a valve stem oil seal.

31 minutes ago, unofix said:

Just a guess but it might be part of a valve stem oil seal.

Good call @unofix, I've changed a lot of them in my time but never seen a destroyed one. 

There must be another Valve related problem for that to happen. 

 

6 minutes ago, Tizer said:

There must be another Valve related problem for that to happen. 

By the look of the oil pump strainer there could be quite a lot of problems.

This car was last seen on here about 5 years ago in connection with a turbo issue iirc?

51 minutes ago, unofix said:

Just a guess but it might be part of a valve stem oil seal.

Looks suspiciously like that. What would the repercussions of this be? What is that part called?

 

5 minutes ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

 

By the look of the oil pump strainer there could be quite a lot of problems.

This car was last seen on here about 5 years ago in connection with a turbo issue iirc?

Aside from the wet belt degradation is there anything else you think is likely to be a problem? That’s right yeah the turbo went and was replaced.

22 minutes ago, Edwarddurrant14 said:

Aside from the wet belt degradation is there anything else you think is likely to be a problem?

Nothing much, just the 1.0 Ecoboost engine. Everything else should be fine 🙄

11 minutes ago, Edwarddurrant14 said:

Aside from the wet belt degradation is there anything else you think is likely to be a problem?

 

I don't think you mentioned in your other thread what prompted you to take the sump off? Very similar sounding case here, (it's not you is it?):

https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/157377-is-my-engine-likely-saveable-fiesta-10-ecoboost/#comment-1081718

Plenty of related threads, such as this: 

https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/157309-10-ecoboost-bottom-end-rebuild/#comment-1081061

but there's likely to have been low oil pressure so wear on crank, bearings, possible oil starvation to turbo, damage to vacuum pump, looks like some top end issues if the valve stem seals are indeed breaking up. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Edwarddurrant14 said:

Aside from the wet belt degradation is there anything else you think is likely to be a problem?

Apart from the Engine probably being scrap, the Catalytic Converter is likely to be ruined or its life shortened a lot because of the Oil being burned due to the Valve Stem Oil Seal being broken. 

Perhaps a lot more has happened to this engine than is known.

Heyo,

Quick google the other day when I was changing the wetbelt, found the same piece in the strainer. 

This is part of the brake boost vacuum pump. Hope this helps! 🙂