Hi Everyone, 

This my first post and I'm hoping someone here can offer some advice or share their experience. 

I've got a 2019 Ford Focus Vignale 1.0 EcoBoost and recently I got a low oil pressure warning while driving. Thankfully I was close to home so managed to get it back safely, from what I've read this seems to be a common issue with the 1.0 EcoBoost engines, especially where the wet timing belt deteriorates and blocks the oil pickup (I have very little knowledge with cars this is just what I've read online). 

A bit of background: 

- Mileage at 52k 

- Full Service history

- Car is finance through PCP with Black Horse and in the final year of my agreement

I've already stopped driving the car and I'm arranging for it to be inspected by a trusted mechanic to confirm the fault. I've also read about Ford offering goodwill repairs or partial contributions for the type of failure, depending on service history and mileage.  I'd like to know if anyone here has successfully had Ford goodwill repairs for his issue? What kind of evidence or approach helped get support from Ford? If Ford doesn't help, would it make sense to repair privately or return the car through voluntary termination? 

Any help, shared experiences or pointers would be hugely appreciated - I really want to handle this the right way before things get worse or more expensive! 

Thanks in advance, 

Connor

Hi Connor,

A 2019 (Mk 4) Focus has the revised engine with a chain cam drive, not the wet cambelt.

It does however still have a small wet belt for the oil pump drive and we are seeing a few instances of issues, see this thread:

https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/163378-oil-pump-wet-belt/#comments

The extended goodwill scheme only applies to the earlier wet cambelt engines, there's a copy in the thread I linked to.

 

1 hour ago, Latour95 said:

I got a low oil pressure warning while driving. Thankfully I was close to home so managed to get it back safely, from what I've read this seems to be a common issue with the 1.0 EcoBoost engines, especially.....

As Roger has already said the Focus 1.0 Mk4 doesn't have a wet timing belt. It does unfortunately still retain the wet oil pump belt which is prone to causing issues, especially on automatics.

The real concern here is that you drove it home after the oil pressure light came on. To avoid permanent serious damage to the engine, you only had 60 seconds to stop and turn the engine off.  Any longer than that and it is almost certain the engine will have been damaged.

Yes, as above, is it an automatic?

NB - we did some research in connection with earlier threads and found that new complete  replacement engines of this type (Code B7DA) are available from various suppliers for less than Ford themselves, for example:

https://approvedengines.com/products/brand-new-b7da-engine-1-0-ecoboost-chain-driven-engine-ideal-replacement-brand-new-complete

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235995304722?

On 10/20/2025 at 12:24 PM, DaveT70 said:

Yes, as above, is it an automatic?

Yes it's an automatic 

On 10/20/2025 at 12:26 PM, Eric Bloodaxe said:

NB - we did some research in connection with earlier threads and found that new complete  replacement engines of this type (Code B7DA) are available from various suppliers for less than Ford themselves, for example:

https://approvedengines.com/products/brand-new-b7da-engine-1-0-ecoboost-chain-driven-engine-ideal-replacement-brand-new-complete

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235995304722?

Do you think this will likely be the outcome, needing a new engine?

3 minutes ago, Latour95 said:

Do you think this will likely be the outcome, needing a new engine?

Very probably.

Attempting to repair the 1.0 Ecoboost engine almost never ends well. Ford consider the bottom end to be unserviceable and they don't supply the parts.

4 minutes ago, Latour95 said:

Do you think this will likely be the outcome, needing a new engine?

Sadly, yes from what we've seen on here, though it will be interesting to see what your mechanic concludes.

In some cases members have had the offer of a contribution from Ford but as the Ford dealer cost for engine replacement is pretty high, it's often still been more economic to source an engine elsewhere and have it fitted by a trusted garage.

The oil pump belt is due to be changed at 10 years max, and 8/9 years is probably prudent, so you only had a couple of years to a big bill for that anyway.

If you do have an independent mechanic diagnose the fault, please ask for photos of both the belt and tensioner in situ before they get removed.  And also the amount of belt fragments in the oil pump pick-up.

So far we've been unable confirm whether the tensioner is still failing on the new engines, or whether the belts are failing due to the extra strain from the balance shaft.