bubz12 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 First of all I apologise if I am posting in wrong section on forum, but am desperately in need of some advice if anyone can help. I recently brought a focus 1.6 vcti (think it's called) on a 55 plate. When I go over 3500 revs the engine management light comes on. The car also sounds slightly diesel like. I have taken the car to a local garage who have told me it's a timing issue, and whoever fitted the cambelt 3 months ago didn't do it properly. Having spoke to ford, they have said it will cost £400 to put it right. Has anyone else had this issue or could shed a little more light on this subject? As you can probably tell I have no clue about cars, so any help or advice would be much appreciated. Regards, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stef123 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Hello and welcome, First of all, how do they know it's a timing issue/not done correctly unless they have fitted the timing locking tools and actually checked it. I would however consider that it may be a fault with the variable timing workings - that seems to be brought up often enough and is expensive to put right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubz12 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Thanks for the reply. The annoying thing is the car seems to run fine, maybe a little sluggish but not overly noticeable. Ford basically said they had the same thing a few weeks back, but having read up on possible causes the result seems to be the same- take it to a ford mechanic. The car is booked in for 8 tomorrow morning, just wanted to go there with a bit of understanding. Seems anything to do with this issue is expensive, just worried due to my lack of knowledge I will get ripped off. Thanks again for any help or advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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