By DCB Editorial, January 29, 2026
Ford may have ditched the infamous wet belt timing system on the newer 1.0 EcoBoost engines in the Focus, swapping it for a timing chain—but don’t pop the champagne just yet.
A teardown at 100,000 miles by The Car Edition reveals there’s still an oil pump belt lurking inside.
Skip maintenance, and oil contamination and lubrication headaches could still bite you where it hurts. So yes, it’s better—but it’s not bulletproof.
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