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really awful

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140,000 miles

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Ford Focus engine problems

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problem #1

2009Sep 09

Focus

  • Automatic transmission
  • 140,000 miles

Apparently this is a common problem. The valve seats are made of a different material than their surroundings and with repeated heating and cooling they can sometimes drop into the engine where the cylinder smashes them up ripping up everything. For me it was cylinder 4, it may happen in other cylinders, I don't know.

Anon A.

Middletown, CT, USA

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