STeve

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spotted on facebook, very likely stolen

Ebonycossie4x4

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not seen many RS in that colour around this way

Rsmat

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Sad to see ..hope there isn't to much damage and the owner isn't scared by rs ownership .

STeve

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he may have dumped it Mat when he heard ford was recalling them for dodgy head gaskets

gcfcos

I wouldn't want it back after some scum been thrashing it

Fullflush

You don't get a choice if it's found.

Glenn_

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I thought FORD spent a few years making sure the Focus RS was spot on before selling It??

stevieturbo

If that was here it'd be burnt to a crisp

Unless someone thought they were hiding it there for later...is the reg legit ?

Adam-M

You obviously haven’t heard of the amount of problems people are having then

STeve

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all ford did was mass produce it for the yank market hence its 5drs and lack lustre styling now its going to cost them millions in recals

Fil

From the essex rs group page
"Just found out that this car was NOT stolen, owner took a bend and lost it and went through a fence in ferry lane, car has been recovered and only had a new engine in it a week ago !!"

cossynut2

I have been told there have been a lot of new Focus RS engines fitted already on very low mileage new cars.
The one in this thread had just had its engine replaced!!!

stevieturbo

What is failing on them to need replaced ?

Fullflush

Head gaskets.

They are a pile of crap

Adam-M

Correct, Subaru did the same when they tried to conker the yank market which resulted in europe getting the chocolate 2.5 engine

Adam-M

Yes there’s cars with less than 5k miles that have had new engines fitted, there are allot of people on YouTube who have videod their progress as I believe some dealers have been less willing to admit the problem.

stevieturbo

They're replacing engines just because a HG fails ? Seems a bit extreme unless there was a major design flaw that the new engine is very different

STeve

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lack of ability then lol

cossynut2

I think its more than just the head gasket failing as whatever it is its destroying the whole engine. If it was a simple fix it would be a lot cheaper than a brand new engine and I am sure this would have happened.I wonder if the replacement engines have had a modification to eliminate the problem?

gcfcos

Just witnessed one with 3000 miles on it going into the dealers. Apparently they pressure test it and if it has gone it either has the head and gasket replaced if it's mega serious or just the head gasket in other cases. To be honest I was half reading my computer and listening at the same time but that's the jist I
Got off the guy, he said they had recalled the lot

Glenn_

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Or dear. Is it just head gasket faults then?

Didn't cossies have problems with there head gaskets when they were New??

Fullflush

Why people buy these when you can see 600+ bhp on the VAG engines with stock internals is beyond me

Adam-M

Probably did as it was a relatively new concept 30 years ago but you’d think they’d know all there is to know about gaskets by now.

The block on the 2.3 ecoboost looks puny

ste1806

From what i have read in production the wrong gasket has been used (the mustang one). Once gone it can damage the head, and if not seen to quick enough it can also crack the block as well. Hence the replacement engines, all builds before July 2017 will get recalled.

Glenn_

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Come on Ford what the fook are you playing at lol.

Paul_RS

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Maybe because most people don't care about the tuning potential of an engine? They care about the factory performance.