From the very start, everyone with a hint of mechanical understanding was aware that Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost inline-three turbo may pose serious mechanical problems due to its belt-in-oil system.

Back in September 2023, the Office of Defects Investigation started looking into 1.0-liter EcoBoost oil pump failures. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was aware of no fewer than 95 ...

The Ford EcoBoost engine family is pretty well-known, but the most interesting and smallest of the bunch was the 1.0-liter EcoBoost, which is not available in any car in the U.S. anymore. The EcoBoost ...

How'd Ford do it? The three key EcoBoost technologies were part of the solution. They are, in no order, direct-injection, turbocharging, and variable camshaft timing. Of course, those are only the ...