Minnesota Focus Owners Club

my warranty might not cover so lookin for a used svt motor......my motor is knocking...

dang so why is the motor knockin??? it'll be pretty hard to find a svtf motor.... but seriously wat did u do???

SPI TIME!!!!

What kind of noise, are you sure it's not clutch noise? Bring it by, I'll take a listen.

Assuming it's driveable anyways.

yeah i cant drive the car anymore its at midway ford... my timing jumped.. but they are saying my air filter will void my warranty....

richie_1 wrote:yeah i cant drive the car anymore its at midway ford... my timing jumped.. but they are saying my air filter will void my warranty....

Really, Bring it over here. I talked to service and they don't think it'll be a problem.

CALL ME ASAP, If you have a stock airbox you should put it back in, If you don't you can borrow mine.

Do you know if they contacted Ford at all about this? There is no reason that should void the warranty unless the filter came apart and got sucked into the engine.

If the timing jumped that may be a different story as a timing belt may be considered a maintenence item but I still think it would be covered.

Call Me.

yeah, due to some law, they can only void the warranty if the aftermarket part caused the problem to happen. An air filter can absolutely not cause a timing belt to jump

if i remember correctly the , no sorry all fords belt motors are non interferance. so at what rpm did you make the pistons touch the valves?

so thats your svt at midway, i was at office depot and i saw one there...sorry to hear about your problems

yep that mine.. i wasnt relly going that fast.. i was going on to 694.. so i would say about 35 to 45.... but the car was acting up the night before.. it was really sluggish didnt want to get up.....

focinite wrote:if i remember correctly the , no sorry all fords belt motors are non interferance. so at what rpm did you make the pistons touch the valves?

Keep thinking that way sonny boy, The 4-banger under YOUR hood IS an interference motor.

As far as I know the ONLY one that is and interference motor is the SVT 2.0, Let the belt jump and your valves and pistons will get up close and personal with each other.

I know the zetec is non-interference... I thought the SVT was basically a returned version with a better intake? guess not

spots25 wrote:I know the zetec is non-interference... I thought the SVT was basically a returned version with a better intake? guess not

The SVT is a Zetec with higher compression and therefore less piston to valve clearance.

There are other differences but thats where the interference part comes in.

hmmmmm the work shop manual told me it was not an iterferance set up....hmmmm oh well, i dont minde being wrong.

focinite wrote:hmmmmm the work shop manual told me it was not an iterferance set up....hmmmm oh well, i dont minde being wrong.

Better to be wrong now than after the timing jumps.

Not the first time a service manual was off a bit of incomplete.