Originally Posted By: Eddie
I can't believe the filter is that difficult to remove with the proper removal tool. I also wouldn't even consider moving the filter to some remote location using high pressure hoses and fittings. Ed
Oh, it is. After you remove the belly pan, you have to snake your hands between A/C lines and coolant lines to even get to the filter. Once you remove it, you have to MOVE the a/c and coolant lines out of the way to get it out ... repeat to get it back in. I forsee lots of techs getting scolded pretty bad when these cars get older and the brittle coolant lines break.
Originally Posted By: Frbl
...on my 2013 Ford Escape 1.6L Ecoboost. And I cannot see any reasonable way to mount a relocation kit. There doesn't seem to be any room for hoses to come out the side of an adapter, and if you tried adapters that have the hoses come straight out I can't see how the hoses wouldn't get kinked because of the radical turn one would have to make (to come uptowards the top of the car, for example). Sheesh.
Do other Fords with this particular engine have the same problem (Focus, etc.)?
Anybody with this engine have any ideas for a relocation kit that might work?
It's just the 1.6 that is odd. Apparently that's significantly different than the 2.0 and 2.5 - IE - it's not just a downsized 2.0.
On the transverse 2.0, 2.0 EB and 2.5, it's on the passenger side, front (of car) of the engine. Super simple to get to.
My port injected 2.0 Duratec has the filter in the same location as my parent's 2.0 EB. I could change the one on my Focus without lifting the car.
