Fixing an exhaust leak AND a coolant leak on our 2014 Ford Escape 1.6 EcoBoost

I finally got around to fix the leaking exhaust manifold on the Ford Escape and also had to fix a new coolant leak in the "coolant crossover" behind the cylinder head.
Hopefully it runs for a while longer for the wife.
I sure beat the hell out of this car when I was driving it regularly.

[@swedemake5571]

Thanks for the video. I have a Volvo S80 with this engine and after reading about it, I expected loose nuts on exhaust manifold. Watching your video, I today checked that and one nut was very loose. Thanks

[@hackfreehvac]

Does your Volvo have the Ford engine? I know that Volvo was owned by Ford for a while until they sold off their European companies after the recession.

[@swedemake5571]

Yes, on 2012-2015 Volvo had 1.6 Liter T3 and T4 which are Ford Ecoboost. Before, Volvo had 5 cylinder engines which were a pretty old construction with high fuel consumption. 2016 the VEA engine came on Volvo.

[@evxl]

Thank you so much for showing how to figure this out

[@joeshearer1247]

You love those turbos

[@Heavy_metal_rulez]

That new piece of "highly engineered" plastic is good for another 20,000 miles haha

[@corey312]

Thank you for the video! Replacing a friends now and it's just as bad 😑😑 was there an O-ring in the channel where it was all broken apart? If so do you know what size? I'm having problems finding the part let alone any info on an O-ring. Cheers

[@chuckdeuces911]

Might be late but the dealership usually has it for like $7... the pn is w714789s300

[@edwardthayer9386]

Hello, were you noticing small amounts of coolant leaking over time causing the low coolant to come on? Thank You for your time and help!

[@hackfreehvac]

It was slowly dripping if I remember right. It's been OK since. My daughter now drives this every day

[@macdonald1790]

Coolant Outlet Flange - 2013-2016 Ford Escape 1.6L 4-Cylinder - Motorcraft W0133-1998113

[@StoicGroot]

How hard was it to take the exhaust manifold off? I gotta do mine and can't seem to find any videos how

[@hackfreehvac]

You have to remove the engine or at least unholy the motor mounts and lift one side up at a time to get access

[@shirleyroberts4496]

Ford sure didn't have a better idea when they made this engine. My son has one, it has a coolant leak, can't find. Headed to shop Friday

[@hackfreehvac]

They will probably find it with a pressure test. It's now been over a year since I fixed this leak and it is still holding coolant. Daughter now drives it daily across town.9 years old now so aside from the few silly repairs it is still going.

[@shirleyroberts4496]

@@hackfreehvac Glad it's still going. The shop said they would pressure test it.

[@tommymartinez4770]

I have the same engine and I’m trying to locate the cylinder head sensor. Was it back there above the exhaust manifold? I already replaced the coolant temp sensor just need to find the cylinder head temp sensor

[@hackfreehvac]

I don't recall. It's not on the driver side of the head where that plastic water manifold bolts to the head?

[@tommymartinez4770]

@@hackfreehvac the coolant temp sensor is located there and I replaced that but the Ford dealer part center also sold me a cylinder head temp sensor but they couldn’t point me to where it’s located

[@hackfreehvac]

@@tommymartinez4770 Check out the youtube channels kzbin.info and FordBossME kzbin.info/door/pTWZMB6wLBIuXkHkWUPQ2w One or both of them will know for sure. A search in their uploads may even find it if they covered it. FordBossME was recently doing 4 cylinder EcoBoost engine replacements.

[@obanelgalindo8532]

What did you do to reset and check the temperature correctly? My truck has the same

[@hackfreehvac]

To monitor the system with an inexpensive tool buy a ELM327 OBDII adapter on Amazon and use FORscan software on a laptop. Check the FORscan forums.

[@joeyf504327]

The new engines dont even have manifolds. The turbo bolts right to the head and the head has the exhaust runners built into it!

[@riothero313]

Yeah, I'm glad mine doesn't. I have replaced mine with an tig welded equal length 304 stainless aftermarket part. With the integrated manifolds you have no after market support, they can't spool big turbos for crap, and they can have uneven egr temps. The outside 2 cylinders will always have hotter temps. The only time it might be preferred is if it is a twin scroll and you are staying stock.

[@tinoesteban3111]

What where the symptoms of bad exhaust manifold turbo lag

[@hackfreehvac]

It pretty much just ticked from the leak for about 20 seconds. The manifold would heat up within a minute and seemed to seal up. It didn't leak enough to loose much power.

[@apctech1]

i can work on my 2005 civic lx with no problem like you dealt with with this ford engine bay is wide open can get to stuff no problem the one ones no way in heck:)

[@CaptMurphysGhost]

+1 for daughter's mirror.

[@chuckdeuces911]

Coolant outlet flange

[@chuckdeuces911]

RH-225

[@chuckdeuces911]

Motor craft and the O ring you'll need is W714789s300... if it's leaking out of the bottom when you put coolant in the overflow tank that plastic part is the issue. There is also a T line that run into the coolant outlet flange and if it overheats all the plastic parts on the way out from the motor will start to break apart. It's about $200 fix on your own. The coolant bypass valve is another major issue and it attaches to the front of this part he's replacing. That's the entire flaw with the system, a bunch of plastic parts attached to it... plus your head may have microcracks

[@exploringpeco]

I suggest getting a catch can too keep oil getting recirculated back into the intake and gumming up the valves with carbon cause all turbo cars should have it but don't and it's the death of the top end with the crank case oil blow bye going into the intake so I put them on all turbo cars and run them hard and hot too burn off the carbon....but gotta love new bullshit cars that cram 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lbs bag....lol

[@youdontknowme5969]

when engineers get carried away with "technology"... and with critical parts that get hot made of fuckin' plastic ... and to purposely design things to make them almost impossible to DIY ... but you're smarter than the average bear 😎👍

[@hackfreehvac]

Yeah. Plastic for 220 deg coolant is crazy.

[@alphagamer6651]

godamm shitshow

[@hackfreehvac]

It would not be too bad if we knew beforehand what we would have disassembled to access that broken bolt. But having one of us on top and one under the car sure helped where it would have sucked for me by myself. The amount of components on modern cars for the cooling and emissions is just insane tho.

[@slowstang88]

I fucking hate FWD vehicles. Got financially ruined by my ex wife and ended up financing a 2014 escape to have reliable daily driver YESTERDAY, and this morning it's burning coolant. I want to shove it off a cliff

[@hackfreehvac]

It's burning it through the head gasket or something or do you mean it's just leaking it somewhere? I drove this thing hard and only had the external leaks at the reservoir tank and then that crazy plastic manifold piece as shown here.

[@slowstang88]

@@hackfreehvac thick white smoke out the exhaust that smells like coolant

[@feitankung]

stop buying crappy car...then you won't be having these problem...it is that simple!

[@hackfreehvac]

The car has been driven hard in the city and through the mountains. Plus survived a hit and run from a Semi Truck without being "totaled". So can't say it is crappy. And... This is all still easier than working on a shitbox Honda. So there is that.

[@macdonald1790]

Motorcraft W0133-1998113