Our "avtohirurg continues to share experiences. At this time a few words on exploitation of the most popular "national foreign cars" over the past few years - Ford Focus. Ford Focus car appeared in 1998, replacing already fairly outdated Ford Escort. Marketers of the German branch of Ford's all calculated correctly. The car turned out interesting not only a new design, but also the technical specifications. Not without reason in 1999 he was awarded the title "Car of the Year" in Europe, and in 2000 - in the U.S.. Model was produced until 2005 virtually unchanged. On a "first» Focus have been available engines from 1.4 liters to 2.0 liters, gasoline and turbo diesel with direct fuel injection volume of 1.8 liters. The engines were supplied as mechanical boxes, and four-automatic. Also met 5-speed mechanics, and in 2002 offered a manual transmission with 6 steps. 5-speed mechanics are all well, when you come in peace. Gear ratios slightly stretched, the third can accelerate right up to 140 km / h. Well, a 6-speed gearbox allows you to better realize the potential of the motor. Power 1.4-liter unit (75 hp..) Is enough for a leisurely ride and 100 hp. with. 1.6-liter engine can not feel deficient in traffic. This breakthrough Ford Focus - it's pinpoint handling and a high smoothness. And there's the expense of what. Even the standard in its class, Volkswagen Golf, can not boast of an independent rear suspension like most less famous classmates, intended for the European market (there are exceptions: Mitsubishi Lancer, Honda Civic, for example). Ford's engineers did not skimp when designing the suspension, and now for Focus this trump card - one of the principal. There is another trump card - the Russian assembly that allows a buyer to save a substantial amount. Focus first began to go off the assembly line plant in Vsevolozhsk in 2002. It should be noted that the quality of Russian vehicles remains high due to the fact that by the vigilant control of Ford Motor Company over the production process. Everyone has heard the scandal concern with Russian customs in 2007 due to the fact that the company refused to install the components produced in Russia (due to low quality) before the agreed amount to your Focus. Steel production also brought from abroad. It is encouraging that Ford is not in a hurry to turn your bestseller into Lada. 16-valve engine series ZETEC worked well so far, special criticism while respecting the mode of operation and timing of the passage so do call. Slightly elaborate on them, because the secondary market cars with these motors found in most cases. On the "first» Ford Focus has been implemented firmware engine control unit under the 92-th gasoline. First came not entirely successful, but later changed the management program, and everything was fine. Re-flash units already issued car dealers are free of charge, so for this operation to the new owner of a used car to worry, most likely will not have to. Recommendation from the "'officials', and from old owners Ford Focus: refuel the 92-m, since the catalyst is very sensitive to additives, and the Russian 95-th gasoline is replete with them on almost all gas stations. These cars are no longer under warranty, and buy yourself and change the converter exhaust quite expensive. However, there are cases where owners have the "second» Focus refused to guarantee the replacement of the catalyst, citing poor quality gasoline. The quality of color is quite decent, if a car has not visited in the accident. And after the national body repair already, as they say, not to fat - "blooming" even fully galvanized Audi. System timing is provided by ZETEC belt replacement period - 90 thousand km. Better immediately, together with the rollers, so that later on this is not a headache. In the valve train - shims. Fuel Injection System is a modern, combined with the ignition system. The signal from the crankshaft position sensor is a priority to determine when the chain ignition coil circuit, the adjustment is carried out knock sensor. Time, frequency and quantity of fuel injected is determined by signals from the sensors of the crankshaft, camshaft, air mass flow rate, etc. The only problem is that often their connectors are oxidized by the impact of the environment (especially in the winter of reagents), and oxygen sensor responsible for the mixture, not tolerate additives in gasoline. Generally, an electrician in European cars is not the standard of reliability. Actually, not quite. These systems are simply not enough safety margin, still operate in the expected difficult conditions, often just in the extreme. Therefore, the official dealers often reduce mezhservisnye runs. Judge for yourself: two car worked 730 hours per year (for example), first ran 15 thousand km on the highway, and the second - 5 thousand miles on the Moscow traffic jams. What do you think, what car would be more oxidized oil, clogged fuel, oil and air filters? Of course, in the second. And run some three times less! Respectively, and the electrician is less when it gets dirty, reagents, water. Filter access by car is not particularly difficult. To replace the fuel filter in the tank do not have to climb - it is attached to the collar, it is easy to change. The suspension does not cause any trouble, but we must remember that it was designed for asphalt, but not for the primers. Accordingly, the service life can vary from 40 thousand to 120 thousand kilometers. First, back out of order upper arms, supports anti-roll bar. Then, as a rule, begin to leak dampers. Of the shock absorbers would advise Boge or Bilstein. Under the enhanced suspension for our roads, these brands are already available. Monroe does not recommend it. Like, for good performance, but it is very "gentle" - not tolerate sand and mud. Silent blocks longitudinal rear lever can be changed separately, unlike the Honda Civic, where he has always been a headache for the owner - the lever in the collection of expensive, but are not specifically changed. Spark plugs for 1.4 liter and 1.6 liter - simple, you can take home, Motorcraft or Bosch. The latter is more expensive, but less responsive to bad gasoline. On 2,0 - platinum producers are the same. According to the brake system can say the following: Installation of front Brembo brake discs and pads Ferodo, for example, will save over the original 50% costs. Only buy preferably audited stores, as many fakes. And we should not get involved in little-known producers - now flooded us a lot of Asian companies that have not been certified for ISO, respectively, are absent in the program TecDoc (non-original spare parts catalog match the original). In general, having a European car, it is better to use the EU as "neoriginalom. On rear brakes can say the following: disc were only the most recent years of issue, usually the same faces behind the drums. Discs and pads have long existed and unoriginal, the same can be said about the rear drums. Generally, not much new foreign car can and should serve the mind. Do not always want to continue stubbornly to visit dealers - they are with this machine money already received, and the qualifications of their repairers sometimes leaves much to be desired. As a rule, the new foreign cars that are rarely broken, and for routine you do not need to be a genius. So when dealers are faced with an incomprehensible (to them) fault, usually begins to change everything (for your course, money). By the way, not the fact that injections of funds in this case will help. Better look for a specialist in this particular model - it will advise and parts quality, and for the repair will take less. In the meantime, turn to the Russian Ford Focus in the minimal set is extended by six months, what is the deal with repairs, and yes even a car, shot out of production?
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