The 1.6 engine is a partial success. When there was just me in the car, it was pretty willing at moderate speeds and its noise well suppressed. 1.6 TDCi 115 Turbo Lag in 1st gear. I took delivery of my new Focus Estate on Thursday and have since found the apparent turbo lag in 1st gear verging on dangerous. When moving away you give the car a little power, bring the clutch up (fine so far), then press the accelerator a little harder to accelerate smoothly, except when I press the pedal Average engine life expectancy (mileage before serious repairs are needed) is from 200 000 to 330 000 kilometres. Note that engine life can be longer or shorter depending on maintenance. More engine specs. This Ford Focus 1.6 engine oil type is 5W-30 and oil capacity is 3.85 litres.

The recently revised and more refined 2.0 engine with Start/Stop 2.0 will get me 46-50mpg under real life driving conditions; and it corners well too (thanks in part to the SRI's lowered sports

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