PS, I'm not seeing ANYTHING on the fors forums about any recall - where is this information coming from?

 

The only information I have is the video I posted. So, maybe the information is wrong or maybe we are the first across the pond to know - dunno.

I know that there is already a modification out, the purpose of which is to control the amount of oil entrained in the Focus RS PCV system. So a recall for this wouldn't surprise me. The 4g63 will do the same thing with the stock setup if driven for any longer period at high speed. I've read that the 4g63 will pump about a quart an hour on a high speed track.

 

So what you're saying is there is no recall.

 

Yeah, now that I think about it I can't see NHSTA recalling cars because they run out of oil. If it is happening it would be an internal Ford thing.

 

Is there any evidence that Ford has issued a TSB for it?

 

I haven't had access to Ford TSB's.

Here's what I know (or have sorta pieced together).

1. The guy that made this video took his Focus RS to the track. Returning home he found the oil level below the dipstick.

2. There's a racing/tuning company named Mountune. They make parts for the Focus, Fiesta and Mustang. According to the internet (home of all facts) a certain Mountune upgrade can be applied to the engine and not invalidate the warranty. If true Mountune and Ford appear to be in cahoots.

3. Another upgrade offered by Mountune is an oil separator for the RS. I saw a youtube video of an owner installing it.

 

Cars eating oil at the track is nothing new and there won't be a recall or tsb about something like that.

If that's what you're referring to this guy discovering in his boring *** vids, it's another example why I can't watch his stuff. When he just got the car and started making the vids I watched a few but I couldn't take his complaints about common sense stuff about the car

 

Other developments in AWD

http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...r-wheel-drive/

 

~4200lb tank. Not direct competition to this segment, IMO.

 

Not to mention costing 2-3 times more.

 

Yeah, but that switch is big.

 

the technology as been there for decades to easily do something like this, just nobody actually put a button in there. the 90's GT-R's are capable of this... the only innovation here is giving the driver the control over this.

(sorry to rain on your parade)

 

I'd rather have control over it if possible rather than not. The first AWD I owned was the first Audi Quattro 4000 with manual locking center and rear diffs. Pretty cool except you had to clean the vacuum lines and make sure there weren't leaks.

 

Way longer ago than that.

1940 ******...........

 

I will give it the car world that in a truck/jeep/whetever, it is a necessity to be to be able to disengage the 4wd because they do not have a center differential. When in 4wd drive, the front and rear axles are locked together and can not spin at different speeds. So on dry pavement, the drivetrain binds really bad when making a turn, to the point it will make the vehicle bounce/buck around. You can quickl break an axle or driveshaft doing that.


Cars have AWD, so the front/rear axles have some kind of center differential between them, so the disengaging one of the axles is not necessary because the front and rear axles can turn at different speeds.