Fusionowner09

Unfortunately, after alot of research, I found that there have been enough people to complain that Ford has this problem classified as a "Tech Alert." I had tried to contact Ford with my problem. Left lots of messages and emailed a few times about my problem and never heard back. I ended up taking it to the shop and they were able to weld a piece to the back of my block and put some sort of threading gel in it to replace the pulley without replacing my entire block. (A $400 fix instead of a $6000 fix) They said that they have been hearing of this problem and if I start hearing any noises from my engine to report them immediately so that i don't run into this problem again... I can tell you that I am seriously recondering purchasing another Ford in the future...

I was wondering if you figured anything out on this matter. Yesterday I was driving and my idler pulley bolt snapped in 2. Not a big deal except when it did, it took a piece of the block off too. The o that the pulley bolt is supposed to go through now looks more like a C... Anyways, not sure what to do now. From the looks of things, I might have to invest in an entire new motor just because of this little piece. Please let me know.