That pretty much sums up the 2.7 EcoBoost
It's possible that the wet belt is THE weak point of the 2.7. The best of anything or anyone has some aspect that isn't as good as the rest.
Can you show us anything that points to any failures of the belt at all? Even one? Statistically, sure, you'd expect at least a small number of failures, but I've found zero documented incidences. Read about issues with the 2.7 and most of what you'll find are references to issues with the gen1 2.7: leaking composite oil pans, head gaskets, carbon buildup in the intake, etc, all of which have been successfully addressed with the gen2 2.7. Unfounded FUD doesn't make that belt a weak point in any context.
You didn't understand my point. I didn't say that the wet belt is a problem.
No, I think I got your point - everything is imperfect, so even something great has a flaw like Raquel Welch's eyebrows or whatever. But with zero documented failures, the wet belt isn't even on a list of imperfections of the 2.7, so it's profoundly incorrect to say that the belt is "THE weak point of the 2.7", because in any context, it simply is not.
The "I Do Cars" video, the second one, showed a belt that was cracking. It didn't look perfect. Even if there are no engine failures related to it, the wet belt isn't perfect. In the absence of some other clear "weakest link," the wet belt could be both without failure AND the weak point. I don't know that it is, but you're adamant that it isn't. That begs the question.
JFC, just google the issues with the 2.7. You'll find some. I've never seen the wet belt on any which is why I started by asking if you could point us to a failure. And yea, that one video has been discussed ad nauseam and the belt didn't fail as you mentioned. So one video where the belt didn't fail doesn't make the belt a candidate for "THE weak point of the 2.7"; it's just the video that people point to when they cry, "bUt THe wET bELt!". FUD.
