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Reman 1.5T EcoBoost Replacement Engine
This remanufactured 2014 Ford Fusion 1.5T engine is Ford's turbocharged 1.5L EcoBoost, a spark ignition, 4 stroke inline 4 with gasoline direct injection, a turbocharger, and Ti VCT twin independent variable camshaft timing. It displaces 1,499 cc, roughly 91.5 cubic inches, and produces 178 to 181 horsepower paired exclusively to Ford's 6 speed SelectShift automatic. Every unit is restored to OEM specifications or better before it leaves our Houston shop.
The 1.5L EcoBoost was the fifth EcoBoost powerplant Ford built, and it introduced the first computer controlled clutch on the belt drive water pump along with a water cooled charge air cooler for more efficient air feed. The design uses an aluminum open deck block, twin cam DOHC layout, four valves per cylinder, and an integrated exhaust manifold. This is the 4 cylinder variant correct for the 2014 Fusion, carrying VIN D as the 8th digit.
Fitment And VIN Verification
This engine fits the 2014 Fusion equipped with the 1.5L turbo gas option, identified as VIN D in the 8th digit, with a cylinder head temperature sensor. The same reman block carries across the 2014 to 2020 Fusion 1.5L, so confirming your VIN before ordering guarantees the correct variant reaches your driveway the first time.
Ford built two different 1.5L EcoBoost engines for U.S. vehicles, and they do not interchange. The 1.5T you need does not fit a 1.6T slot, and the 1.5 used only the 6 speed SelectShift automatic in front wheel drive form. Checking the 8th VIN digit against VIN D is the single most reliable way to avoid a mismatched order.
Beyond the 2014 Fusion, this 1.5 EcoBoost family appeared in the 2015 to 2021 Focus, 2017 to 2019 Escape, and 2015 to 2021 C Max. Applications and accessories vary across those platforms, so always match your casting and VIN to your exact year, make, and model before installing. Our team will verify compatibility with you before anything ships.
What Remanufactured Really Means
A remanufactured engine is completely disassembled, cleaned, inspected, and rebuilt using new or re machined components, then restored to OEM specifications or better. That is different from a rebuilt engine, which only replaces the parts that failed. Remanufacturing is the more intense, consistent process, and it is why every unit we ship performs to a known standard.
A serious reman goes beyond swapping parts. We perform full teardown, cleaning, inspection, machining, and replacement of wear items, with careful attention to the known weak points in the 1.5L EcoBoost family. Premium bearings, pistons, rings, gaskets, seals, and valve train components all go in, along with updated parts where factory failures are common.
Machining accuracy is where reman quality is won or lost. Our process holds tight tolerances on cylinder walls, decks, line bores, crank journals, and heads. Quality builders verify results with performance testing so OEM torque and horsepower figures are confirmed, giving you an engine that leaves consistent, not variable like the condition of random used units.
The most devastating known issue of the Ford 1.5L EcoBoost is coolant intrusion into the combustion chamber. This is not a simple hose leak but a structural failure at the engine block and head gasket interface. When coolant enters a cylinder, it can cause hydro locking, where the liquid stops the piston from completing its stroke, often snapping a connecting rod or punching a hole in the side of the block. Some 2014 to 2019 Fusion owners first notice it as coolant consumption and white smoke from the exhaust.
Reputable reman suppliers address this failure head on, and we do too. Because the 1.5L uses an open deck design, meaning the area around the top of the cylinders is open to coolant passages, the deck must be machined true and the head pressure tested to stop coolant intrusion. We also account for the direct injection carbon buildup and clogged injector tendencies of GDI engines, plus the unexpected stalling and power loss drivers have reported, so the rebuilt unit you receive is corrected, not just cleaned up.














