# Problem of Ford 1.9 & 2.0 Liter SOHC dropping Intake Valve Seats

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-of-ford-1-9-2-0-liter-sohc-dropping-intake-valve-seats/44017>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** escort, focus, ford\
**Created:** [February 7, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-of-ford-1-9-2-0-liter-sohc-dropping-intake-valve-seats/44017 "2010-02-07T03:40:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marky-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marky-b/32/736_2.png) [@Marky-B](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marky-B)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problem-of-ford-1-9-2-0-liter-sohc-dropping-intake-valve-seats/44017/1 "2010-02-07T03:40:11Z")

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Does anybody have any idea as to why the SOHC 1.9 & 2.0 enginess have a tendency to drop intake valve seats? I have a 2000 Focus that lost an engine to that very problem and its second engine appears to have done the same thing, but is still running (poorly and with a lot of noise).