Re: Ford focus Tddi Ci cambelt replacement

"Ivan" <ivan'H'older@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have just asked my mechanic that very question- he says they are
good for 100,000 miles and are not notorious for failing early. I
take no responsibility if the worst happens though ;-)

AIUI the belt has quite an easy life as it has quite a short and
simple path between the camshaft and the chain-driver diesel pump,
rather than the crank pulley via several other pulleys. It looks
quite straightforward to change so it shouldn't be a phenomenally
expensive job if you want peace of mind. My mechanic said about £120,
but I don't know if that's a typical quote or not.

Well if your information is correct then certainly that does sound
good
news, however I wonder why 'Honest John'
<http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/index.php?url=/carbycar/index.htmsays>
"Some
fleets reckon on just 60,000 miles for Zetec E timing belts and idler
pulleys. 35,000 miles still max for diesel timing belts."

BTW what's your own experience of this model, has it been good?

Fucking hell - I really wish they'd do something revolutionary like
split those absolutely huge chunks of text into those things known as
"paragraphs". That was almost painful to read. And it does look to be
factually inaccurate in places - it says that it gets the same 89bhp
turbodiesel as the Mondeo, and I don't *think* this is true. I was
fairly certain that the Focus got the 1.8TDDI Endura-DI engine ('Lynx'
engine), whereas the Mondeo got the older turbocharged Endura-DE, which
were a lot more prone to throwing cambelts.

But the TDCI is completely different to the older Endura-DE, and a
modernised (commonrailed-up) version of the Endura-DI, and I very much
doubt that the 36k cambelt interval would apply to that.

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