Originally posted by WestCoastAjax:
Ford booklet # - 1W7J-19T200-AA
Revised 05/00
States: CONTOUR , MYSTIQUE
"Replace cam shaft belt every 200,000 km"
Which by my figerin' is about 120,000 miles. BUT the tensioner and various other tensioner components MIGHT NOT last that long. Mine did NOT last. Take a look , that should answer your question.




again this has been talked about before, but yes the tensioners wear and could fail long before the belt


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