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timing belt ? 97 contour 2.0L #470711 10/30/02 08:03 PM
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4 S sproket90 OP Newbie
OP sproket90 Newbie S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4	97 Ford Contour 2.0L 49k miles beautiful car... when starting in the morning, you can hear/feel the timing belt hit the cover on the left/top side of the motor. This lasts for about 2 minutes, you feel a thump every 5 or six seconds. Is this normal or is water pump/idler bearing going out..? Also should I consider replacing timing belt/water pump/idler bearing..? TIA

Re: timing belt ? 97 contour 2.0L #470712 10/30/02 09:19 PM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,631 CT B BBorges_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
BBorges_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er B Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,631 CT	Can't tell u what is ur situatons.. but a LOT of people had this tapping on the cover and they simply removed the plastic cover.... (i changed my belt with about 80K miles.... i would guess u still have few thousands of miles left..) Anything is POSSIBLE... sowing the seeds of love"

Re: timing belt ? 97 contour 2.0L #470713 10/30/02 09:42 PM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,459 Atoka, Oklahoma B bentleywarren_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
bentleywarren_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,459 Atoka, Oklahoma	It happens on both of my 95's, but I thought I read somewhere that the newer Zetecs had a re-designed cover to eliminate this problem. Maybe I'm only imagining this. 95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn) 95 Mystique Zetec, MTX 2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec 1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8 1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6

Re: timing belt ? 97 contour 2.0L #470714 10/30/02 10:55 PM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 750 Nashville, TN T tiv_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
tiv_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er T Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 750 Nashville, TN	I also recall (faintly) something about redesigned covers. Some people inserted a couple of washers to raise the cover. T.

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