Originally posted by svttour:
we dont have timing belts on our cars we have timing chains..
If he has a 4 banger, he has a belt. The V-6 has chains.
The belt is due for changing at about 140,000 miles according to the owners manual (I bought one for the ZX2 on Ebay - finally). Verify the mileage for that service interval in your own manual. I got flamed one time when I ASSUMED the timing belt service was due before 100K - which was my experience with other 4 bangers.
The tensioners do tend to go bad before then, but I have no experience with them. If you want more info, start with a search in the Zetec Maintenance forum and follow up with any questions you may have after you've done a little reading. Knowledge is power.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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