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ANYBODY IN FORT LAUDERDALE AREA PREFER NORTHSIDE OF TOWN RECOMMEND A MECHANIC SHOP FOR SOME UPCOMING MAINTENANCE
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what do you want done I might be of service
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i know i have a tensioner going bad and the car has 75,000 miles on it and i bought it used so i was thinking maybe to do the timing belt job and everything in that area while its apart. how long will it take if able and how much
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we dont have timing belts on our cars we have timing chains.. I dont know the milage at which they need to be change if that. Ive never heard of the timing chains to fail on our cars to this date. Its always an oiling issue before that. What you might want to do is fortify your oiling system with an upgraded oil pan and possibly a DMD if you dont have it already to relieve the car of vibrations to the crank at high rpm. Other than that how long has it been since a plug wire air and fuel filter change. Your tensioner shouldnt be too hard. Pm me with your # so we can arrange a meet to check the car out in person ill let you know if i could help or not if not ill point you in the right direction
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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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hey, my uncles shop is in tamarac, and ive done all the work to my contour there....email me at contourracing20@aol.com
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by svttour:
we dont have timing belts on our cars we have timing 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.
That's so surprising. I went ahead to verify, and actually the Owner's Guide & Maint. Schedule doesn't even mention the timing belt (it ends at 150k).
Actually you can download those in PDF from myford.fordvehicles.com (reqs free registration).
A mechanic friend of mine recently changed his job to a Ford dealer from an indep shop and he said he was shocked to see the number of Zetec contours with broken timing belts. He told me to replace at every 60k mi no later...
Tiv
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