Ford Escort cambelt

Apr 28, 2004 2 Replies

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Dan Sweryt 22 years ago

Anyone know how to figure out what type of cambelt my 1996 Escort LX

16V 1.6 has just from looking at the engine? The user guide's not particularly specific on my model. I assume that it's a Zetec engine as no other sort of 1.6 engine is referred to. Anybody confirming this would be helpful too

Cheers for any help

Dan

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Jeff 22 years ago

In the US, there was a 1.8 DOHC and a 1.9 SOHC engine.

I assume you are in the East side of the Atlantic, on that big island north of France. If that is the case, it probably is a Zetec.

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In the US, you can go to your local autoparts store. In their engine parts books, they list all of the engines that were used. Or visit the friendly service or parts department of you local Ford dealer.

Jeff

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Dan Sweryt 22 years ago

I am indeed slightly north of France!

Cheers Jeff, much appreciated -- it is indeed a Zetec. Someone with a bit of mechanic experience had a look yesterday: Bad news -- labour costs will be high as it's a two-belt system that is a bit awkward to replace. Good news -- the Zetec engine cambelt is supposed to be replaced every

80,000 miles not every 40,000 miles so I have only done 1.5 times more than I should rather than 3 times as much! :-)

Again, thanks for the help

Dan

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