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Ford Mondeo question

  • 14-04-2010 5:05pm
    #1
    ART6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭


    two months ago I acquired a 2008 Mondeo Titanium with a 2 litre Duratec HD engine after trying unsuccessfully to demolish a stone wall with my previous car during the post Christmas freeze. The last 2 litre Ford I owned was a Sierra, and that had a timing belt. With this new car there is no mention in the handbook of whether there is a timing belt or a timing chain, so I assume it's the latter. I have driven a number of 2 litre Mondeos in the last few years, but only as hired cars in the UK on business, so I never had any reason to make a study of them. Can any of you guys enlighten me, and if it has a timing belt (hopefully not-- they're a pain in the a**s) what the change intervals are supposed to be?


Comments

  • #2
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Captain Slow IRL


    I'm pretty sure it's a chain in your car - it wouldn't need to be changed unless it started getting noisy.


  • #3
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    The have a belt and a chain.

    The belt runs from the crank to the cam and the chain then connects the 2 cams.

    The belt is due every 125k miles(200.000kms) or 10 years. The chain should last the life of the engine.


  • #4
    ART6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    Thanks for the replies guys. If the belt has to be replaced every 10 years, I wonder why they don't say so in the handbook -- or perhaps they don't expect the car to last that long? Planned obsolescence??:D


  • #5
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    This kind of question is more suited to the main forum

    Don't mean to offend the OP I'm just making a note for future reference :)

    Anyway it's been answered so I'll just lock it


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