Timing belts

deco001

Hi I am looking for advice if anyone can help , I am due to replace timing belt(s) on
my ford focus 08 1.8 tcd and I have been quoted between 900-1200 euro's
Told it was not the normal timing belt
Can anyone advise me if this sounds right , sound excessive to me

Cleveland Hot Pocket

afaik they have an odd belt setup, wet vs dry belts and so on.
There's been a few threads on it here.

mphalo1

you could buy a new engine for that!

deco001

Was thinking I could buy an engine for that price myself lol !!!

deco001

Thanks hot pocket I will do a search on here, just joined so learning about boards.ie as I go

pippip

Where are you based? Someone might be able to recommend somewhere.

George Dalton

You should be able to get that job done for €650.

George Dalton

deco001 wrote: »

Was thinking I could buy an engine for that price myself lol !!!

Secondhand engines for these are fetching around €2000.

deco001

pippip wrote: »

Where are you based? Someone might be able to recommend somewhere.

I work in Dublin , live Kildare Offaly Laois area , so anyone around Newbridge, Rathangan Portarlington and Citywest in Dublin

YbFocus

Try George Dalton

Mycroft H

George Daltons in Portlaoise gets a good rep here on boards.

Guy:Incognito

George Dalton wrote: »

Secondhand engines for these are fetching around €2000.

And they'd still need the belts done :-)

dr.fuzzenstein

First of all, Ford says the interval on those belts is 200k km. It isn't, it's 100k, so if you've gone significantly over, don't even drive the car, 150k is the max you should get out of that belt, if you're lucky.
Secondly, the belt can be converted to a chain. You should seriously look at that. That would be any worries about spending money on future belt changes over with.
The chain was previously rated for the life of the car.

As for the belts themselves, there is a lower belt, it is the dreaded wetbelt, which comes in a cassette. That is the one that costs money and that is the one that goes. That belt will be replaced with a chain setup.

The upper belt is simply driven by the lower belt and drives your camshaft. Nothing horrible here, doesn't let go early, mine got done at 220 k km and looked fine. That stays a belt. And it doesn't cost a lot to change, pretty standard stuff.

Stoolbend

George Dalton wrote: »

You should be able to get that job done for €650.

Is that a chain conversion or is it just belt replacement?

George Dalton

Belt change. IIRC the chain conversion parts cost about €200 more than the belt parts. For most owners it doesn't make sense to convert to chain as the replacement belt will last for years before needing to be changed again.

dr.fuzzenstein

George Dalton wrote: »

Belt change. IIRC the chain conversion parts cost about €200 more than the belt parts. For most owners it doesn't make sense to convert to chain as the replacement belt will last for years before needing to be changed again.

Maybe for people who do average mileage yes.
I bought my CMax in 2010 with 115k km on it and it just went over the 300k km.
I am thankful it came with a chain and I didn't even know the sly fcukers put in this completely idiotic wet-belt setup not much later.
Great example of fixing something that's not broken, didn't need to be fixed and is now broken. Ford poured good money into this idiocy to come up with a worse solution.
It's either advanced stupidity or a deliberate fcuk-up.
My friend, who adores VAG diesel lumps, laughs himself silly every time the Ford timing chain/belt setup gets mentioned, but the we belt/belt setup has him on the floor.
Well, at least Ford didn't make a complete shambles of their oil-pump setup. :P

Dinging

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dr.fuzzenstein

Can they do a cheap chain conversion?

Rob Thomas

George Dalton wrote: »

Belt change. IIRC the chain conversion parts cost about €200 more than the belt parts. For most owners it doesn't make sense to convert to chain as the replacement belt will last for years before needing to be changed again.

Sorry, does that mean then that you would expect a full conversion to cost close to €900? I.e. €650 + €200 odd?

George Dalton

Yes that would be about right IIRC.

b318isp

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