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The OEM Ford belt I replaced in a 1992 Escort looked better than that when I did it a year ago. Quality matters.
Pros: good quality, looked better
Vehicle:
Ford Escort
I replaced the original belt on a 1997 ranger 2.3 last month it looked about the same and had 126,000 miles
Pros: long lifespan, good condition
Vehicle:
Ford Ranger
Mileage: 126000 km
I've always bought the Continental branded ones and had good luck with them.
Pros: good luck
My 94 ranger had 230k on it on the original belt. Looked about like this too, sold the truck in 2018, still had the original belt on it.
Pros: original belt, 230k longevity, still functional
Vehicle:
Ford Ranger
Mileage: 370148 km
Pretty much all the newer Ford 4 and 3 cyl crap-box engines have what's called a wet belt for the timing. It's inside the engine as opposed to external like any sane normal or any moderately intelligent person would engineer.
Because of this, they require a VERY specific grade of oil, usually 0w-20 or 5w-20 full synthetic. If the wrong oil is used the belt will start to degrade and shred itself, this then starts plugging the oil pump pickup with rubber debris and starves the engine for oil. Or it just outright shreds and snaps, like yours did.
Pros: requires specific grade of oil
Cons: belt degrades and shreds
Vehicle:
Ford
My Ecoboost is supposed to have a belt replacement at 150000 miles or 10 years. I cannot fathom how it is supposed to hold up that long.
Vehicle:
Ford
My mecanic do my timing belt last time 130 k miles and now at 230 k miles.Was a continental tech was nice state but is a granade stuff…no more than 80 k miles period catastrophic failure
Cons: short lifespan, catastrophic failure
Mileage: 128747 km
The newer Ford EcoBoost engines are notorious for their wet timing belts failing and clogging the oil pickup, thus killing the engine.
Cons: wet timing belts failing
Vehicle:
Ford
About 67k on the clock, 17 plate. Engine blew on a dual carriageway. Took it to a proper, full-fat Ford Dealer and Repairer to have a look and turns out, bad belt. They tried to replace the engine but they couldn't work out how to fit it, nor code it correctly. Ridiculous. Always had Fords, but this entire experience put us off them completely.
Cons: engine blew, bad belt
Vehicle:
Ford Transit
Mileage: 67000 km
I have a lease 2020 transit, put it in for a new timing belt at 96k miles, drove a further 500miles after belt change and engine blew, found fault to be a bolt snapped on belt pulley, engine now scrap!\nThis van has full ford service history at every interval, and top-up oil was correct Castrol grade used everytime, garage told me they have three other vans in with same fault!
Cons: engine blew, bolt snapped
Vehicle:
Ford Transit
Mileage: 96500 km
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