ford focus cambelt snapped

laurajose

Hi all

I have a 2001 ford forcus 1.8 zetec and im pretty sure my cambelt snapped yeasterday but cant be sure had no warning just died. can you tell me if my car has got an interference or non interference engine and what im lookin at to get it fixed

thanks

goldspanners

laurajose wrote: »

Hi all

I have a 2001 ford forcus 1.8 zetec and im pretty sure my cambelt snapped yeasterday but cant be sure had no warning just died. can you tell me if my car has got an interference or non interference engine and what im lookin at to get it fixed

thanks

its an interference engine. what make you think its snapped? have a look and see if it has definatly snapped.
to do the belt it costs around £150, to strip the head and replace the bent valves and replace all gaskets and do the belt it can cost around £400. these prices are at a local independant garage, i imagine ford would charge a bit more.

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

its an interference engine. what make you think its snapped? have a look and see if it has definatly snapped.
to do the belt it costs around £150, to strip the head and replace the bent valves and replace all gaskets and do the belt it can cost around £400. these prices are at a local independant garage, i imagine ford would charge a bit more.

That's cheap! I would estimate alot higher - and they won't know the extent of the damage until they get in there.

mcjordi

jeannieblue wrote: »

That's cheap! I would estimate alot higher - and they won't know the extent of the damage until they get in there.

x2

its normally cheaper to replace the engine from a breakers yard

goldspanners

jeannieblue wrote: »

That's cheap! I would estimate alot higher - and they won't know the extent of the damage until they get in there.

the rough price i qouted is probably best case scenario,if there was damaged con rods or pistons or even block damage then a replacement engine could be the cheaper option.
the experience ive know of was best case scenario,just a few bent valves.

moneyuser

Just out of interest how many miles were on the clock?