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Ford focus diesel

tango8990
tango8990 Posts: 5 Forumite
in Motoring
Hey guys, I've got a w reg ford focus tdi, it's got 106,000 miles on the clock, not sure if its had the cam belt changed, at what mileage should it have been changed? any suggestions welcome as what to do
Thanks

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  • marksandsparx
    marksandsparx Posts: 150 Forumite
    edited 9 June 2011 at 7:51PM
    Ford say 100,000 miles or 10 years... How ever, I ALWAYS half it, because the cost of a cambelt, tensioner and water pump (if applicable) is about 10% of the cost of an engine rebuild!
  • Dippypud
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    marksandsparx wrote: »
    Ford say 100 miles or 10 years... How ever, I ALWAYS half it, because the cost of a cambelt, tensioner and water pump (if applicable) is about 10% of the cost of an engine rebuild!

    How many miles?:D
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  • marksandsparx
    marksandsparx Posts: 150 Forumite
    50 by my recommendation!!! oopppsssss!!
  • andygb
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    Never, ever leave a cambelt change to 100K miles.
    All cambelts on all cars should be changed every three years or 36K miles at the max.
  • property.advert
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    andygb wrote: »
    Never, ever leave a cambelt change to 100K miles.
    All cambelts on all cars should be changed every three years or 36K miles at the max.

    So you would change a cam belt on a car which was 3 years old with FSH and had done 20k miles ?
  • jase1
    jase1 Posts: 2,308 Forumite
    property.advert wrote: »
    So you would change a cam belt on a car which was 3 years old with FSH and had done 20k miles ?

    If it was a car with a plastic tensioner (90s Vauxhall, some Renaults, some Fiats, some VWs and some Daewoos) you bet your life I would.

    Plenty of cases online of people with low-mileage cars whose cambelts have snapped.
  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    I would, its worth it, these engines can easily cover 200,000 , they are from the day when diesels were built to be work horses and not trying to emulate petrol cars.
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  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    andygb wrote: »
    Never, ever leave a cambelt change to 100K miles.
    All cambelts on all cars should be changed every three years or 36K miles at the max.

    Utter poppycock. This isn't 1970 !!!!!!.
  • jase1
    jase1 Posts: 2,308 Forumite
    Hammyman wrote: »
    Utter poppycock. This isn't 1970 !!!!!!.

    Tell that to GM.
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