2002 Ford Escort ZX2 serpinten belt routing & tensioner pulley

The picture is for a zetec. Let me know if wrong diagram?

The drivebelt diagram for a 2002 ecort zx2 is enclosed. please note that the escort came with two engines i have enclosed both belt diagrams, you can use the diagrams to find yours by looking at the pulley locations or using the engine vin # located on the diagram, to find yours you will need to count the vin # of your car, this is located on your insurance card or on the drivers door next to latch or bottom of windsheild on the driverside, you will count from left to right to 8th digit and thats the eng code digit. good day.

The link below is to the Dayco Serpentine belt routing booklet, it doesn't allow you to copy the images so you will need to look up your car, the daigrams are numbered and at the bottom of the pdf file. This is a large pdf file so allow time to load.

http://www.daycoproducts.com/daycoweb.nsf/cf652a4feb630ad0862571a4005ae40c/1120b6e8f406fd3e862574c000569a91/$FILE/SerpentineBeltRoutingGuide.pdf

It may be like this:

"I just installed a belt on a 1998 ZX2 and used the tension release tool from underneath the car (safely jacked up and blocked) You should remove the right front wheel and plastic splash shield from wheel well (10mm socket). Use the tensioner release tool from underneath and rotate it towards the rear of the engine until you meet the lower heater hose. At this point, have another person use a tire iron / long screw driver, etc. to jam the tensioner pulley in place in order to get another "bite" on the tensioner pulley center bolt (use 13MM socket on the tool) You should have the entire belt pre-routed except for the AC pulley. This is the easiest one to install the belt on once tension has been released. Check for any looseness on the other idler pulleys as well as component pulleys."

Good luck! (rate if useful!!)

The tensioner is between the a/c compressor and crank pulley, below the power steering pump. Use a 13 mm wrench to 'tighten' the bolt in the center of the pulley and it'll move to release tension off the belt.

There are 2 possible diagrams for your car due to 2 slightly different 1.9 motors. Below are both diagrams.

1) Start with the alternator.
2) Forward to the smooth idler
3) Forward to power steering
4) Down to A/C compressor
5) Back to crank pulley
6) Forward around tensioner
7) Back glancing off of water pump
8) Back glancing off of ribbed idler
9) Up around alternator (where you started)
Good luck!

This information can be found at www.serpentinebeltdiagram.com
They have all the belt routing info for any vehicle with a serpentine belt.
Hope this helps....

go to gates.com and click the link on the left that says Part Locator & Interchange, put in your car info then look down the page and click the camera next to the serpintine belt. These belts are not usually hard to change, the tensioner pulley should have a 3/8" square drive hole in it to release the tension, I always start at the crankshaft and loop around leaving the tensioner for last, hope this helps, let me know

2.0L Engines
See Figures 11, 12 and 13
The accessory drive belt for 2.0L engines has no provision for manual belt adjustment, since these engines use an automatic belt tensioner. Drive belt slack is taken up by the automatic tensioner.
Movement of the automatic tensioner assembly during engine operation is not a sign of a malfunctioning tensioner. This movement is the tensioner self-adjusting and is required to maintain constant belt tension.
The belt tensioner has a belt length indicator. If the indicator marks are not between the MIN and MAX marks, the belt must be replaced.
Fig. 11: Drive belt routing-2.0L SOHC engine with A/C Fig. 12: Drive belt routing-2.0L SOHC engine without A/C Fig. 13: Drive belt routing-2.0L DOHC engine