2005 Ford Escape Question

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Timing Belt 2009 Focus SE 2 0 service interval Ford Focus Forum Ford Focus...

here's a better source than fixya

"timing chain...leave it alone unless the tensioners make noise"

Timing chain or belt? Almost all timing gears have a dot that face each other when the timing marks are lined up. If you are not carful you can damage the valves while rotating the crank and came to the lined up position. However in a perfect world the top gear can be removed when it is lined up, and reinstalled with the chain or belt in place, it will be tight but you should not need to force it. good luck

Well as of 2005 or so the v6 tribute has a Ford motor that has a timing chain not a belt the 4 cylinder has a Mazda motor that has a belt and should be changed every 90000 miles. So those swing the v 6 has a belt are totally wrong here

Timing belt, good for 100,000 miles before replaicng. They go to 150,000 easy and it is a freewheeling engine, no dmamge to valves or pistion if it breaks

Gerry from Ford.

The 4-cylinder 2.0-liter 16-valves DOHC 127-hp Ford Zetec engine used a timing belt that needs replacement at 120k. After 2005 both, the 2.3-liter 4-cylinder and the 3.0-liter V6 engines have a maintenance-free timing chain.

I would recommend changing the water pump while you are at it.

The 2.0 timing belt labor is 4 hours and the water pump is 10 hours in addition. Not a fun job.

Here's the process:

http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/fordguy4u/2010-03-24_182013_A1.pdf

http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/fordguy4u/2010-03-24_182035_A2.pdf

Best wishes

This unit will be running a timing chain. Now,The 1.6 "diesel" engine has both a belt and chain. In the diesel edition, the belt runs from the crank shaft to the cam and the other cam is ran by the chain.

2005 Ford Focus L4-2.0L VIN N Hello your vehicle has a timing chain, you do not have to replace it ever... It was designed to last the life of the vehicle, unless you have a water pump, or a timing pulley or even a timing tensioner go bad, that is when you would service the timing chain. I added what your vehicle needs at it's 90,000mile service below, hope this helps... (subytech1)

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twin chains. no need to change. timing belts are the ones that need to be changed sometimes as often as 40,000miles/60,000km!
Good luck!

timing belts should be replace at 60,000 miles. ithe focus is a belt