ford mondeo mk3 new shape cam belt or chain?

[si.mullins]

i have just bought a ford mondeo x reg tddi mark 3 new shape, i rang some diesel service garages near me to ask about servicing, i asked about cam belt changing and have been told by 2 out of 3 the car has no belt, it runs on chains. needless to say the third one quoted a belt change at just short of �500

is this true about no belt?, can anyone help, i was told there is no belt just the chain and it lasts years and cant be changed. i seem to remember the older ford engines use to be made this way.

many thanks

simon mullins

[twazerk]

tdci No cambelt.

The old 1.6 diesel had no cambelt.

[tubeway]

1.6 diesel?

There has only ever been a 1.8 or 2.0 diesel on the mondeo.

Is your car a TDi or a TDCi - Also Mk3 mondeo is the 2007 model. Mk 2 came out in 2000 so I assume that you have a Mk 2 (Mk1 ran from 1993 to 2000 but had a facelift in 1997)

Most 1.8 diesel mondeos have a cam belt - that is replaced at 100000 miles. The 2.0 duratorq has a cam chain and that was the standard diesel engine on the Mk2 mondeo. So if you have a Mk2 2.0 mondeo then you have a chain, the best people to check this with is your local ford dealership if you are unsure

[Toneisok]

tubeway, read the question & then the answer

"i seem to remember the older ford engines used to be made this way."


"The old 1.6 diesel had no cambelt"

I cannot see anywhere that suggests mondeos were ever produced with 1.6 diesel engines

[tubeway]

Tonisok - how about reading the answer from twazerk - it states "The old 1.6 diesel had no cambelt" - That is why I pointed out there has never been a 1.6 diesel mondeo.
That is why I pointed out the error in the other answer before answering more fully. So before you start to criticise my answer - read the question and the answers fully.



IDIOT

[Toneisok]

PMSL

tubeway, you n0b

lol

[twazerk]

PMSL
tubeway, you do not need to sign your posts with your name.
ROFL

[tubeway]

I will be so glad when the school holidays are over - will you two be going to big school now
I hope your mummys dont catch you writing nasty posts on the computer.
So sad - such a waste of the few braincell that they were born with.

[Big Bri]

its a chain 100 % thats all you need to know

[si.mullins]

hi sorry for any miss understandings about the last bit that ford engines may have been made this way, all i meant was older engines were made with a chain i seem to reclall,
I Did not mean ford made a mondeo 1.6 diesel for the mondeo, i just meant that older ford engines were made with a chain on diesel engines i think but not sure.

The car i have is a new shape mark 3, x reg 2001 2.0 litre turbo diesel (TDI not tdci).

many thanks for all and any answers

thanks

si

[twazerk]

Fed up of staying at home writing rubbish are you tubeway?

When the school opens, ask miss how to spell b r a i n c e l l s.