Depends on if the engine has previously had the chain swapped for a belt in oil. General rule of thumb though is anything newer than late 2005 will have a wet belt, anything older will have a chain. My 55 plate C-max has the 1.8l KKDA with a chain, has 109k on the clock and hasn't yet developed a rattle or timing drift... Do need to do a dry belt though because I got 50% off my cam blet when the engine mount on that side failed, slamming the timing cover into it and shredding it. it's now more of a timing string than a belt.

How can we know? I have a 09.2007 Mondeo. Wet belt or chain?

@@GlossaME remove power steering pump and remove the tensioner, been a while since I've messed with it but it will either be a flat ended or rounded. One or the other will tell you if you have a chain or a belt if you Google it.

@@darkwaterblue From what I gathered, it should be chain driven. I have one the earliest Mondeos.

@@DigBipper188 wet belts came in early 2008

Cant help to try it, you may be lucky 👍

You have to loosen the sprocket otherwise you cannot tension the belt correctly which would leave the timing to be out as the belt would be too slack and probably end up skipping a tooth, the sprocket itself isnt timed up but the camshaft is, thats why we put a bar in the back of the camshaft when timing it - the sprocket has no marks and can be done up in any position. Its undone to allow it to move so we can get the correct tension on the belt, then done back up, aslong as you leave the pins and bar in the timing doesnt move- but be sure to turn it over by hand a good few times to be 1000% sure. Hope that helped 👍

Anything other than a super early mk4 will have a wet belt under this dry belt. It’s a horrid job.

Yes it does

@@ALLTHINGSJIM I believe the top belt is every 100k and the bottom every 200k. Thats the way we've been doing it. Never an issue in my shop. Great video.

i thought he was doing the wet belt / chain also, with locking off tools

How can you Mark the camshaft and the pump there is no marks

Thats a tricky one (question I mean aha) , if it is fitted with a wet belt oil system then yes you should as the changing interval will be the same as the top cambelt , however upto and sometimes including 2008 models were fitted with a chain system which wouldnt need changing so youd need to find out which yours is, the easiest way to do this I recon would be to go to a ford main dealers parts department with your reg and chassis numbers and ask them to look. Hope this helps 👍

@@ALLTHINGSJIM my mechanic told me that my Mondeo needs only cambelt and petrol pump and auxiliary belt!? Is that sound as my car has a chain belt!?

@@ALLTHINGSJIM what ford intended for auxiliary belt??

yes i do! It depends on what though as they all vary, for instance some are solid parts and just require you to undo all the bolts on the cover ( after following up engine the timing procedures and stripping down the crank pulley etc...) and use a scraper tool to tap between the cover and engine just to break the seal and pull the cover off, and some are built with thin metal that bends (like on newer transit vans) when removing so you end up replacing the cover as well. It differs so much from vehicle to vehicle. sorry I cant be more use than this....

thanks a lot for a such quick response. I have engine 1.8 tdci in mondeo, year 2007, 220.000 mls. I am asking because i must replace water pump, belts and other things and i decided to fix an oil leak but i don't know if there is problem with loosen bolts under the chain that hold casing to the block or gasket failure (article number : XS4Q 6K012AC). Did you ever seen any problems with gasket on these engines? Oil leaks over the bolt for locking crankshaft.

Stojan Humar to be honest i rarely see them with so many miles on anymore aha! I cant remember to be honest plus id have to have seen it personally to really advise you properly about that sort of problem, sorry i cant be of more use

Thanks for your advices. I must say that your video how change timing belt with all descriptions is more than usefull. Best regards.

@Stojan Humar, Check out the video 'wet timing belt replacement' by Alan Howatt. He shows it there on the video.

Customers choice, didnt want to pay for the other, cant make people have it if they wont pay 🤷‍♂️

Ant Johnson Hi! Yeah its always worth replacing the rocker cover gasket and auxiliary belt if you can while your there, unless the auxiliary belt tensioner feels rough or tight when you rotate it id just leave it, yeah you need to pin the flywheel, thats the only reason you see me remove the alternator as the hole for it is behind it! Its abit of a pain to find aswell without a mirror to be honest, and no theres no gasket for cambelt cover, hope this helps 👍

ALL THINGS JIM fantastic, Thanks for the response. Sorry I wasn't clear, I meant the other tool as shown in the video at 11 minutes? Once back together, I'd worry about trying to start. I had to have rac out after I replace the fuel filter, couldn't get car started. 😁

Ant Johnson ah I see, thats the flywheel locking tool, you dont need that for this job unless you want to do alot more work! Thats needed for if you were going to take the crank pulley off as just the pin wouldn't be strong enough to allow you to undo the crank bolt, but the bottom crank pully doesn't come off for this job, so just use the pin and bar in camshaft like shown and youll be fine 👌

Ant Johnson and yeah these engines can be a bugger to prime the fuel lines aha!

No its seperate 👍

@@ALLTHINGSJIM thanks

Lmao, your watching my older videos, there all like it! 😁

Good point... why did he take off the fuel filter, oil separator box etc off, it seemed pointless ?

I understand, I always watch how to videos for the banging tunes..... there is a mute 🤣🤣👍

Put it on mute of it bothers you that much, this is a earlier video anyway my latest ones are more me talking less music... thanks for watching and commenting though