The only time oil and rubber should come into contact is in adult films 😂

Great work, Baz. Thanks for sharing all those tips. I'll get my Fiesta aircon bolt greased up this weekend. Belt is not due, but that will save lots of time when it is 👍👍

"We don't like piles" 😁 No we don't! Baz the wet belt king.

Unbelievable work as usual. I can’t understand how Ford would both design a belt that would degrade, eventually fail and lunch the engine, whilst at the same time making it so bloody awkward to change. Anyway looks like you got to that one just in time.

Never seen a vibro gun before. What a useful tool it is.

Baz fantastic blog and presentation, quality technician, for shore you’ll be servicing my Ford edges wet belt ,, ❤💪

Thanks for this one Baz 👍 although similar to others it showed how the various bolts can rust up so when I do the next service and future services on my 2019 ecosport I’m going to grease them air con bolts and WD40 other various bolts to hopefully make it easier for you when I need the wet belts replacing 👍

All wet belts are from hell, and need to go back there. Ask anyone in the industry with a modicum of intelligence, if running a rubber belt in oil is a good idea, the answer will be a resounding NO!! What were the engineers thinking, or more to the point, what were they smoking.

This week the alternator is identifying as an ac pump 😂

And no snapped coolant plastic parts 👍 nice video showing how they get with mileage ,thanks.

Wow can't believe that bolt came out with the vibro awesome win 👏😁

I had a 2019 Ford eco sport come in last week,turbo under boost fault.turbo failing,pulled out the vacuum pump and checked the filter.Full of cambelt rubber,69000 miles on it ! customer couldn’t afford the major repairs it needed,ie full wet belt change and new turbo ect.Its just madness the crap engineering nowadays!Will keep with my 20year old volvo!

Your videos on this were invaluable when i did this job on my daughters car, tough job with only jack stands on the drive, took about 3 days but got it done. The tip with the cardboard was a life saver!

Done my first wet belt on a transit at the start of the week and your trick of using an air chisel to loosen the big nut on the fan worked a treat baz saved any hassle

Another great video Baz Nice one 👍

i have the air hammer ,but that socket attachment looks good ,i have seen them advertised some time ago ,but not seen in use before.good video as always

An 8 year old Fiesta will be uneconomic to keep on the road when the wet belt is due.

Top content Baz, I’m a bit past self mechanics these days, but I find your videos captivating. Common sense approach, think before you act! I remember many a Sunday afternoon trying to fix my motors ready for work on Monday- then disaster struck!😳🙄😎

Hope one day my work buys the tool/books in a wet belt. Fancy a go at doing one after watching all your videos on them haha.

Great Video - I work for a Ford service dealer and we do a fair few of these “eco boom” wet belts - every single one presents a new challenge I’d love to know where to get one of those Pichler gun sets from, what an amazing tool Did a bit of googling but to no joy Any links / pointers would be an awesome help 😊

There's no wonder mechanics are leaving the trade, manufacturers are making the job a nightmare! It's as if they don't want to make automotive repairs easy for some reason, like they want cars off the road perhaps? 🤔

Wicked video Baz, got my wetbelt being replaced next month. Interesting to see what a job it is, I tip my hat kind sir 🎩

Keep it coming love a wet belt ha. Your right it's the same stuff but different issues to over come. Keep up the good work👍

Great work Baz, people dont realise that a simple bolt can cause such a pain in the 🫢. Love the new tool, reckon that will be used alot more. 🤙🤙

Thanks for making these videos Baz 👍 You honestly make the tasks look easy. Plus you don’t shy away from the camera. Great work. But have you ever worked on a Ford Mondeo mk4 2.2 tdci (Q4BA)? The EGR/Cooler in particular?

I repair vehicles (mechanical/electrical) but I also do loads of rust repairs - I have one customer who deals in Landcruisers, lots of 'em. He sends his rust issues to me. Lots of 'em, lol. Same vehicles, "same" issues with rust - however repair times can vary hugely depending on how far the grot has crept. 1cm further than usual can lead to absolute hours of extra work - which then leads to "How does it take so much longer/cost more than the last ones?" conversations.

Man, I am replacing the wet belt of my focus 1.0 now, and Jesus Christ what a job to do it! I would lile to get the Ford's engineering team to do it and tell them "look the sh*t all of ya did"

Hi Baz, there's also a mesh strainer in the "Oil Pressure Control Solenoid" that can block with wet belt debris. This solenoid is on rear of engine block beside plug where crank timing pin screws in. There's a Dayco training video on KZfaq "Garage Wire" Channel showing this Solenoid being removed to check and clean the mesh strainer.

Spot on and perfection as always Baz, do you renew the transmission oil as well ? Kind regards and take care 😃👍

Hello Mr Meredith, I really enjoy watching your videos of car repairs... I also have a Ford Focus with a 1.5 liter ecoboost with the well-known timing belt problem. From experience with my Mondeo mk3 tdci I can say that engine additives are very helpful. What do you think if I add additives to my Focus, would that damage the engine? I have always used the Motor Protect product from Liqui Moly on my Mondeo. I would really like to know your opinion... Thank you in advance for your feedback... Mechanics like you with the know-how are still very rare in Germany... Please keep going... Greetings from Germany

Enjoy watching these wet belt vids keep it up Baz absolutely smashing it lad 👍🏻🤝👌🏻🔥

I was watching this and laughing at how much you enjoy using the vibro gun, then my wife asked what on earth I was watching when she heard all the noise. When I said it's Baz's vibro gun she wasn't impressed and accused me of watching porn! 😂 Great job as usual, good to see a proper technician at work with pride in the job, trying to make it easier for others to do the job from hell.

The air con bolt is a common failure. Ford has known this for ten years and has made zero effort to fix the problem. I.E. anti seize, grease even custard may help.....

Smashing it baz 🤙🧡

Great job 👍

Love seeing your work Baz! Keep it up buddy! 🤙

Great job Baz. That vibration/impact tool you have is fab. Do you buy all your own tools or are they subsidised by the workshop?

Another great upload Baz!!!! You're the man!!!!!

Bez.. when u say ' little things like this "!! make me want to leave lol... 19 years in the trade.....😊

Piles joke made me lol, been watching too many of my videos with shite like that 😂😂

Very informative, thank you

What a stupid design, The cost of replacing that belt against a normal cambelt must be astronomical, excellent video 👍

Your apprentice is so lucky to be able to learn from. Super tech like yourself

Blimey that's alot of work it's must be 2k plus to do I have 2019 same engine it's coming up to 19,000 miles & changed the oil & filter myself 4 times now always putting quality castrol in ( recommended by ford) abit OTT I know but playing safe 😀 Anyone else doing similar 🤔. So much for German made engineering

This job just reminds me how easy transit wetbelts are

learning so much everytime you do one of these wet belts baz. 1 question tho, when you took the vacuum pump off to clean the filter does the engine have to be in the timmed position. i didnt clean mine when i did my belt and would like to now that ive seen this. thanks

Great video, Baz. Only one small comment, at 19:44 your voice is almost non-existent. Have you thought of getting a wireless lavaliere mic. They help your sound stay so much more consistent. Thanks for sharing.

Great videos, how did you remove the filter from the oil pump for cleaning as they looked pressed into the pump body?

What mileage would you recommend a wet belt change on a Ford transit eco blue engine I’ve heard of some of them snapping well before their 100,000 recommendation

Hope Joe public can see what we have to put up with😂

looking at the oilpickup, I hope that the engine is still ok....

Eactly the same issue the other day with an ecoboost sump. Aircon compressor bolts fully seized, ended up cutting them off and welding 17mm's to them off the vehicle. Worked well but not for the weak hearted.

Good content that mate like you said 👌🏽

Geez, and I thought the Vauxhall 1,6 CDTI was bad...

What sort of cost would it be for this work? Provided everything goes smoothly

Let's say you damaged the pick up ring on the crank pulley can you just buy a replacement from another engine n will it work

De-gas the A/C, you don’t have to, make things easier. Which translate to, can charge the customer for a re-gas too 😂

Right…. Now sell the bloody thing !

Did you remember to do the clip up on the house pipe. 😅

Have ever done a 1lt civic timing belt, if so, is it any more difficult than a Ford.

Was it designed for the belt to run in oil to save the belt from deteriorating🤔, its clearly a disaster if it was .

is this job worse then the astra 1.6 cdti engine chain job? This looks worse to me, i mean more effort and time consuming

What does that cost?

The engine designers need castrating for this wet belt idea! FFS.

Oh for a ford cvh timing belt so much easier

why is the crank bolt a friction torque and not a positive keyed item ???

Baz any tips for removing 2010 insignia oil filter my wife kills me every service my drive gets it cause of where it's positioned?

Bet you're glad to get to the end of jobs like this.

F..K!!! 😎

Self taught fixing cars or schooling

It's scary how the brake vacuum pump fills with the failling cam belt rubber particles a very serious accident ready to happen as in the state's, the worst ford engine design in 40 years,had a vauxhall van 150,000 miles 10 years old no corrosion,one clutch,sold for a bargain price to a transport firm as bought a ford ranger for my bee work & now wished I waited 3 year's for a Toyota as having the oil change every 7000 miles a because someone decided to put a rubber belt in the engine crank case 😂, someone please please bringing out a timing chain conversion for the belts cam,oil pump will never go back too a ford or European engine with the wet belts system again until they bin the design it's going backwards not forward on environmental issues to save using vital earth's resources.

why would you not try to free the air con bolt as easier on the bench 95000 way too long

You quoting more for when these cars get older ?

do you know how irritating it is every time you say arooney spoils a good video

I hate the concept of wet belt stupid design absolutely stupid what the hell are ford doing? Bring back 70’s fords