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WHICH TIMING BELT TO REPLACE ?

Koschin Dejemy
Koschin Dejemy
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Hello everyone ,

I'm really , honestly puzzled by this very important issue on my Ford Focus 2005 Diesel TDCI timing belt design and fitting .

Now I cannot believe a famous car Manual such as Haynes , does not mention the inside 'wet belt' cassette type and shows how to replace ONLY the outside dry belt  ! 

Can anyone familiar with this issue please shed some light as I 'm about to pay an arm and a leg on garage labour + parts but still not knowing what's what's gonna be replaced ??? 

Would I be a wise savvy if I was to tackle it myself according to Haynes manual and just change the outside one and be confident enough to do another 75 k miles or so ??? Do these two belts have to be changed together ? Please Ford folks be clear and shed some light on this one for us . Thanks . 

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    I assume you have the 1.8tdci engine. If yours is 2005 model then you won't have the wet belt cassette type. Yours will be chain. 

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    30 minutes ago, Koschin Dejemy said:

    Hello everyone ,

    I'm really , honestly puzzled by this very important issue on my Ford Focus 2005 Diesel TDCI timing belt design and fitting .

    Now I cannot believe a famous car Manual such as Haynes , does not mention the inside 'wet belt' cassette type and shows how to replace ONLY the outside dry belt  ! 

    Can anyone familiar with this issue please shed some light as I 'm about to pay an arm and a leg on garage labour + parts but still not knowing what's what's gonna be replaced ??? 

    Would I be a wise savvy if I was to tackle it myself according to Haynes manual and just change the outside one and be confident enough to do another 75 k miles or so ??? Do these two belts have to be changed together ? Please Ford folks be clear and shed some light on this one for us . Thanks . 

    My advice....listen to @iantt

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