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Yet another mk3 timing belt thread

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On 11/17/2022 at 2:22 PM, morton61 said:

Northwest Engines in Rochdale are an ecoboost specialist and charge £750 all in for cambelt/tensioner, oil pump belt, new oil pump, new water pump new oil and filter

 

Many thanks for this, I'm looking to get this job sorted on mine in the spring, will be contacting them next week for more information. 👍

Mine's a 2014 model with 63.5K miles on the clock so reckon this is a priority job for this year, even though it runs great.

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      It genuinely does last the life of the engine !! Once it fails the engine is 100% dead, so you can't say it didn't last 🤣

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      If anyone else is looking to get this done I ended up using North West Engines, Ford wanted 2k for what they did for "just" 800: Both wet belts Water pump Oil Filters

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      Yeah, always used the right oil and had it serviced to schedule (I've had it 8 years, the first two years were serviced by Ford).  As I say, I had a chat with the mechanic when I picked it up, he said

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    23 hours ago, unofix said:

    It genuinely does last the life of the engine !! Once it fails the engine is 100% dead, so you can't say it didn't last

    To be fair that's true of any cambelt (in an interference engine) although I suppose there's more chance of repairing a non-ecoboost. :smile:

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