Ford wet belt - @iantt interval is 125k miles? 

98k on this one lol. 

 

Ouch!! 

whats that on? 1.8tdci?

4 minutes ago, iantt said:

whats that on? 1.8tdci?

Yep

thats not good!!

hope the wet belt on mine lasts longer than that!

I've heard varying comments on them. Most saying around 80-100k although some have been really early failures. 

Biggest cause for failure is being blamed on wrong spec oils being used? Any truth in that? 

Not sure on that , but ford did say the use of engine oil flushing agents attack the coating on the belt.

4 minutes ago, iantt said:

Not sure on that , but ford did say the use of engine oil flushing agents attack the coating on the belt.

That's a fair point! Something I'm not a fan of is flushing agents. 

That's the trouble when buying a second hand car with a wet belt. No idea on previous useage of engine flush. I was fortunate with my car , ex Hertz rental car and no way they would spend extra on that.

3 minutes ago, iantt said:

That's the trouble when buying a second hand car with a wet belt. No idea on previous useage of engine flush. I was fortunate with my car , ex Hertz rental car and no way they would spend extra on that.

Haha yes very true! 

I'll just stick to my good old tried N tested chain I think. 

Speaking of chains, I've got a corsa C 1.4 chain and valve stem seals to do next week.

You do a lot of car repairs! At home?

8 hours ago, iantt said:

You do a lot of car repairs! At home?

Mostly. The corsa is getting done at someone's unit. I like to keep busy, I hate sitting in the house lol.

Sounds like you do more at home than I do at work.!! Ha ha

4 hours ago, stef123 said:

Mostly. The corsa is getting done at someone's unit. I like to keep busy, I hate sitting in the house lol.

I'll bear that in mind if I'm ever in Fife...

I've never done cars at home except for the odd job of family's cars. Even Then I used to take them to work on a sat and fix them in afternoon .
Working on cars/vans all day is enough for me.

I need the clutch doing on my focus this year, do you do collection and delivery service.?

Haha, don't get me wrong I would get fed up of looking at them every day too. 

I guess another reason for guys like yourself would be 2 sets of tools or continually having to take stuff back n forward to work. I keep various tools in various locations but some of my bigger stuff such as engine crane etc is kept in a lockup in a local town. I had forgot to lift my hydraulic Spring compressor to do a front Spring on a mk3 mondeo the other day.. Damn. But I have got a heavy duty type one you wind up with the impact gun which is the same setup with 2 yokes. Because of where the sprig had snapped I couldn't get it in the bit I wanted so had to compress on the next coil. Unfortunately that wasn't enough to completely release the pressure on the top mount  stuff it in going for it anyway, well I did, it ripped the impact gun out my hand and threw it 3ft away and the Spring went about 20ft taking out the coffee cup on its travels  now i can seriously advise that no forum member attempts this but I'd do it again if I had to lol. 

Just bought myself a new toolbox for at home. Could probably fit a mattress in the top of it. Tyre machine next? Need motorbike wheel adaptors too.

Well if your paying the costs of transport I'm sure it could be arranged  

cost you Jamie lol. 

5 minutes ago, stef123 said:

Haha, don't get me wrong I would get fed up of looking at them every day too. 

Just bought myself a new toolbox for at home. Could probably fit a mattress in the top of it. Tyre machine next? Need motorbike wheel adaptors too.

Well if your paying the costs of transport I'm sure it could be arranged  

cost you Jamie lol. 

Haha, well the 405's timing belt is due replacement in a couple of years and I think I'd trust you more than the local garages!! 

The best solution would be to learn to do it myself but thanks to my anxiety there's no way I would tackle something as serious as that on my own...

4 minutes ago, jmurray01 said:

Haha, well the 405's timing belt is due replacement in a couple of years and I think I'd trust you more than the local garages!! 

The best solution would be to learn to do it myself but thanks to my anxiety there's no way I would tackle something as serious as that on my own...

I'm a bit far for that though Jamie? lol.

Never get yourself down on your own skills, let's be honest, no man was born a mechanic right? Most jobs to a lot of folk now are let down by not having the tools - so many jobs need special tools. 

6 minutes ago, stef123 said:

I'm a bit far for that though Jamie? lol.

Never get yourself down on your own skills, let's be honest, no man was born a mechanic right? Most jobs to a lot of folk now are let down by not having the tools - so many jobs need special tools. 

That's true.  I managed to replace the glow plugs (well, 3 out of 4!) easily enough, but the job was made a lot harder by the fact I only had basic tools and wasn't confident stripping more parts off than necessary. 

Once we get moved to a house with off-road parking I may invest in some better tools and see if I can attempt it!!