Ford Zetec 2.0 liter timing belt replacement Part II HD 

as a real working mechanic, I'd say this is a better video than most others, done by real mechanics and videographer. Thank You for the help. Gordie

This set of videos helped me out in getting this Timing Belt job I was putting of for 8 months because I didn't want to give someone $600-$700.." you saved me money" thank you for posting these videos..

Amazing video. You saved me hundreds of dollars, as I followed your video step by step. Everything went smooth, runs like a dream. I can't thank you enough for posting this video!!

Thank you for this very informative video. My '98 zx2 died on my last night on the way to a christmas party. One of the pullys had shattered while doing down the road. After watching this, I'm now confident that I can have the repair done by this evening for the cost of parts, rather than the $600 that I was quoted.

On any belt driven engine, you should always turn the crankshaft over by two revolutions (720 crankshaft degrees) by hand and re-check your timing with the appropriate timing tools and check the tension on the tensioner pulley. few mistakes in this video, but this one was the most prominent.

thank you for a very detailed video, with specific comments and good photography. Best instructional video of its kind.

Great video I can't thank you enough. You saved me money and a lot of trouble/frustration. God blesses generous people like you.

EXCELLENT video! I used this video to replace the timing belt on my Focus. I had to borrow an impact wrench though, to remove the crankshaft pulley bolt and to put it back on. I couldn't figure out any other way to do it, without an impact wrench. I think that is what he did in this video too, although you can't see it, you can hear an impact wrench when the crankshaft bolt comes off. Also, I would recommend to anyone that you replace your water pump at the same time! Mine failed at 133k!

Amazing. Dude, having so much knowledge, you enabled me to be able to do this in half a day. Cant thank you enough!

Thank you for the in depth video....it helped explain a few of the pulleys that I didnt know about and the real-time procedure for taking it apart & putting back together...

Thank you for the detailed instructions. This series was very helpful.

Outstanding video tutorial! Same procedure(s) for my neighbor's 1998 CVT Zetec? I never would have imagined that sprocket setting/belt tension would be independent of cam alignment. I can not thank you enough! Tony Mamut

Thank you for this excellent instructional video, it's very much appreciated. And double thanks for including the fastener torque specs. Great job!

This is an extremely easy job guys! This video is very informative in every detailed way. I have to say this video is over and above what you normally see exposed to the general public. Great job! There are alot of contours in the area in which I live and due to experience with owning and selling a lot contours I get called for repairs. I charge $375 to do these and change all the components. Great DYI informing video!

thank you for sharing the knowledge,very detailed

Brilliant video! Amazing how fast the job goes when you have the proper tools.

Great to the point instruction, thanks a lot, makes my life a lot easier.

this is the best how to video I have ever seen thank you

Great job thanks for making this job a lot easier.

I just finished this job, and wanted to share something I think is important. If you loosen the cam gear bolts to help install and align the timing belt, you will have a hard time keeping the cam gears from moving when you go to torgue the cam gear bolts back down, seems although the cams themselves didn't move ( I had them wedged with locking pliers against the inside , outer wall of the head , and left the cam locking plate inserted although they say not to) the cam gear did move as I tightened the bolt, pulling the belt clockwise just enough to throw the crank off of TDC position ( I did not leave the TDC pin in as they said if it broke you were screwed) I remembered reading on a youtube post somewhere that a guy talked about using a piece of rubber hose ( gas line etc.) to wedge between the cam gears in the middle where they almost touch, then I torgued the cam gears down, and they did not move. I know this because I had painted a reference point on each gear in the middle where they almost touch to make sure they had not moved after I completed tightening the cam gear bolts, then after removing the cam locking bar and rotating the crank twice and stopping on #1 TDC, my painted on cam gear reference marks lined up, I put it back together and it fired right up, runs fine. PS , I think Ford is goofy for not putting timing marks and cam gear pins on this engine , I've changed a lot of timing belts on various engines over the years, and this one is the most difficult I have encountered , mostly because of no reference marks or cam gear pins, and , yes I did use the TDC locking pin and the cam shaft locking bar tools, still difficult because the cam gears wanted to move. If you can do this job without loosening the cam gears, thats what I would recommend.

Great Video clear and precise makes the job a lot easier to do now cheers

great video. I wish my local mechanic was so detailed oriented. Torque etc. I had my replaced and he could and didi not know about the alignment tools. Wanted to tackle this myself but there are too many steps for my level of expertise. Excellent video.

Thanks alot! It is SOOO helpful that you put these videos up!

Thank you for exallent step choices to show ,including torque aspects, clear narration at a speed any one paying attention and half qualified could follow and understand,plus the safety precautions! Most helpful.

Just did this on a VCT engine in a Mercury Mystique where the timing belt actualy broke. Thanks for the videos, they helped ALOT. Though I don't think I will ever do this job again. LOL

Thanks for a great video :) It helps a lot when people like you do tutorials like this.Have a great day :D

I know this was posted a while ago, but thank you so much for the video!

Thanks for sharing this video. It was very helpful. It's very informative and detailed. Thank you!

Thanks for the video.

Thanks a lot. Very helpful

Nice video,clean and professional, congratulations guys!!

They say use a $300 tool to keep cam gears from rotating. I used a piece of fuel line between them and it worked great. For some reason, it looks like you have more space than on my Focus. Great video! Thanks!

@GTXKen Thanks! The drive belt system is just about the same. The spring you may need goes on the tensioner. Some early models were not even equipped with them. On other, time weakens the spring so replacing is recommended.

Excellent clear video

Gonna be doing this to my focus zx3 hatch, I was kinda worried about it but this video helps a lot. Cool video!!

@MrRaiomCurst Thanks for leaving a comment! The PCM monitors the fuel pump monitor circuit from the fuel pump driver module. With the key on, the FPDM continuously sends a duty cycle signal to the PCM through the FPM circuit. The test fails if the PCM stops receiving the duty cycle signal. If your only reading 90 psi in compression, that is too low. Your timing could be off causing the hesitation. Since the engine runs better with the VCT disconnected, that confirms timing is off.

@Theteacherhhh Great to hear this video has helped! It has become a very popular video all over the world and it's great to have Mexico in my list of countries!

looks pretty easy, thanks 4 video.

@LarryLane07 Thank you so much for the great complement!

Great video. Thanks. A very telling tale.

quality video- i have one of these to do today..cant be bothered! send it to the workshop already!

I managed to get auxilliary belt on. Seems like a good method too. Got it on everything except water pump pulley.(pulley off already),could then get ONE 10mm bolt through water pump pulley and into flange. Was then able to lever against pulley (using bottom right corner of middle timing belt cover as fulcrum) until pulley moved over into position and then pulley could be tapped onto centre of flange.(bolts put in) Works a treat. Had aux belt off again 4 another reason and bak on again no probs.

thank you sir. I really appreciate it.

Anyway, had another go, started up straight away again. So I double checked a few things(again) and went for a little run. Not far before running SHITE and cutting out, Came home, wouldnt even tick over. Left it 4 days thinking I had to do some more work. Then remembered what it said in handbook about "if battery been disconnected".(it had,been off and on several times due to going flat cos it took me ages to get round to getting on with it). Anyway I started car up and just improved by itself.

@chacrawarrior Great to hear your brother up and running again. Great Job!!

Thank you. Will use this video as I do the deed.

Great vid....Thank you for doing this for us.

Thanks that was a very helpful video

@Spacecarboy Thanks for the great comment! Yes the procedure will be exactly the same on any Zetec model to currect date. It's great to help out as much as I can! Rusty

Thanks , awesome help.

Excellent Video! Well Done!

thanks!! from Argentina!

I missed the torque setting used on the timing belt tensioner pulley and, to how hold the intake cam when breaking the pulley loose. Only the exhaust cam seemed to have a place for a wrench. While tightening the cam sprockets I did notice a wrench in the background holding the exhaust cam (but no mention of it in the video) and nothing was showing how to hold the intake cam while tightening the cam pulley except the timing belt. This is a good "how to" video for general information for someone who is considering doing this at home but, too much information is left out for it to be used as your only instructional video for this job. I strongly suggest watching several other videos of this same procedure before attempting to do this at home. Good step by step instructions with all the 'why's" is very important here and, can save a lot of frustration.

@8power0 Great to hear!

This is a great time to do some of those "while you're in there" maintenance items. For instance, water pump, drive belt tensioner and idler pulleys, and maybe even your alternator.

Excellent!

Very helpful Thanks!

my brother in law send you thank, your video help him a lot he had problems with the tensor (i sorry but i dont know the englishs mechanic terms) but the video help him

The ECU had to "re learn" stuff,(which it did) and then car ran great. When I first had problem I never thought that I could tackle it, looked so daunting, now I am glad that I did. By the way, the problem turned out to be the timing belt tensioner pulley. The black plastic? stuff at the outer part of the pulley about a third of that had broken off. I suppose I could have just bunged in a new tensioner pulley, saved a load of hassle. But did full job, wanted to do whats right.

@StevenGaming If you remove the spark plugs, then you can rotate the crankshaft. Cylinder 1 is the closest to the timing belt. Install a long straight wooden dowel into cyl 1 plug hole. Rotate the crankshaft until the dowel stops the upward travel. This will be TDC for cyl 1. Install your special tools and then you can remove an idler pulley to remove the belt.

First class video

xcelt vid! About to do this for someone else on the same exact car - seemed almost in 'real' time - I told her it will take about 18 minutes to do the whole job! Wait... I am going to change the water pump and the thermostat... Make it four hours, eighteen minutes

Excelente, parabens!

Good Job thanks you

omg ........... Ive been heavily dreading doing the timing belt all day long, Im so stressed cuz its such a huge delicate complex job and long ......... I wasnt considering the dang serpentine belt, omfg. wow. even watching this voideo with all the work cut out & only a breif glimpse, even with that its ahell of alot of work.!!! and THATS with proper tools & know how.

@yardtechbrando With compression reading the same and low on all cylinders, I would say yes, the timing belt is where I would test first!

away go good job.

What wrench size did you use to hold the camshafts for cam sprocket torqueing ?

Great video you are a real pro. To bad you are not located in the Toronto area you would have gained a customer. Very difficult to find real pros to work on cars these days.

Thanks

@Liamautomechanic Excellent, I look forward to viewing it!

@jbondojbondo Your welcome, glad to help out! I appreciate your comment!

@bestclarkesspot Thanks again!

You are awsome..

@madisonelectronic Thanks for the great comment. My customers do watch and thats why they see me!

great video!! I like ford diesel engines,because are verry reliable!!

You want to turn the bolt clockwise so the tensioner pulley raises up and back towards the firewall, so you're going the right direction. On the 2.0 I just did, I had to put the belt on everything except the top idler pulley. I had to move the tensioner pully as far as it would go and had someone push down on the belt so it went under the idler pulley. Even then it was a bit of a struggle for them to push it on

Great video. Would help if you explained how the use of the timing pin and plate are used to set the correct timing alignment.

Wonderfull

@Spacecarboy I have seen others use the starter to crank the engine with a breaker bar to loosen the crank bolt. If you dont have an impact, that may work. Just so you know, I have also seen this done and cause a starter to break.

@pl747 I use a wrench to hold the camshaft with tightening the cam gear to camshaft. At 3:13, you can see the wrench on the intake cam through the cam gear window. At 3:26. you can see the wrench on the exhaust cam. You are right, I didn't show removing the tools, I only stated to remove them.

you are a fast mechanic i wish i had half your speed . thanks very much for your very informative video . where do you live maybe you can do a video while fixing my car . lol thanks you are very good .

It'a an automatic. I only have jack stands. I have drenched the damper bolt with ATF to soak in where rusted. I saw in two places on RU-vid where I can take a take a well placed and secured breaker bar wedged and use the starters force to break it free (?).

All good.

This has saved my ZX2 from the junkyard. I was worried it would be like the belt on a Neon.

@hondaslave Yes you do have to use special tools for alignment, but its a easy repair that can be done in just a couple of hours!

Informative video,well displayed and clear explanation.However would somebody shout the dog up?,lol.

good vid. im doing a ford focus 1.6 z tec tomorrow i will post it on my channell.

@81avila Your very welcome!

@1212papo Sorry to say this, but is coolant is leaking at the seam between the head and block, the head gasket is leaking. There are cooling jackets between the outside and the cylinder and that would be where its from. If the coolant is leaking from the tensioner bolt hole its self, the bolt at one time may have been inserted and bottomed out to possibly crack into that cooling jacket.

Think u. D r sir.

@aleksandarapo Thank you for the great comment!

@houfert On the Intake camshaft, it uses a Torx T45 and on the Exhaust cam gear cover is a T55. The inner cam bolt, is a female Torx, sorry I don't remember the size.

@srmastertech Well thank you so much! I feel much more confident in fixing this! I am subcribed now as well and will be watching for more useful techniques by a pro!

@TheDesperado08 I believe it is a 1 inch

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING!! I have a 2002 focus ZTS with the same engine and it is not running. I was driving down the highway on a super cold NW Iowa morning last winter and it would jerk a little but kept running until it jerked a few more times and died. After determining it wasn't the fuel pump and checking for spark (it had spark) I compression tested it. It had even 50 psi on all cylinders so i figured it must have sheered a couple cogs off the belt. Sound like a safe guess?

Excellent video! I have a question for you, i have always been told the rule of thumb is the belt should be able to be pushed in 1/2" at proper tension, now should you be able to move the belt on the cam gears a little bit or should I replace it? thanks

It took less than half an hour in these two videos to change the timing belt but Ford garage charges 4 hrs labor cost (almost £400) for changing the timing belt

Great video thanks! I'm doing the belt on a 96 Contour next weekend and this will be a great help. Timing covers look different but I'm assuming it is very similar. Is there a spring that should be replaced also? I'm also going to fabricate my own tool.

great video. would it be safer to have top locking tool in and crank locking pin in while taking belt of and putting new belt on.