Fiesta zetec mk7

[tompemberton]

Hi I have a fiesta zetec 59 plate and wanted to know weather the engine in run by a chain or belt and when it should be changed thanks.

[Blueoval09]

Depends what type of engine it is, the 1.6 tdci has a belt driven inlet camshaft but the exhaust cam is driven by chain from the inlet, think the service interval is around 100,000 miles or 10 years

[tompemberton]

Hi thanks for the reply my engine is the 1.4 petrol zetec thanks.

[Blueoval09]

No problem mate, the petrol engine has a timing belt, haynes recommended changing it at 62500 miles but if you do a lot of short, stop/start journeys or spend a lot of time at idle i'd probably go no more than 50000, a few hundred quid for the belt change is far cheaper than a new engine