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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
Saw an MG4 today on the road, at $35K it's a decent priced option,
EVs are reaching pleb level affordability at the bottom end,
I understand why Ford went for a timing belt setup - to reduce NVH over a chain (or gears)
However, it's a diesel engine in a body on frame vehicle, if you're worried about a little bit of NVH that a timing chain brings, you're in the wrong class of vehicle.
I feel like I'd be happy to trade off more NVH in return for something more robust, its a commercial vehicle after-all.
My Fiesta ST just went in for its first timing belt replacement, that's 250,000km intervals on its replacement.
Its a normal belt though, not sure how this 'wet belt' idea supposed to give it a longer service life when they're shitting the bed at 130,000km-odd and people recommending replacement earlier than later, should have just stuck with a normal timing belt setup if they must, its worked fine for decades.
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Is that the reason they’ve given for using a belt? Seems like clutching at straws. Or a smoke screen for saving on costs at the expense of durability (once it’s out of warranty)…
We have those gloves at work, quite good and they work on touch screens, phones etc.
Although can only wear them for short periods in the heat otherwise my hands are sweating harder than Allan Jones loitering outside the under 17s rugby team changing room.
Wondering if premature change out of the belt would negate the need to remove sump and replace pick up, or at least defer to every second or third belt. Looks like quite a bit of extra work.