Replacing the serpentine belt?

[Fatstang]

My girl has a 2000 Ford Focus SE sedan with the 2.0 Zetec DOHC (roar). She has 67k on it and it still has the original belt on it. What's the average life of a serpentine belt? It doesn't look bad at all, no tearing or glaze. How long should i expect it to last? Plus, how the hell do you change one on these 2.0's? I can't even see the tensioner :eek: Do i have to go from underneath the car and/or remove the wheel well skin to get access to it? Has anyone done one before on these cars? :dunno:

[Fatstang]

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[quietflow]

Steve as long as there are no cracks in the belt you should be fine. If you want I can look in a book at work and send yuo the belt diagram and that will show the tensioner location. Let me know

[Fatstang]

That would be cool if you can go ahead and do that for me Adam :beer:

[quietflow]

Ill see what I can do tomorrow:)

[dufkis]

here u go Steve

[dufkis]

Accessory Drive Belt — Vehicles with 2.0L Zetec-E Engine (314130)


Removal

1. Raise and support the vehicle. For additional information, refer to «Section 100-02».

µ 2. Remove the splash shield.

µ 3. Note:
For vehicles with 1.4L and 1.6L engines and equipped with air conditioning the tensioner rotates in a counterclockwise direction.

Remove the accessory drive belt.

1 Rotate the tensioner clockwise.

2 Remove the belt.

[BBATCO1]

It wouldn't hurt to put a timing belt on it either. I would change it every 60,000 if you are planning on keeping the car.....

[1slo5.0]

It wouldn't hurt to put a timing belt on it either. I would change it every 60,000 if you are planning on keeping the car.....


Yeah, what he said. Simple maintenance that will save you alot of money and head aches down the road.

[Kirk]

Steve,

Below is a link to a pdf out of the service manual cd.

download pdf file (http://home.earthlink.net/~kirktaylor/files/Zetec_Serp_Belt.pdf)

[Fatstang]

Sweet!, thanx Joel and Kirk for those instructions! They will definitely make things easier. I would like to change the timing belt, but that looks tough, plus how do i keep the cams from moving once the belt is off?

[Kirk]

Steve,

Below is a link to a pdf out of the service manual cd. For the timing belt.

download pdf file (http://home.earthlink.net/~kirktaylor/files/Zetec_Timing_Belt.pdf)

[Fatstang]

Ya da man Kirk, thank you! :beer:

[Kirk]

Let me know if you need anything else.

[dufkis]

Yeah Steve if you need I have all the Ford Service Manual CD's from 1996 to 2002 so if you ever need anything let me know.

[Fatstang]

Cool, i'll let ya know guys, thanx again!

[hemdog]

To change the timing belt you will need the crank stop and cam holding specials tools.