[Vwdiesel] Dayco timming belts

[Tad]

I don't know about Fords but I would assume that OEM would be the only game
in town for that kind of part.

One could always import a european diesel from a Focus and swap it in if one
was motivated enough. :)

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:58 AM, William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net>wrote:

> This a good question. I don't want the cheapest timming belt but the best,
> since failure can be quite costly. Fortunately, I have not learned this the
> hard way. On my Ford Focus, the idler pulley, not the timming belt is the
> weak point. I got curious when a few years ago, I saw a Focus for sale with
> the notation "new engine" so I called her & it seems the local Ford dealer
> replaced her timming belt but did not replace the idler pulley which seized
> 7,000 miles after her TB was replaced. So lets expand the question to what
> is the best quality idler  or tension pulley to buy? The VW diesel seems to
> have the same TB layout as the Focus, which is also an interference engine.
> At 139,000 my Focus has been the most reliable car I have ever owned, & I am
> 77 years old. However, its fuel economy STINKS, about a26 MPG average.
> Hence, my interest in VW & other diesels.
> Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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