FORD KA 2004 1.3 TIMING CHAIN OR BELT?

FORD KA 2004 1.3 TIMING CHAIN OR BELT?

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ANDY111990

Original Poster:

3 posts

78 months

Monday 14th May 2018
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Hi I'm Anthony and I'm writing
becouse I don't know if my car has a timing chain or belt, now has 59.000 miles, I need to change it? I've got a bad experience with my previously car becouse I broke the timing chain and I scrap the car becouse the damage was too expensive to fixed.
Thanks you so much for your help if you can.
Anthony

Zetec-S

6,258 posts

100 months

Tuesday 15th May 2018
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The 1.3 was chain driven.

ANDY111990

Original Poster:

3 posts

78 months

Tuesday 15th May 2018
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So this car doesn't have a timing belt issue? Are you saying that it's ok for the future and doesn't need replacing right?

Zetec-S

6,258 posts

100 months

Tuesday 15th May 2018
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The timing chain shouldn't (ever) need replacing, but I think the auxiliary drive belt should be done every 10 years/150k miles.

zedx19

2,896 posts

147 months

Tuesday 15th May 2018
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Even if it was belt driven, it'd probably cost more to change it then the cars worth. Just drive it and if it breaks, scrap it.