Ford Mondeo 2 ltr Turbo Diesel - Armitage Shanks {p}
My daughter has an ancient but trusty Mondeo estate car; it has a service history and the cam belt was changed at 90K miles. It has started running a bit roughly, particularly on the overrun when engine braking. It has gone into a local workshop where they have changed the injectors with no great improvement resulting. They are now saying that "The cam belt is out by 180 degs"; I don't know much but I can see that slipping one tooth could cause problems but it couldn't have slipped 180 degs and it could not have been installed wrong 15,000 miles ago or the car wouldn't have run at all, or would it? Comments most welcome
Ford Mondeo 2 ltr Turbo Diesel - JohnM{P}
"The cam belt is out by 180 degs"
If they mean that the cam is 180 out, ie upside down, then the valves will be open when they should be shut and vice versa. Obviously not the case.
If they mean that the crankshaft timing is 180 out, ie 1/4 of the 2 rotation cycle, I would have thought that it would have struggled to run at all. (Diesel engine re-assemblers please correct me if I'm wrong!)