Mondeo 1.8 cambelt, or not.

[battered]

I have a 1.8 Mondeo, 2003. In the service book there is a record of a new belt at 51k, so it's due another. However I can't find one. It looks like a chain driven cam. On the drivers side of the engine there is a serpentine belt that goes round everything, PAS, alty, AC, you name it. But the cams are all within the oily bits and there's no room for cam pulleys that I can see. How can I confirm this? Have I been terminally dim or has someone pulled a fast one with the service book?

[andyiley]

There are plenty on the bay that is e, so you may need to look at it a bit closer.

[paintman]

Some discussion here which suggests 2003 should be a chain.
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t...
You could try ringing your local Ford dealer's parts dept with your reg/VIN number & see what comes up.

[Mr2Mike]

2003 should be the old Zetec E "blacktop" engine, which has a belt. The later Duratec engines used chains.

[over_the_hill]

The belt you can see is most likely the auxiliary belt and not the cam/timing belt (or chain if it turns out to be so)