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How to Install a Timing Belt for a 2000 Ford Focus

The Ford Focus is a compact car that Ford began manufacturing for the 2000 model year in North America. The engine for a Ford Focus made before 2005 is a four-cylinder 2.0-liter engine with a double overhead camshaft. This type of engine uses a timing belt instead of a timing chain, and requires you to replace the timing belt at regular intervals. The timing belt for a 2000 Ford Focus allows the crankshaft to turn the camshaft.

Instructions

1

Remove the cable from the negative battery terminal with a socket wrench to prevent you from inadvertently starting the engine. Disconnect the accessory drive belt and its tensioner. Remove the cover for the timing belt.

2

Loosen the lug nuts for the right front wheel with a lug wrench. Raise the vehicle and support it on jack stands. Remove the right front wheel and the right splash shield with a socket wrench. Disconnect the pulley for the crankshaft.

3

Turn the timing belt clockwise so that the timing marks on the camshaft and crankshaft sprockets align with their respective marks on the engine.

4

Loosen the bolt for the timing belt tensioner with a socket wrench. Turn the tensioner 1/4 turn counterclockwise with an 8mm Allen wrench. Place a 1/8 in. drill bit into the hole of the timing belt tensioner to hold the tensioner in place. Remove the timing belt from the camshaft sprocket and crankshaft sprocket.

5

Place the new timing belt on the crankshaft. Complete the timing belt installation by proceeding in a counterclockwise direction. Remove the drill bit from the timing belt tensioner hole to release the tensioner.

6

Turn the crankshaft clockwise by two complete turns to align the timing marks once again. Tighten the bolt for the timing belt tensioner to between 15 and 22 pounds with a torque wrench.

7

Connect the crankshaft pulley and tighten its mounting bolt to between 81 and 96 ft. lbs. with a torque wrench. Connect the right splash shield and right front wheel with a socket wrench.

8

Lower the vehicle and tighten the lug nuts with a lug wrench. Install the accessory drive belt and its tensioner with a socket wrench. Attach the cable to the negative battery terminal.

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