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There is a new craze out there with vehicle manufacturers. They have come up with a fresh idea, love it or hate it, it would appear it’s here to stay. It’s predominantly used by Ford with the Ecoboost, and the Peugeot PSA group that covers many Peugeot, Citroen, Renault and Vauxhalls. 

You may be wondering what this craze is! They have decided to encase the timing belt inside the engine like a timing chain and allowed this to run in engine oil. Good idea, bad idea? you decide. Why not leave us a comment with your thoughts and opinions. 


This does create one big problem though. The manufacturers thought the belt would last longer, but from my experiences it’s totally the opposite. One common fault is on the 1.2 puretech engine where just after 40k the engine like comes on. A quick diagnostic check normally shows an oil pressure fault. This is caused by the timing belt breaking down and clogging the oil strainer, blocking the oil from lubricating the engine. Crazy! Oh and an unexpected, expensive repair that requires the oil strainer to be cleaned and a replacement timing belt below the manufacturers recommended belt replacement guide. 





There’s much more to say about this and if you want to know more and how to do the job and what’s involved why not checkout this playlist I have created on wetbelt 



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