>> Spooky! A very very similar tale.
>> I bought my 98 Mondeo 2.0 Ghia Mk 2 Jul 04 @83K, it had a
>> new belt fitted 3K before (at 80K as per older engines ?)
>> @ 111K and engine not happy so straight to my indie for TLC.
>> Diagnosed as cambelt but no damage done!
>> The plastic on the tensioner roller looked as if it had some of the suface
>> melted. When I handled it, the plastic skin fell off in two parts but the
>> bearing seemed fine.
You were VERY lucky by the sound of that....
Here's pictures of my pulley as removed from engine.....
s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/swiss-tony/
Also uploaded piccy of one piston ALL 4 were like this... look at lower part - valve impact damage.
Last edited by: swiss tony on Tue 20 Mar 12 at 21:02
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