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I found how to time my 2000 ford escort 2.0 in the Haynes Manual 1991 thru 2000 set the timming mark on the crank you shoud be TDC then on the back of your cams I used a file to put the file in both noutches and then put your belt on both of the cam gears and your timed  

Will you send me the procedures for setting the camshafts on a ZX2?

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Jim  

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this is a long shot but i would like you to email me full procedure to time the 2.0 zx2 1998 to radabaughjason@yahoo.com thank you  

hey after you get them will you send them to me im working on a 1998 zx2 it turns over but wont start my timming belt looks lose and none of the timming marks that are on the cams line up is that what yours are doing  

i have a haynes manual what page did you see how to time the zx2  

I am trying to set the time on a 99 Ford Escort ZX2 could you send me the illustrations on how to do this as I have tried everything farrken43@yahoo.com  

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We was just browsing the net for the best way to set the timing on my moms ford escort zx2 with the 2.0 motor its a 2000 model car and the people weve talked to say it can be a little difficult. Well it looks like you know the best way if u could e-mail me the specs to collier443@comcast.net  

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i need the same thing please if anyone can send the full procedure i would greatly appreciate it griffislgg@gmail.com need to know how to align the camshafts and crank for 99 zx2  

This seems related to this thread - Administrator, please move if better elsewhere:

My wife's car is a 1998 Escort ZX2, 5-speed manual, 111k miles. Regularly gets a solid 35-38mpg, uses virtually no oil - I mention all this because it suggests to me that I'm not dealing with a badly worn engine. When I last drove it - couple of months ago - has lots of power, idles dead smooth, and sounded generally healthy.
Last week, during the Hurricane, she was running out to the grocery store and it just lost power and died.  After letting it sit overnight, I gave it a try, and it turned over fine, but made absolutely no attempt to catch. We had it towed to our regular mechanic, and he had us replace the fuel pump.  

The car still will not start.  We replaced all of the spark plugs, and my mechanic ran a compression test and reports that two (non adjacent) cylinders were so low he couldn't even get a reading. (Engine is cold at this point.)

Now, I've driven all kinds of old heaps, but I've never seen an engine suddenly fail like that with no other symptoms. Clearly, it isn't a matter of worn rings. Could the rings on two pistons have suddenly failed catastrophically? With no other indications. Not seeing any coolant on the plugs, or any other signs of a head gasket problem, and again, my experiences suggests that if that were the problem, it would TRY to start, maybe run poorly, maybe stall, but not totally dead.

At this point, I'm wondering if I replaced a fuel pump for nothing, but that's moot at this point. I HAVE seen with my own eyes that we're getting fuel at some kind of relief valve - passenger side close to firewall. He SAYS there is spark, but I haven't confirmed that myself.

OK, at this point, he's telling me he believes it the Variable Camshaft Timing Oil Control Solenoid - $300+ part, plus installation . . . but everything I'm reading says that if that were to fail, the car might run poorly, but should at least start. Hell, if I'm just going to start replacing parts at random, I can do THAT myself!
I confirmed that there's power going TO that solenoid, in any case.

My gut feel is that jumped timing is the most likely culprit, although the timing belt looks to be in fairly good shape.

I suggested that he check, and he tells me that it requires a "special tool" that he does not have.

So, my questions are:

1. Is it possible that there's no way to confirm the valve timing the old fashioned way - i.e. just confirming TDC with an indicator or even just a long dowel? He says "well, you won't know if it's the top of a power stroke or an exhaust stroke," but (and it's been a lot of years since I last messed with this kind of thing), it will be one OR the other, and if one way doesn't line up, I'll turn it around 180-degrees, and see if THAT looks kosher. If NEITHER of them line up, and then the timing is off, right?

2. Would jumped timing cause the vehicle to be this totally dead?

This mechanic is a friend, and I'm trying to do this without insulting him, but I really need to get this resolved in some more efficacious manner than simply replacing the entire car, part by part, until it runs.

Thanks

Joe  

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there are a few things...

when the EGR plugs on some of these motors.. the pistons can be damaged.... this usually happens on the single over head cam versions..

the tool to lock the cams in position is under 30 bucks...  the pin for the crank is a few bucks more...

i don't have the specific thickness to give you for the piece of bar stock to fit into the notches in the rear end of the cams to verify alignment..


OTC 6486 Cam Tool Service Set FOR Ford 2.0L Ztec Engines

 

there are no timing marks on the face of the cam sprockets...   you will need to remove the valve cover and see if the slots line up properly...  with the crank pulley mark at TDC


just google ford zetec cam tools..  and hit the shopping link.. or google the OTC part number above..