The timing belt broke, is the motor a zero clearance design? If so you are in deep financial shit.

The motor is a 2.0L dohc zetec engine, I use the same engine as the Ford Focus, a new belt and special tools are required since there are no timing marks I read here.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

A new timing belt is $31.99 plus 8.75% tax in Barstow CA, the shop deals with O'Reilly, I'll know more on Monday and so will the shop.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Well, there are two versions of the 2.0l Mazda/Ford DHOC engine, one is an interference engine, and the other not - I really hope you have the latter as a top end rebuild on any interference engine is far from cheap.
Even if it is the non-interference one many garages will at least do a "rotation test" to make certain no damage has occurred as it is not unheard of for things not to work as Mr.Ford or Mr.Mazda intended.
From memory doing a cam-belt on either engine is a three to four hour job as there are lots of bits to remove and replace on top of doing the belt and re-timing.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Well Rob Smith at this point that does not matter anymore, it turns out that My engine died on the freeway just after I hit a puddle cause of the rain We had on Saturday which knocked off the Serpentine belt and knocked off a part that let all the engine oil run out, the oil was all over the bottom of the car, so the engine is DOA. The labor would be at $90.00 an hour for less than 10 hours work I was told, possibly 5 hours, maybe 6 hours. You might say it was a slow death. The fork is in the engine, it's done.

There's this one for $249.98 Freight - Read the item description or contact the seller for details
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ENGINE-2-0L-VIN-3-8TH-DIGIT-DOHC-THRU-5-2-99-FITS-99-ESCORT-161184/153332327009?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

There's this one for $250.80 w/FREE shipping. With maybe 144000 miles on the engine or maybe the odometer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Engine-2-0L-VIN-3-8th-Digit-DOHC-Thru-5-2-99-Fits-99-ESCORT-143979/283272781532?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

There's this one for $268.20 w/FREE shipping. With maybe 19410 miles on the odometer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Engine-2-0L-VIN-3-8th-Digit-DOHC-From-5-3-99-Fits-99-ESCORT-672033/192326677884?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

There's this one for $300.00 Freight - Read the item description or contact the seller for details
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Engine-2-0L-VIN-3-8th-Digit-DOHC-Thru-5-2-99-Fits-99-ESCORT-53132/202269999328?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Well if you had a few less video cards you would have the money in the bank to pay for the work you need to be done.

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Those were paid for on Paypal credit, the minimum payment is not optional, so what you said is Bogus...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

And further more this was not expected, so Betreger, you don't know what you are talking about.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

If the engine is toast, the car is toast. You have to remember you still have the labour charges to install a used engine, plus the extras that will inevitably come along with it. Then you have a USED engine that 'might' be good, if not you might get your $250 back for the engine, but out everything else. If you don't have the means to do it yourself it get expensive fast.

You are likely better off selling the tires, put your fancy cat water bowl in in, rename you cat 'Mouser', and save on cat food.

Well Rob Smith at this point that does not matter anymore, it turns out that My engine died on the freeway just after I hit a puddle cause of the rain We had on Saturday which knocked off the Serpentine belt and knocked off a part that let all the engine oil run out, the oil was all over the bottom of the car, so the engine is DOA. The labor would be at $90.00 an hour for less than 10 hours work I was told, possibly 5 hours, maybe 6 hours. You might say it was a slow death. The fork is in the engine, it's done.

There's this one for $249.98 Freight - Read the item description or contact the seller for details
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ENGINE-2-0L-VIN-3-8TH-DIGIT-DOHC-THRU-5-2-99-FITS-99-ESCORT-161184/153332327009?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

There's this one for $250.80 w/FREE shipping. With maybe 144000 miles on the engine or maybe the odometer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Engine-2-0L-VIN-3-8th-Digit-DOHC-Thru-5-2-99-Fits-99-ESCORT-143979/283272781532?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

There's this one for $268.20 w/FREE shipping. With maybe 19410 miles on the odometer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Engine-2-0L-VIN-3-8th-Digit-DOHC-From-5-3-99-Fits-99-ESCORT-672033/192326677884?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

There's this one for $300.00 Freight - Read the item description or contact the seller for details
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Engine-2-0L-VIN-3-8th-Digit-DOHC-Thru-5-2-99-Fits-99-ESCORT-53132/202269999328?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

The one for $250.80 looks like My car, it's even a Sport model and I'm used to high mile vehicles, which is why I run Royal Purple 5w30 motor oil in it.
Mine was running so well too according to the mechanic, this was not something that could be anticipated I was told by 2 sources.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

What do I do by car?

1. Go see My relatives who are 81 miles(Crestline) and 100 miles(Pomona) away from where I live at, years ago they were much closer.
2. Get My USPS mail at the Post Office like everyone else in Yermo CA.
3. Buy food and supplies, dial a ride is exact change only(no debit/plastic or cash) and has a maximum of 4 bags per trip per person and meanders all over creation, Dial a ride is not a fixed route.
4. See the Doctor and have tests done, IEHP could get Me to this, but not to the ER or back home from the ER.
5. Take the trash to the trash bin.
6. Take 2.0L bottles in to be recycled.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Those were paid for on Paypal credit, the minimum payment is not optional, so what you said is Bogus...

If you had cash in the bank dealing with this would be much easier. Many posters told you that and you are in denial.
You have chosen Seti over survival!

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What about all those obsolete power guzzling GTX 580's and the water blocks for them that you bought Vic?

Do you still have them? And if not I bet you lost big time on them either way.

The same goes for that little car of yours, it wasn't designed for someone of your size to start with and that's a fact.

Horses for courses, but you keep wasting your $'s on crap.

Cheers.

Driving through a rain puddle should not unseat a serpentine belt, unless it was loose.
Was that belt worked on recently, and not tightened properly?

The puddle covered 1 lane, the belt has a tensioner(s) and is 1 inch wide, I did not do the work, I did pay $400.77 to replace the alternator and a new belt was added after the shop thought wrongly that the old belt would work, below 60mph the old belt held, at 60mph the old belt slipped.
A friend of Mine had this happen to Him in the "rain" here, here We have downpours, mere rain would be nice, but such is not always around.

@ Wiggo: The car has a GVWR and I and 2 other people do not exceed it. A manager here at one time approved of the car.
This is like the one on My car, My VIN is not the same of course, though the rest is, it could even haul you around.
The Ford Escort zx2 weighs 2478 lbs... 3375-2478=897lbs...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I see the same old disasters are still happening to you zoom. One crisis after another. You have been buying suspect crap parts online for your build for how many years now?
And I still see you don't have one running yet. ITS a hobby not and obsession to crunch SETI@Home. take care of your living costs first.
And the shop that did the work, Porked you big time. When in doubt replace a belt. Its a lot cheaper than when it goes.

But you will say we are just ignorant and don't know anything because you read something on the internet.

I will let you wallow in your own woe.

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Old James

The shop did replace the Belt at no charge since the $400.77 was for a NEW alternator, I've owned My car since around 2008 and it has been reliably maintained.

An Emergency fund would not replace a car.

FORD Escorts are known to be good cars in the US.

But then busybodies would and do criticize anything I do.

My next car could be like this one, also a Ford, a Focus sedan, this one is a 2007. Not everyone is rich, I was raised on Fords. I don't buy Toy cars.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Yep, 897lbs spread evenly across all 4 wheels Vic.

But as the rest have said, you take no advice and continue to spend $'s on stuff that you obviously don't need instead of saving it for the things that you do.

If you'd keep your silliness to this 1 thread then I wouldn't comment, but you spam many other threads with your continual woes and that's where a lot of us get really annoyed.

Cheers.

Vic, I am sorry that your car died on the freeway.
Other's have said it all about your financial miss-management over the years - I can't help thinking how much more cash (or even credit-limit on a card) would you have if you hadn't splashed it all on computer stuff over the last couple of years - remember if you paid for it on PayPal credit the money has to eventually come from your income......

Chis - the oil filter is mounted very close to the serpentine belt, so it is quite possible for a flailing belt to give that a smack on the way past, and so dump the oil.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Ppc is a small amount per month.

Not all was used for computer bits, nor most, otherwise I'd have a lot more, I didn't have more than three 580's, 2 are long gone.

If some want to believe that I had more and spent more, that's not My problem.

If I buy a psu, I might like some room as others elsewhere do, I have used a multi rail psu for years with no problems, sure it's big and when it was bought it was NEW and pricey.

Up until recently I had 4 psus that I bought, I had a 5th, but that came with an obsolete HP AMD system that was given to Me which cost Me nothing, it was going to be tossed out, so I tried to see if it was worth using, at least it got recycled properly instead of being thrown out illegally, the included 300w psu was not good enough for expansion and HP support would not allow a non HP part, plus the psu was slowly failing.

I'm not a computer newbie, so I don't feel I need to ask, unless it is something new to Me, then I might or I might do some research, like reading reviews, before the internet came about I read a lot of Byte Magazine and Computer Shopper reviews.

But then I've built My own since 1992, heck when I started I had a modded computer before the term even existed and no I did not do the work of adding a keyboard and extra memory to that 1st computer which was very new, though I waited until the warranty was up at least and this was before 1992, just like My paternal grandpa was into health food before that was a term and He lived until He was 82, He outlived 2 wives, 1st and 2nd, it was said He was as healthy as a horse.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

In your situation every cent counts - every cent you've paid in interest, every cent you've paid for computer stuff are all cents that you could have put by for events like those you have recently suffered.
I know you've had some unpleasant, unexpected, bills in the last couple of years, but I can tell you that the impact on your finances has been worsened by your profligate spending on computers - barely a month goes by without you claiming to have bought a few more bits, and yet we see no change in your computer farm.
In the quiet of your home sit down and add up all the money you've spent on computers in the last three years, all the PSUs you've bought, all the cases you have bought, all the motherboards, all the CPUs, all the GPUs, all the water cooling stuff, all the RAM, all the hard disks, all the cables. Now add up the money you've got from selling the bits that didn't fit your plans. Take the second figure from the first - and that's a rough indicator of how much better off you could be.....

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I have not spent as much as you or others think on computers.

Mismanagement? Is just BS...

Since I and others have the absolute right to use what I have as I see fit, I am not told I have to have approval, and is up to Me.

This is not the UK, nor do some other busybodies have the right to tell Me what to do, "sue Me" is the the phrase here. Fat lot of good that would do to sue Me or anyone in My position.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's