2.7 Oil pump belt

[TourGuide]

I love my 2.7 for what it is and how much fun I get out of it.  The more I learn about the oil pump belt in these engines the more concerned I get.  I am putting a link here to a teardown video of another Ford engine - the 3 cyl. 1.5 with the same style belt at 70k.  

 

Teardown video.

 

 

The condition of this belt, at that mileage is - well - verification of the problem I think.

 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by TourGuide

[1004ron]

What Model/Year do you have? - Please add that to your profile signature - https://www.fordedgeforum.com/settings/signature/

 

Can you confirm that the 2.7L V6 in the Ford Edge has a belt driven oil pump.

[1004ron]

A little research confirms that the 2019 ST and onwards use the belt driven oil pump.

https://ford.oempartsonline.com/oem-parts/ford-engine-timing-belt-jt4z6b651a?c=Zz1lbmdpbmUmcz1vaWwtcHVtcCZsPTgzJm49QXNzZW1ibGllcyBQYWdlJmE9Zm9yZCZvPWVkZ2UmeT0yMDE5JnQ9c3QmZT0yLTdsLXY2LWdhcw%3D%3D

 

Do we have any idea on how these are holding up? - haven't heard of any reports on this forum, but that could be that there would be very few at 100K miles or more.

 

 

[TourGuide]

The only way to get a visual on this belt is to drop the oil pan, or disassemble the entire front of the engine. 

 

This video IS an example of an engine that had maintenance neglected - the concern is clearly the mileage of this engine.  I look at this video and think - crap - MY engine has 80k on the clock.  I was planning to go to 100k before doing a timing set and replace this belt then.  

[1004ron]

What's behind your thoughts of changing the timing chain around 100K?

 

I've got 117,000 miles on my 2016 2.7L and don't have plans to change the timing chain, but might reconsider that depending on what I hear back from you.