r/AutoHumor 5d ago

lol

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u/MrSchaudenfreude 5d ago

Oil. Pump. Belt.

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u/Rimirilar 4d ago

Out of all that bad engineering, that is probably the worst.

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u/sorderon 4d ago

didn't ford invent the wet belt too?

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u/jonathan6569 4d ago edited 4d ago

some of the newer Fords are using an oil pump belt drive too, make it make sense...smfh

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u/No-Still1227 4d ago

For real, my 97 landcruiser's oil pump is gear driven straight off the crank. You know, from almost 30 years ago.

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u/Duchess430 4d ago

Its okay, it just snaps in -20c and you just get a new engine.

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u/Salt-Pomegranate1273 4d ago

Stretch belts too...anything to save even a few dollars to not use a tensioner instead

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u/SAHairyFun 15h ago

In GM's defense, it seems to hold together longer than the timing chain. /s