# Another oil question

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/another-oil-question/194169>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 14, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/another-oil-question/194169 "2024-01-14T21:24:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/another-oil-question/194169/7 "2024-01-14T21:39:48Z")

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> [@keith](#):
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> Can you explain this “rubber timing belt in oil”?

The topic of this recent thread.

> [@Timing Belt in Oil?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-in-oil/194119):
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> Do any USA cars use a timing belt in oil design? Similar configuration to to how a timing chain is inside an oil containing cover, but using a timing belt rather than a chain? I saw reference to that configuration for a Euro 2007 Ford Focus diesel engine, so was just curious if that’s used in the USA too? Or maybe I’m not understand the terminology?

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