Headcam

Today, I called O'Reilly call and ask if they had a belt for my truck, I told them my truck is a 1998 4WD Explorer XLT Ford He is a 6 cylinders. But the guy asked me if it was a single or double Headcam? I do not know what it is, can you help me with that? Can you explain

What is Headcam in a Ford Explorer XLT?

I had 3 Ford Explorers, an XLT 1998 4 door automatic 6 cyl, 4x2, I had the doors February 1, 1998 Manual 4x2 6 cyl, then I had manual doors February 1, 2000 4x4 6 cyl. and I had too change the belt in both the 1998 ...... Your Explorer XLT has dual headcam, this means that when you need to change the belt, you have two of them, so you need two belts for the other model of the door to two he one band, the 1998 model XLT always have problems with the belt, at aprox 80.000 to 130.000 kms. they begin to have problems sometimes after changing the belt, it will last only 40,000 kms. the single band model does not exhibit the problem so often is a better template. at least for me it was ... I had the 2000 model, 200,000 kms and he never changed the belt.

The belts are also called time belts, belts that are moving the camshaft that opens and closes the valves that supply fuel and issued esca pistons so with time and use, belts become little bigger and starts to happend disorders, sometimes they can break and make a mess inside the car

you should be able to look up the engine, the valve cover and read. if she says DOHC, so it's a double cam on the head, but if not, it is a single camera over his head. If there is no printing, you can look at the emissions sticker under the hood, that should give you information but you have to read about it. or you can watch the oil filter it yourself, if it is almost as tall as wide, then it twice, so it is about twice as high as wide, then it is one of the head. If all else fails write the thirteen figures for the wine and go talk to this guy and show him that same information. I think the eighth digit represents the type of engine.