Hi, my daughter bought a 2000 fabia 1.4 MPI a few weeks ago. When she bought it the drivebelt was stripping. The garage replaced it but 3 weeks later it's stated to strip again and we've been told the water pump has gone as there's water dripping. What i'd like to know is does this model have a belt or chain, and can we just change the water pump. Hope someone can help.

Chain on the 8v's belt on the 16v's

Oh, ignore that - I thought you meant for the cam chain/belt. For the bit you refer to I'm not 100%, but it was a belt on my 1.4 16v, but no idea for the 8v.

Edited 29 March, 201016 yr by TriggerFish

You can just change the pump as its outside of the engine casing, engine runs a cam chain