Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4405
Belt tensioner
Thought I could hear a new noise. Like a failing bearing, engine speed related. I kept imagining it was the gearbox input shaft bearing, but I decided to start looking somewhere easier. Took the front end drive belt off to check the alternator, water pump and tensioner/idlers, and guess what I found!
Tensioner failing and the pulley rubbing the alternator bracket.
See the gap forming between the tensioner and its base
New tensioner, idlers and belt on their way!Richard
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26th Mar 2023 1:04 pm
loanrangie
Member Since: 18 Jun 2017
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 606
Lucky escape, would have been nasty hurtling down the motorway and it letting go.
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