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The auxilliary belt on 2.0 Turbo Exec snapped. I need to know the routing of the belt and also any fitting tips like tensioning etc.

not sure if this link will work but here goes

hope it works

i had to guess on year air con power steering but i hope i got it right if not let me know


actually i wonder if it's woth going through all the engine types and putting this in the "KB" any thoughts if people think so then i'm on hols all week so have nothing much else to do after the kids go to bed until they're deff asleep (insert smutty emoticon here!!)

Aye that picture looks about right. The tensioner's automatic but on a VERY powerful spring.

Fitting will be something along these lines:
1. Go to the dealer and get yourself a bag of screws for holding the wheelarch lining on
2. Jack up the o/s front corner, support on an axle stand (no really - you'll probably pull it off a jack!) and take the wheel off. Best shoving the wheel under the car for safety.
3. Undo the many torx screws holding the wheelarch lining on, then lift the lining up off the clip it's attached to. Use a screwdriver for the clip if necessary, and expect the heads to all the screws to be completely corroded. Half tend to come out with a torx screwdriver, the rest need mole grips or similar
4. You can now see the tensioner. Clean the large dark coloured circular bit on it and give it a good blast of WD40 round there
5. Stick a 1/4" wrench straight in the square hole and rotate the whole unit anticlockwise. This may take some time and you'll want to use the biggest wrench/breaker bar you can - mine took about half hour to get moving with a 2 foot breaker bar.
6. When the tensioner is moving smoothly (albeit under great pressure) fill the small hole with the biggest allen key you have that'll fit in it. This should lock the tensioner in place. Beware of the allen key shearing though
7. Have fun trying to get the belt on The routing's quite obvious - it just has to be pushing against all the pulleys when tight.
8. Grab that breaker bar and take up the tension on the tensioner while you pull the allen key out
9. Fire the engine up and check it all looks good, then bung it all back together

I still haven't done mine yet Matt
I should get my arse in gear before it snaps!

The aux belt's a piece of cake - hey, *I* did it The cambelt otoh... air-powered impact wrench only

mjb wrote:The aux belt's a piece of cake - hey, *I* did it The cambelt otoh... air-powered impact wrench only

I'm hoping I'll be lucky and the cam belt was changed on schedule! I'll take a look over the weekend

Thanks for all your replies. Knackered after working today but will kick things off tomorrow.

Job done. The first 3/8" drive I used was to small for the task of moving the tensioner the full amount necessary. 3/8" to 1/2" converter was a better bet using a longer and sturdier wrench.

Nice one Alistair! Did the wheel arch liner come off ok or were all the screws rusted to buggery?

teamster1975 wrote:Nice one Alistair! Did the wheel arch liner come off ok or were all the screws rusted to buggery?

I had to get the mole grips on to one of the screws but in general all was okay.