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auxilary belt tensioner
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:33 pm
by john170277
hi i have a 96 1.9 td with 150.000 the auxilary belt tensioner has failed twice in the space of a month wiping out the timing needing new timing belt @120 a time does anybody know if this is a common fault
Re: auxilary belt tensioner
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:13 pm
by mjb
If it failed within a month of being fitted it's likely whoever put it on messed up the tensioning. Either that or something's siezed...
Re: auxilary belt tensioner
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:21 pm
by steve_earwig
What goes wrong with the tensioner?