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[faulksy]

how do you remove the aux belt tensioner on the 1,9 td

[Rich306]

Take off the drivers side front wheel and you should see the block behind a plastic covering.

You will find a strut with a wheel on it pressing onto the AUXILIARY belt, there will be an Allen key fitment which you undo to remove the tension.

And that's as far as i will go, i have no idea what else to do from memory without seeing it in person lol. hopefully the rest of the guys can put more emphasise on this subject!

[faulksy]

Rich306, on 10 January 2012 - 05:56 PM, said:

Take off the drivers side front wheel and you should see the block behind a plastic covering.

You will find a strut with a wheel on it pressing onto the AUXILIARY belt, there will be an Allen key fitment which you undo to remove the tension.

And that's as far as i will go, i have no idea what else to do from memory without seeing it in person lol. hopefully the rest of the guys can put more emphasise on this subject!

thanks rick as always a good start though. when you say strut do you mean the one with the exposed spring by the injector pumo ?

[bholten]

if yours is a manual one then thats pretty much it to be honest ^^
there are there are three allen bolts
one inside the pulley wheel you can see it if you remove the road wheel and get you head in there after removing th arch liner
one below the pulley wheel
and the one on the very bottom which adjusts the tension of the belt
.you have to undo the bottom bolt once the bolts above it are slackened off to tension the belt
tighten the top two up once you happy with the tightness of the belt and your away

Edited by bholten, 10 January 2012 - 06:39 PM.

[faulksy]

thanks bholten, i think this tensioner is squealing a bit if it is this type. thanks again

[Andrew Whyman]

Squealing as in belt squealing? If so then the belt is too loose. You should be able to twist the belt with your fingers no more than 90 degrees when it's tight enough (so from flat to at an angle). I would get it as close to that as possible.

[Rich306]

But if it's the tensioner, it's possible that it's getting old and needs replacing.

[faulksy]

no the belt isnt squealing its the bearing, phoned my local car parts supplyer and they said there is 3 different types what a nightmare. how can i tell which one it is the haynes manual doesnt show pics very good either.

[Rich306]

Well hopefully as soon as i get my windows machine running again tonight, i shall be having a look on Autodata. Should be able to find a part number providing you tell me the Year of your Turbo diesel.

[Ricky]

Some are like this: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item5d31c879bf

Others have something like this (including mine, 97 dturbo with air con, the small one in the middle):
http://i351.photobuc...98_103381_n.jpg

If your's is the top one, I have this kit (http://i351.photobuc...5_3650599_n.jpg) lying around that you can have for £30 posted.

[faulksy]

Ricky, on 11 January 2012 - 10:39 PM, said:

Some are like this: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item5d31c879bf

Others have something like this (including mine, 97 dturbo with air con, the small one in the middle):
http://i351.photobuc...98_103381_n.jpg

If your's is the top one, I have this kit (http://i351.photobuc...5_3650599_n.jpg) lying around that you can have for £30 posted.

need to have a look properly yes its got air con sounds good the one for £30

Rich306, on 11 January 2012 - 09:37 PM, said:

Well hopefully as soon as i get my windows machine running again tonight, i shall be having a look on Autodata. Should be able to find a part number providing you tell me the Year of your Turbo diesel.

thanks rich car is a "r" reg 1997, dont no if this helps but under diesel pump there is a long spring like a mini shock absorber

[Rich306]

Hmm, couldn't find anything on Autodata, sorry i couldn't help

[faulksy]

Rich306, on 12 January 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:

Hmm, couldn't find anything on Autodata, sorry i couldn't help

ok rich no problem thanks for looking though

[faulksy]

• bought and fitted aux belt kit cost me £140 that was to pulleys and the belt, what a nightmare to fit. removed top tensioner 19mm spanner but shaft stayed on bracket couldnt move it so , had to remove header tank, power steering pump and alternator then remove mounting bracket from engine and put in vice.still couldnt remove shaft so had to weld m10 nut to the top of shaft then drive a long bolt in to tube/shaft then it finaly came out, fitted all new tensioners to bracket and tensioner spring and then re fitted whole thing to car. sll ok now but this took me around 6 hours in all but worth it.cambelt next and water pump roll on