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Broken aux belt tensioner
Took the d3 out last night for a run as it hasn't moved for 2 weeks, I noticed on startup the rattle the car has had since I picked it up over a year ago was now a squeak. On the 8 mile journey the squeak turned into a squeal like a loose fan belt.
Had a chance to look at it today and found the lower aux belt tensioner sitting at an angle to the engine, popped it off and it looks even worse.
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Really shouldn't have ignored the rattle for so long just glad it didn't shear off and cause more damage. Parts ordered from Steve for a mid week fix.
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29th Nov 2014 7:32 pm
Robbie
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Glad you caught it.
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Feeling relieved its been caught and will be fixed before we tow the caravan in 3 weeks. Didn't realise there was even a tensioner burried all the way down there. I'd always assumed the top tensioner was the only one.
29th Nov 2014 9:31 pm
Nasher
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My friendly MOT man spotted it from underneath and let me know.
Didn't take more that 15mins to change once I had a new one, but as usual getting the fan off was the hardest part when working on the front of the engine.
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29th Nov 2014 9:52 pm
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29th Nov 2014 10:22 pm
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I keep quite a few common parts in the car. You never know My D3 Build Thread
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I picked this exact issue last week and changed mine yesterday - It was a B%&ch as I did it without taking the fan off......
All done now thankfully....
30th Nov 2014 11:42 am
Nasher
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cornishboy wrote:
I did it without taking the fan off...:
Do you have arms like Mr Tickle.
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30th Nov 2014 5:56 pm
Twintorque
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cornishboy wrote:
I picked this exact issue last week and changed mine yesterday - It was a B%&ch as I did it without taking the fan off......
All done now thankfully....
Amazed you managed to do it without taking the fan off to be honest, replaced mine in the spring and with a set of Fan spanners it was a really quick and easy job, tea wasn't even half drunk before I'd finished it.
30th Nov 2014 9:09 pm
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If it's the tensioner it really is an easy quick fix, I changed the belt while I was at it, daft not to tbh, worst part is the cost of the new tensioner !
30th Nov 2014 10:17 pm
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A job for the dealer, waaaaaaaay outside my comfort zone.
30th Nov 2014 10:20 pm
Nasher
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It really is an easy job once the fan is off.
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