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[brendan1983]

Hi All,

I have been getting a bit of an odd whirring sound from the 2.2 lately - after much worrying if it was the torque converter or something serious last night I had a proper look, took the Aux belt off and the sound went.

From turning everything pretty sure it's the tensioner that's to blame - turning it by hand feels like the bearings have gone.

My main question is though (as I cant see them easily) is this held on with any special bolts - or any special tools required for removal?

Thanks

Brendan

[RobG]

Three bolts IIRC

[05omegav6]

Nothing fancy about it, but a bit fiddly iirc... certainly not the hardest of jobs

And as Robs pic reminds me... the tensioner needs locking in position in order to undo all three bolts... use the dowel location on the new replacement as a visual reference 

[brendan1983]

Awesome - thanks guys

I don't suppose you know if they're torx bolts or regular?

(Just so I know if I'll need to get some Torx sockets before I start)

[05omegav6]

Torx iirc

[Andy B]

Awesome - thanks guys

I don't suppose you know if they're torx bolts or regular?

(Just so I know if I'll need to get some Torx sockets before I start)

Most cars these days mainly use Torx bolts  Both Torx sockets & Torx bits will be useful to anyone working on their car .... you can get a decent set of each fairly cheaply. Just be careful of some Torx sockets if they're all 3/8" as the body of the smaller sizes can get in the way, the set from Machine Mart has 1/4" 3/8" & 1/2" drive

[brendan1983]

Most cars these days mainly use Torx bolts  Both Torx sockets & Torx bits will be useful to anyone working on their car .... you can get a decent set of each fairly cheaply. Just be careful of some Torx sockets if they're all 3/8" as the body of the smaller sizes can get in the way, the set from Machine Mart has 1/4" 3/8" & 1/2" drive

Time to invest in some I think - I've never had a need for any before, I guess maybe my bikes/cars have just always been too old

[Sir Tigger KC]

Maybe your tensioner just needs a little grease.   

[TheBoy]

Maybe your tensioner just needs a little grease.   

If it feels notchy, as opposed to just dry, I'd replace.

[terry paget]

It is attached by 2 long E14 male torx screws. I put mine back on this morning after changing the cam belt.
There must be lots of spares on this forum. When I strip my dead 2.5 down I shall have one!
 

[4x4]

You could replace the bearing on its own tho 

[05omegav6]

It is attached by 2 long E14 male torx screws. I put mine back on this morning after changing the cam belt.
There must be lots of spares on this forum. When I strip my dead 2.5 down I shall have one!

Four pot tensioners are different in design and are mounted using three bolts

[brendan1983]

I picked up a new one from ECP yesterday - fitted it last night 

Surprisingly it was just two 13mm bolts - the old one was very rough to turn by hand, also I hadn't realised just how noisy it had become...


Thanks for everyone's input