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Title: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 15 October 2007, 17:40:39
Hi guys

Anyone got a part number and a price for a brand new GM Aux belt tensioner pulley only for a V6?

Cheers
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: TheBoy on 15 October 2007, 17:47:44
Dealer can tell you quickly.  If they can't, ring another.
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 15 October 2007, 22:30:37
Aux Pulley Part number for my V6 is 9157962 price was £20.26 :y
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: omegalord on 17 October 2007, 10:07:11
Is the aux belt tensioner the round wheel?

If so mine moves when i blip the throttle. Is this dangerous? , if so is it likely to snap the cambelt?

Matt
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 October 2007, 10:11:10
It's the top left pulley as you face the engine. It's probably normal for it to move a little as the belt accelerates and decelerates. Never really looked myself as I have drive by wire and I'm not a contortionist!

It's on a spring and applies a constant tension to the belt. It's also nowhere near the cam belt, because that's under the plastic cam belt cover, although the cam belt is tensioned by a spring tensioner following the same principle.

Kevin
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: omegalord on 17 October 2007, 10:12:13
Mine musnt have a cambelt cover then as i can clearly see the cambelt below

Matt
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 October 2007, 10:17:02

There should be a black plastic cover that runs over the camshaft sprockets on both banks and down behind the  front crankshaft pulley and waterpump pulley, thus covering the whole run of the cam belt. The aux. belt then sits in front of the cover so that's the only belt you should be able to see without dismantling.

Kevin
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: omegalord on 17 October 2007, 10:21:39
Actually mine does have a camcover. I am thinking of the auxbelt , it has a few wheels doesnt it. So if that did snap what would happen?

Matt
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 October 2007, 10:31:22
Nothing too drastic. Alternator, power steering and water pump would stop, so you'd get the battery warning light and the steering would get very heavy, and if you didn't stop immediately it'd overheat.

So, if you realise what's happening and stop, no damage but a stranded car.

Kevin
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: omegalord on 17 October 2007, 10:35:56
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Nothing too drastic. Alternator, power steering and water pump would stop, so you'd get the battery warning light and the steering would get very heavy, and if you didn't stop immediately it'd overheat.

So, if you realise what's happening and stop, no damage but a stranded car.

Kevin


I have noticed actually over the last 2 weeks that only intermittently the power steering will go a little heavy (most of the time first thing in the morning when trying to pull off and turn my wheel right to get on the road)

Could it be the auxbelt tensioner?

Matt
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: A380 Elite on 17 October 2007, 10:58:56
Hi,

I'm picking 1 up this afternoon from VX.

The part number i dont have or price, but without a TC, £50.00 + VAT.

A new guy is working in the parts department, so i have some blaging to do.

What is the part number for a 3ltr 1997 please, so i can check when i pick mine up?

Reason for asking, when checking my A-belt part no, i had been given 1 for a 2.0 and not for my 3 ltr.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 17 October 2007, 11:47:25
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Hi,

I'm picking 1 up this afternoon from VX.

The part number i dont have or price, but without a TC, £50.00 + VAT.

A new guy is working in the parts department, so i have some blaging to do.

What is the part number for a 3ltr 1997 please, so i can check when i pick mine up?

Reason for asking, when checking my A-belt part no, i had been given 1 for a 2.0 and not for my 3 ltr.

Cheers.

 

50 +Vat is the price for the whole tensioner assembly, you can buy the pulley on its own for about 20ish +Vat

Your aux belt is part number 93181720 at 18+vat trade club.
Title: Re: Aux belt tensioner
Post by: A380 Elite on 18 October 2007, 00:49:00
Thanks Mark,  ;)

Not knowing i can by just the Pulley, i ended up with the whole thing.  :-[

Just in case, Part no 9202550 for Whole Tensioner Assembly.

£50.00 + VAT = £58.75

With Trad Card £45.03 + VAT = £52.92,  £4.97 Discount.

Belt, Part no 93181720.

£29.00 + VAT = £34.10.

Wtih Trade Card £17.50 + VAT = £20.57, £11.50 Discount.

Hope this helps others.