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[EMD]

Tensioner pulley wheel bearings can be re greased if there is no play , 2 minute job 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Tensioner pulley wheel[/u] bearings can be re greased if there is no play , 2 minute job 

Which one is this?....Should I be able to move it against the tension of the belt?
I've counted six.

How often do VX suggest the auxiliary belt be changed?

[BazaJT]

Tensioner pulley wheel is top left as you look at engine from the front.On my 3.0l I also had to undo a small bolt on a pipe that runs across front of engine in order to get belt on.I think this is the one referred to in an earlier post?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Unlike the cambelt it looks as though Vauxhall has no specific time or mileage for  the auxiliary belt.

What happens if it snaps whilst driving?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Tensioner pulley wheel is top left as you look at engine from the front.On my 3.0l I also had to undo a small bolt on a pipe that runs across front of engine in order to get belt on.I think this is the one referred to in an earlier post?

Thanks, Mr Baza.

I've put a 15 mm socket on it but will it move....

[Terbs]

If you are releasing the tension, put the spanner on the nut, and pressure clockwise iirc
My belt did not break...the pulley disintegrated !!!!! All that happened was dash lights all came on, and water started to overheat
Belt was just flopping about in the wind

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I had the same thing happen about a year ago,although my belt got tangled and completely shredded itself, so the worst part of the job was removing all the bits of the old belt.
I was possibly lucky that it didn't break through the timing belt cover and cause mayhem in there ?
I had to get recovered home on the back of a truck for the first time in my life.
If in doubt, I would recommend changing the belt and tensioner pulley. It doesn't cost much and takes around 15 minutes to do.

[EMD]

I had the same thing happen about a year ago,although my belt got tangled and completely shredded itself, so the worst part of the job was removing all the bits of the old belt.
I was possibly lucky that it didn't break through the timing belt cover and cause mayhem in there ?
I had to get recovered home on the back of a truck for the first time in my life.
If in doubt, I would recommend changing the belt and tensioner pulley. It doesn't cost much and takes around 15 minutes to do.

+1 

My pulley wheel shattered and played ping pong under the car , the belt made a right mess .

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

So where is the best place to get a belt (and just to be on the safe side) a pulley tensioner wheel from?


No Trade card/TC remember.

[EMD]

So where is the best place to get a belt (and just to be on the safe side) a pulley tensioner wheel from?


No Trade card/TC remember.

Well you know where i get both mine and it is my choice, egay and never had any issues in over 10 years since the first original one let go  

[Nick W]

So where is the best place to get a belt (and just to be on the safe side) a pulley tensioner wheel from?


No Trade card/TC remember.

You can buy an equivalent Gates or Continental belt anywhere. The pulley will probably take a bit more tracking down, but any decent factor should be able to do it. It's usually the pulley that fails with these systems(whatever engine it's bolted to) and so aren't hard to find. A complete tensioner assembly isn't expensive, but normally unnecessary.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

So where is the best place to get a belt (and just to be on the safe side) a pulley tensioner wheel from?


No Trade card/TC remember.

You can buy an equivalent Gates or Continental belt anywhere. The pulley will probably take a bit more tracking down, but any decent factor should be able to do it. It's usually the pulley that fails with these systems(whatever engine it's bolted to) and so aren't hard to find. A complete tensioner assembly isn't expensive, but normally unnecessary.

Ah...I see.
In my ignorance I imagined the pulley and tensioner to be one and the same. The same part.

[Terbs]

My tensioner came with the pulley attached, from stock, as did the Conti belt, Euro Car Parts.
RAC man took the pulley off, gave me the rest of it, which is still in the garage, and fitted the pulley to the tensioner on the car. (Three years ago)
My experience does not allow me to say whether the pulley can be purchased separately, sorry Dr

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My tensioner came with the pulley attached, from stock, as did the Conti belt, Euro Car Parts.
RAC man took the pulley off, gave me the rest of it, which is still in the garage, and fitted the pulley to the tensioner on the car. (Three years ago)
My experience does not allow me to say whether the pulley can be purchased separately, sorry Dr

Thanks, Mr Terbert. I'll see if they have what I need.

[BazaJT]

When mine went it was the tensioner pulley wheel that failed also and the belt just trashed itself.Got mine[don't recall what make]from A.E.Cook.Easy enough job to do,most awkward bit I found due to lack of space was the little bolt on the pipe bracket[aircon pipe?] that runs across front of engine in order to get new belt on.