Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Search the maintenance guides for answers to 99.999% of Omega questions

Pages: [1] 2 3  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Aux Belt Tensioner  (Read 4451 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

ClarCE

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Newbury, Berks
  • Posts: 735
  • Cam Covers x 5
    • View Profile
Aux Belt Tensioner
« on: 26 February 2007, 09:16:13 »
Morning all,

Got to change this ats is squealing like a goodun - £42.30 from AutoVaux, does this sound ok?  Also - anything else I will need besides the actual tensioner?

Cheers,

Chris.
Logged
So Far - :: Re-Finished Elite Wheels :: Black Leather Interior :: 3.0 Cams :: Chipped (REMOVED, EBAY SHI*E) :: Facelift Skirts ::
To Do   - :: Facelift Rear Bumper, Door Mouldings :: Irsmsher Front Air Da

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 105982
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #1 on: 26 February 2007, 09:24:35 »
Quote
Morning all,

Got to change this ats is squealing like a goodun - £42.30 from AutoVaux, does this sound ok?  Also - anything else I will need besides the actual tensioner?

Cheers,

Chris.
Sure you don't need just the pulley, as its much cheaper (and easier to change ;)), or is the spring weak?  Didn't see state of your aux belt, but if old, may be worth replacing....
Logged
Grumpy old man

ClarCE

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Newbury, Berks
  • Posts: 735
  • Cam Covers x 5
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #2 on: 26 February 2007, 09:28:20 »
It could be, spring is really tough - we changed the belt at the weekend (I say we, I mean James ;) ) I'll see what they quote me for one of them instead...

BTW, did you get that harddrive mate?
Logged
So Far - :: Re-Finished Elite Wheels :: Black Leather Interior :: 3.0 Cams :: Chipped (REMOVED, EBAY SHI*E) :: Facelift Skirts ::
To Do   - :: Facelift Rear Bumper, Door Mouldings :: Irsmsher Front Air Da

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 105982
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #3 on: 26 February 2007, 09:31:41 »
Quote
It could be, spring is really tough - we changed the belt at the weekend (I say we, I mean James ;) ) I'll see what they quote me for one of them instead...

BTW, did you get that harddrive mate?
Yes, I got HDD, thanks :y
Logged
Grumpy old man

ClarCE

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Newbury, Berks
  • Posts: 735
  • Cam Covers x 5
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #4 on: 26 February 2007, 09:48:58 »
Good good :D

I'm going to change the whole assembly anyway I think, just because its old and I'll have more peice of mind on it!  Worry too much...

Cheers for the help  :y
Logged
So Far - :: Re-Finished Elite Wheels :: Black Leather Interior :: 3.0 Cams :: Chipped (REMOVED, EBAY SHI*E) :: Facelift Skirts ::
To Do   - :: Facelift Rear Bumper, Door Mouldings :: Irsmsher Front Air Da

Marks DTM Calib

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • West Bridgford
  • Posts: 33846
  • Git!
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #5 on: 26 February 2007, 09:52:39 »
Never seen the main assembly fail....only the pulley which is available seperately for about 20 quid....
Logged

Essex_Andy

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Have a guess?
  • Posts: 501
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #6 on: 26 February 2007, 16:31:14 »
Have you removed the pulley from the assembly, removed the grease seal and re-greased the bearings?

Its an easy job and cheaper than new bits...its shown on the cambelt DVD
Logged
If an artic overtakes you, you're driving too slow!!!!!!!!!!!

ClarCE

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Newbury, Berks
  • Posts: 735
  • Cam Covers x 5
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #7 on: 26 February 2007, 16:44:01 »
I'm going to do a few bits tonight, so I'll check it out properly and then buy whatever it is I need accordingly :)

Thanks for all the help on this one - as usual!

Chris.
Logged
So Far - :: Re-Finished Elite Wheels :: Black Leather Interior :: 3.0 Cams :: Chipped (REMOVED, EBAY SHI*E) :: Facelift Skirts ::
To Do   - :: Facelift Rear Bumper, Door Mouldings :: Irsmsher Front Air Da

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 105982
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #8 on: 26 February 2007, 16:59:14 »
Quote
Have you removed the pulley from the assembly, removed the grease seal and re-greased the bearings?

Its an easy job and cheaper than new bits...its shown on the cambelt DVD
After one that was regreased may have caused a aux belt to fail causing other damage, I believe the recommendation is now to replace one which is dry/noisy/play...
Logged
Grumpy old man

Essex_Andy

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Have a guess?
  • Posts: 501
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #9 on: 26 February 2007, 17:03:31 »
Can you put a 'sticky' up then as people are being recommended to buy the DVD and its one of the top-tips on the DVD
Logged
If an artic overtakes you, you're driving too slow!!!!!!!!!!!

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 105982
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #10 on: 26 February 2007, 17:10:45 »
Quote
Can you put a 'sticky' up then as people are being recommended to buy the DVD and its one of the top-tips on the DVD
I will clarify what the current thinking is....
Logged
Grumpy old man

Marks DTM Calib

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • West Bridgford
  • Posts: 33846
  • Git!
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #11 on: 26 February 2007, 17:29:56 »
At the end of the day, the DVD says how to sort a dry bearing.....if the aux belt feels rough then thats a very different kettle of fish....We will add some comments in the maintenance guide to help clarify things.
Logged

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39503
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #12 on: 26 February 2007, 17:57:21 »
Quote
At the end of the day, the DVD says how to sort a dry bearing.....if the aux belt feels rough then thats a very different kettle of fish....We will add some comments in the maintenance guide to help clarify things.
I've not seen the DVD but a bit of grease in the bearing of my tesioner shut it up. Mine wasn't too bad, just a little dry sounding when you spun it - probably no surprise as it was a dry as a witches ..... when I prised the dust seal off. The likes of SKF etc all seem to be a bit stingy with the grease.
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 105982
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #13 on: 26 February 2007, 18:53:43 »
I guess there is a judgement that needs to be made between dry and one thats worn...
Logged
Grumpy old man

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16550
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: Aux Belt Tensioner
« Reply #14 on: 26 February 2007, 20:31:18 »
This aux belt we fitted, as an autovaux one.. and to be honest, as remarked at the time of fitting, it did feel like it was putting a tad too much strain on the tensioner.

Before you go ahead and replace, may be worth thinking about the belt...
Logged
Pages: [1] 2 3  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.022 seconds with 17 queries.