petervr6 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 drive home down a pitch black lane i hear a loud noise then i lose power steering. great i thought my serpentine belt has snaped so managed to cut what was left of the belt of drove home. then i had to drive it to work to fix it on the way to work the battery started to die (it was raining) lost my wipers then the car started to over heat so pulled over to let it cool down went to start it the battery was dead so call one of the lads from work they came down with a battery.got to work in the end orderd a belt then when i was striping the tensioner doen ready to put the belt on the pully was well not there any more the pully was seized and what was left of the pulled was all melted.so i had to order a new pully but no you can only buy the whole thing as a unit. what a day a few pic below. while it was all apart i stuck my polished manifold on :-p [lightbox=../../e107_files/public/1169521135_2547_FT0_belt.jpg][/lightbox][lightbox=../../e107_files/public/1169521136_2547_FT0_pully_1.jpg][/lightbox][lightbox=../../e107_files/public/1169521136_2547_FT0_pully_2.jpg][/lightbox][lightbox=../../e107_files/public/1169521136_2547_FT0_engine_1.jpg][/lightbox][lightbox=../../e107_files/public/1169521136_2547_FT0_polished.jpg][/lightbox] Link to post Share on other sites
speed_freak 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 exactly what happend to my tensioner except i didnt snap my belt i was lucky and just caught it in time Link to post Share on other sites
SankysVR6 1 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 That looks bad.Lucky for me i just lubed the bearing a couple of weeks ago, It was completely bone dry in there. Link to post Share on other sites
SiGainey 1 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 That looks bad.Lucky for me i just lubed the bearing a couple of weeks ago' date=' It was completely bone dry in there.[/quote']Any pointers as to how to do this?Found it - http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?155363 Link to post Share on other sites
bigpol 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 similar happend to me but it was the water pump that seized! got as far as i could without cooking the engine but the pump was leaking through the shaft seal and i run out of the wet stuff! doh!! just managed to get it to a mates garage to sort it out,in my sunday best threads too!! not a happy experience to be honest:( Link to post Share on other sites
dstyrrell 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Those tensioners really are bullshit. Link to post Share on other sites
gav_113 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 same happened to me, car made a terrible grinding noise! the water pump fell to bits and belt got ripped into a million bits, also after i noticed noise from tensioner, took it apart and it was bone dry, greased it up and its mint now![lightbox=../../e107_files/public/1169591253_2891_FT155364_photo-0088_023.jpg][/lightbox] Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 sorry to hear that mate, can i ask did you get a new or recon tensioner? and what was teh cost? Link to post Share on other sites
SankysVR6 1 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 That looks bad.Lucky for me i just lubed the bearing a couple of weeks ago' date=' It was completely bone dry in there.[/quote']Any pointers as to how to do this?Found it - http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?155363Couple of pointers.After you have removed the belt, it migt be a good idea to loosen the bolt that holds the bearing in place while the tensioner is still attached to the engine, unless you have access to a vice.And also remember that it is a left hand thread on the bearing bolt. Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 since i had this bad day i have got together a guide for the belt and tensioner its pretty good tzake a look. Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 oh ye and i got my new tensioner unit for 56pounds form gsf it was 75 from vw but they didnt have 1 in stock and as you can see i nedded it asap. Link to post Share on other sites
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