[s-cars] Serpentine belt tensioner

[Andrew Beckert]

Are you positive the noise is from the tensioner?  I had a similar noise,
replaced my tensioner and thought I had solved the problem.  Turns out it
was actually the A/C clutch/compressor intermittently making noises, as it
would go away for weeks at a time.  Although, my old tensioner bearing did
sound like a box of rocks with a stethoscope.  I believe I got the
replacement from Blau, it was around $200 and NOT Meyle..that's all I
remember...

Andrew

On Dec 5, 2007 12:03 AM, Aaron Ryba <aaronryba at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Last year and only ~7k miles ago I replaced the serpentine belt tensioner
> when I did the timing belt job on my S6 along with all the usual goodies
> (water pump, therm, TB tensioner, cam + crank front oil seals, etc.). I used
> parts from Blau which I am now questioning the quality of. The "new" serp
> belt tensioner is now making the same chattering noise and vibration under
> load (especially at idle) that my old failing one did. Has anyone had
> similar problems with their's? What about with the Blau sourced part? When I
> first saw the Blau part it did look like a cheap Chinese knockoff however
> that was all I had to put in the car at the time.  At $200+ this part isn't
> cheap. I talked to someone at Blau and they will inspect it for warranty
> consideration however from just looking at the old one I took off the car I
> am not sure a simple inspection will be good enough to exemplify that this
> part is malfunctioning. I could be wrong though. Suggestions? BTDT?
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> Aaron Ryba
> 95 S6
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