[Vwdiesel] Timing belt tensioner

[Erik Lane]

I replace my tensioner EVERY time. I didn't used to, but one time a
tensioner that felt good and seemed fine in every regard failed soon
after a new timing belt was put on. This was at highway speeds and the
engine chewed itself up. I don't even hesitate to replace them as a
set these days. How many times do you have to skip replacing it before
it's saved the price of an engine? Like I said, it's not even a
question for me. But you go ahead and do as you like. :)

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 3:34 PM, mark shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Slacken off tensioner, and spin tensioner. I don't think belt can jump
> whilst on all sprockets...
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Iain Hunter" <sagspottery at tiscali.co.uk>
> To: "VWfans" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:23 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Timing belt tensioner
>
>
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> In removing the pump for inspection/ repair/ rebuild, I am have decided to
>> replace the timing belt, while everything is off. The last time it was
>> done was about 40,000 miles ago. Do you think it will need a belt
>> tensioner also, as it had one last time?
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>>
>> Iain. (vanagon 1.6td)
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