[Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--It gets worse!!

[Dave Cook]

Well, the tensioner in mine was also pretty noisy.  I checked when I pulled the belt off.  Luckily I've had one sitting in a box on my shelf for a few years now, originally purchased for a now-long-gone rabbit.

Dave Cook


--- On Tue, 2/1/11, LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

> From: LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--It gets worse!!
> To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 7:03 PM
> In a message dated 2/1/2011 10:35:20
> AM Pacific Standard Time, 
> eriklane at gmail.com
> writes:
> 
> > >Check the tensioner whilst you are there by
> spinning it. If a good spin,
> > >and
> > >no rumble then leave this too...
> > >
> > >
> > I disagree with this one. I used to just check the
> timing belt tensioner 
> > and
> > only replace it when it sounded/felt like it had a bad
> bearing, but one 
> > time
> > after seeming perfect in every respect it failed
> ~1-200 miles after
> > replacing the belt. That cost me quite a bit in
> getting the head rebuilt,
> > new head gasket, and a lot of time in towing and
> fixing it. I replace the
> > tensioners every single time now. They only cost $16
> and take about that
> > much worth in time just to replace later if you need
> to.
> > 
> > 
> 
>   A while back there was a discussion as to which
> would last longer, the 
> old, 
> well built tensioner, or a new one of unknown quality.
>   I think I've replaced one tensioner on my
> Rabbit/Dasher diesels over the 
> years, maybe two.  The first was on my Rabbit for the
> purpose of safety. 
> At the next belt change I had to compare them to see which
> actually sounded 
> 
> better.  (the old one was still just fine
> really).  That was over 20 years 
> ago and
> at least 50K miles or more (forget what it has on it now)
> and I'm still 
> running 
> that "new" tensioner.  YMMV of course.
>     Loren
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