Re: 90q I5 idler pulley (tb tensioner) whine -- help!

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <3.0.5.32.19990312150500.009efde0@phy.duke.edu> Andrei Kogan writes:

> I was thinking --- take off  the cover,  losen the water pump, take the
> belt off the cam gear,
> and do the pulley, then put everything back. The bumper and the top painted
> crossbrace will probably
> still have to be taken off, but it is still much faster then removing all
> the belts, the big bolt, the
> cam gear/back tb cover plate etc. The obvious disadvantage is that this
> way, there is no way to replace the
> water pump o-ring, but isn't it designed to withstand adjusting the belt
> tension at least a couple of times?

Yup.  But getting to "loosen the water pump" takes a fair while.

And you can move it - but will it leak when you put it back without
thoroughly cleaning the mating faces?

Plus - has the idler been dragging and heating/rubbing the belt?

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