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 Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:25 pm |
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Hi i have recently had my cambelt changed and now it is making a wierd grr kind of noise. I have had it checked and the garage said the tensioner is too tight.
Is that the case of is thier something wrong with the belt it self?
Cant take it back to where i had it done as it was done in manchester and now i am in birmingham
Its a 1.4 lx
2000
Pre-plex
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:54 am |
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did you just change the belt or the whole kit?
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:19 am |
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They changed the whole kit ( belt, tensioner, water pump, ani freeze)
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:14 am |
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you can readjust the tensioner
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:21 am |
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I saw on here that the tensioner is automaticaly adjusted or is that just in the gti
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:56 am |
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that's the aux belt tensioner
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:42 pm |
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Can it be that it is too tight?
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:15 pm |
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Id take it back. I wouldnt even mess around with a cambelt. And id imagine if u took it 2 another garage theyd charge through the roof! So y should u pay again if uve already payed!
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