auxilary belt and tensioner replacement

Hi all new to here, my father in law has asked me to replace his auxilary belt and tensioner for him just wondering if anyone can give me some advice or a how to .im pretty handy with the spanners but not too certain on removing the tensioner btw he has a 2.0 diesel thx for any help offered

Hi Mike,

welcome to the forum, which 2.0 diesel does he have ?

Is it the early L series, or the later BMW Td4 unit ?

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/aux-drive-belt-tensioner-76054.html

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/replace-ancillary-drive-belt-td4-75402.html

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/td4-drive-belt-72933.html

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/aux-drive-belt-change-jack-up-71243.html

also, go here:

http://www.landroverresource.com/

and download something called Rave CD, it's the landrover equivalent of a haynes manual, which landrover themselves us, will have a full set of instructions in the freelander section.

hopefully the above links will give you enough info to make a judgement.

sorry to sound stupid but i dont know he just asked me to change them and i asked for help will ask him tomorrow am i ok to message you tomorrow for some help

tdmike said:

sorry to sound stupid but i dont know he just asked me to change them and i asked for help will ask him tomorrow am i ok to message you tomorrow for some help

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Hi and :welcome2:

If you could tell us how old it is we can make an educated guess right now.

Singvogel.

or even if it has a Td4 badge on the boot ?