fazer
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this works and only took 5mins to do well pleased
300TDi Squeeling belt 'Penny Trick'
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fishsponge
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well... I did the penny trick in Dec 2010, and it's now Nov 2012 (almost 2 years later) and my tensioner is now squeaking again! Should I insert two pennies, or buy a new tensioner??
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
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Check the alinement of the tensioner pulley.......you can eye it quite accurately. If the penny brought it into line and nothings moved since then tensioner/pulley bearing needs checking
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B B,is there no way that the bearing holder can not be modified to take a grease nipple to keep the bearing lubricated??
jamesmartin
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theres 2 parts to the tensioner the sprung arm and the pulley bearing ,bearing can be replaced but oftens as not its better to replace whole arm
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
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Mine fell off when the stud stripped the threads in the housing.
When the pully was spun you could hear it squealing you can buy a noo bearing for the pully for a fiver. Circlip in a pain to get out though.
Oh and the bolt holding the pulley is left hand thread..
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
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- halfway between here and there.
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- halfway between here and there.
Discophil34
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Damn it I forgot all aboot this trick. Replaced tensioner bearing today, and was sooo ****ed off when it sounded even worse :-( tried the old soap on the belt trick, nope, bit of WD40, worked for 5 seconds, in the end, I retightened the bolts and doused in half a can of WD40. Solved. For now. When wd wears off ill do penny trick 
Discophil34
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Well, nipped out to shop there and as predicted. Budgies are back and they are angry. But had tools in boot so under the wonderfully lit Morrisons carpark lights, and with 5p in hand, I finally got it sorted in under 10 mins.;-) I love this type of engineering and is why I bought a landy. But alas, with landy's you fix one thing and something else stops. Like rear elec windows. D'oh.Damn it I forgot all aboot this trick. Replaced tensioner bearing today, and was sooo ****ed off when it sounded even worse :-( tried the old soap on the belt trick, nope, bit of WD40, worked for 5 seconds, in the end, I retightened the bolts and doused in half a can of WD40. Solved. For now. When wd wears off ill do penny trick
fionn88
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Done this trick the other day but were in a recession over here in Ireland so i used a 2cent coin!! Works a charm.
Works a charm.
gimpy
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Well changed both belts & tensioner. Started up & those budgies were in residence again.
Went for the penny eviction plan, started up & they were replaced by a parrot. Iv'e never heard such a noise.
Removed penny.
I think I'll put up with the budgies till I change the bearing.
Went for the penny eviction plan, started up & they were replaced by a parrot. Iv'e never heard such a noise.
Removed penny.
I think I'll put up with the budgies till I change the bearing.
jamesmartin
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? 200 is tensioned by moving pas pump and alt
It also has a tensioner
jamesmartin
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for air con ?
