93AWDDSM
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- Jan 1, 2009
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Vancouver,
Washington
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Hello DSM community,I have a problem with my T belt walking above 3500 RPMs towards the valve cover. I redid the T belt about 1200 miles ago and set to proper spec for tension on the belt. Now, it doesn't make any weird noises but when I was looking at it yesterday I noticed with the top timing cover off, the belt would walk towards the valve cover (passenger side) but at idle it was pretty centered. I have attached pictures below to give you an idea of what's happening.
I'm definitely short on funds. The tension-er had no signs of leakage when reinstalled. Also, the belt I took off a month ago when I replaced both BS and T belt - the T belt was fine, no sign of fraying..
Any ideas would be great. I'm leaning towards : auto tension-er bolts loose or coming loose. The tension-er pulley bolt coming loose causing some slack, or the back plate (for the BS belt on the crank sprocket could be rubbing against the belt
My upper timing cover was loose a little - not sure if they could have the rubbing issue but other than that, the motor sounds fine. No weird noises besides when giving gas I noticed it walks towards the valve cover..
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