urgent: timing belt tension doesnt line up with tensioner arm

[sbailey11]

In was driving my 2g eagle talon tsi awd (7bolt) at around 75mph on the thruway for almost 2 hours straight. I got off the thruway and went down to idle and could hear my timing belt "thapping" I could tell it was loose so I parked it and turned it off. I tested the belt it was loose but not terrible. Turned the car on and off again and checked it and it was loose enough to pull off the can gears. Didn't want to skip timing so I had it towed home. Checked my tensioner and saw the the rod that comes out of it doesn't line up with the arm. The arm is above it. I ordered a new arm and realized its the same as the old one and that's not the culprit. It blows my mind how this happened because its all cast iron and nothing could have bent. Please tell me why this is happening

 

[92AWDHX40]

Timing Belt VFAQ


http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...5-timing-belt-tensioning-tips-4g63-turbo.html

 

[SrKegler]

The only thing I can think of is one of the bolts came out that hold the hyd tensioner in place allowing it to rotate.

 

[sbailey11]

No matter how you rotate the pulley it won't line up with the arm. If you look at the picture you'll see the arm is too high.

 

[eclipsyco]

Sure you have a 7bolt!?? That's definitely the 6 bolt tensioner arm so you need a 6 bolt tensioner. See below 6 bolt up, 7 bolt down!

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[sbailey11]

You think the one on the car is a 6bolt arm? I just ordered a new one specifically for a 7 bolt from jnz tuning. They even had to special order it because they only had 6 bolt tensioners

 

[eclipsyco]

Pretty sure yes! You have a 6bolt!

 

[pauleyman]

This thread was recently referenced and for the record the car in question does not have a 6 bolt motor as the tensioner is clearly not a 6 bolt unit.