rw87tt
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- Jul 13, 2008
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Houston,
Texas
I replaced the timing belt and all associated components on my 1g. The belt is the high dollar Gates 167 and new Mitsubishi tensioner. I set the gap between the tensioner and the bracket at .15 like you're suppose to. Rotated the engine six times and waited. Checked the gap and it's still good. I wanted to make sure everything was ok so I put the motor mount back on and ran the car up to temperature. the next day I checked the gap on the tensioner and it was a lot less than .15. I rotated the engine to where all the timing marks line up and checked the gap and it was pretty close to .15. I've done this step twice and after I let it sit overnight and look at the gap its way less that .15. The last time the gap had gone to zero, but when I rotate the engine by hand and recheck the gap its at .15.
My questions are. Do I have a faulty tensioner? Is this normal for these engines? Is this associated with this particular belt? Thanks for any feed back and I would really appreciate it.
My questions are. Do I have a faulty tensioner? Is this normal for these engines? Is this associated with this particular belt? Thanks for any feed back and I would really appreciate it.