SawyerA8

Hello All,

How do I tighten the front belt? The one that runs the alternator, air conditioning, etc.
I still have a crazy squeak when the car idles from the one of the components attached to the belt. It depresses about an inch up or down from center when I pull on it from the bottom, around the alternator. I actually removed some of the plastic belly pan holders that where not being used, as suggested in the past. I'm currently on a road trip and would like to fix it before continuing back home.

Thanks,

Noel Sawyer

PaulW

It has a tensioner, shown on the right in this picture.

<img src="http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/enginemechanical/tbp73.JPG">

You can't tension it by other means. The tensioner works by rotating the pulley just to the left of the crank pulley. Maybe your tensioner is dying a slow death?

I might suggest getting a new tensioner and pulley and belt.

Or just replace them when you do the timing belt if that's soon. They are probably about $150 in parts.

pw