Omega Owners Forum - Fanbelt tensioner?

Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #15 - 05. Jan 2007 at 21:29 Omega111 wrote on 05. Jan 2007 at 20:57: I could in daylight yes,what do i look for? Do you have a Haynes manual for your car? If so chapter 1.8 fig 6.12 shows you the pulley that you're looking for.
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iggy21uk Omega Knight Offline Omega Spotter - tats gone tanning Posts: 1148 Berkhamsted - Herts Gender: Drives: Omega 2.5 Elite 1999	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #16 - 05. Jan 2007 at 21:57 This is the aux belt tensioner Picture courtsey Of J Seaman
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Markjay

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Re: Fanbelt tensioner?
Reply #17 - 05. Jan 2007 at 23:32

Auto Addict wrote on 05. Jan 2007 at 20:33:

Hasn't Markjay got a picture of it somewhere?

Sorry AA, beaten to it by iggy21uk.

However I can offer something else which may come in handy when putting everything back:

Please note that this will be shortly removed, if you think you may need it then I advise that you save it to your desktop... Wink

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« Last Edit: 05. Jan 2007 at 23:33 by Markjay »

Alas, no more Omegas....

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JamesV6CDX

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Re: Fanbelt tensioner?
Reply #18 - 06. Jan 2007 at 03:22

Mate, sod Vauxhall, I'm only 30 mins from Bristol, I"d gladly pop down and help you replace that tensioner/pully and belt. It's a doddle of a job, if it's just pulley and belt, then 10 minutes, if it means replacing the tensioner, still less than an hour, and that's if it doesn't play ball.

PM me if you want and we'll sort something out. I won't charge you any more than a couple of gallons of petrol for the trip and a cuppa tea Grin

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Omega111 Newbie Offline Posts: 38	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #19 - 06. Jan 2007 at 08:19 Thanks m8 pm sent
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Auto Addict Administrator Offline OOF's Elder Statesman Posts: 10091 North Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2.6 CDX	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #20 - 06. Jan 2007 at 08:24 Omega111 wrote on 06. Jan 2007 at 08:19: Thanks m8 pm sent Bet you're glad you joined this forum It's magnificent the way people on here go out of their way to help.
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Omega111 Newbie Offline Posts: 38	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #21 - 06. Jan 2007 at 08:26 Yes i am m8 thanks I was amazed at the speed of the responses lol
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #22 - 06. Jan 2007 at 13:50 I'm please someone is coming down to help you do it. You'll see how jobs, initially beyond your skills, aren't that difficult after all, and will hopefully give you the confidence to try other small tasks, and keep the £s away from the dealers and in your beer fund
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Omega111 Newbie Offline Posts: 38	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #23 - 06. Jan 2007 at 21:17 Lol would be good to do some things myself
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Re: Fanbelt tensioner?
Reply #24 - 06. Jan 2007 at 21:23

TheBoy wrote on 06. Jan 2007 at 13:50:

I'm please someone is coming down to help you do it. You'll see how jobs, initially beyond your skills, aren't that difficult after all, and will hopefully give you the confidence to try other small tasks, and keep the £s away from the dealers and in your beer fund

I'll second that.

When i first started doing work on my megga, i found it difficult getting a wheel off!!. TheBoy can confirm it was on his driveway!

However thanks purely to the fantastic people here I have:

Bought two other Omega's just as project cars!! I bought them usually though crap eBay auctions (poor pictures, rubbish description ect) and sold them for a profit, in one case doubling the cars value!!

My advice is, Omega's are so damn cheap get your self a really old one (if you have a little spare cash say £300) and practise on that. By doing so your not working on your pride and joy or main car, so you can really have a bash. Good job too cause i disabled the brakes on my first project car by mistake! Shocked

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JamesV6CDX Ex Member Gender: Drives: 2002 (02) 3.2 Retail MV6 in Star Silver with Leather	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #25 - 07. Jan 2007 at 10:55 tunnie wrote on 06. Jan 2007 at 21:23: i disabled the brakes on my first project car by mistake! Yikes! how?
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stevebubs Junior Member Offline Posts: 86 Reading	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #26 - 07. Jan 2007 at 19:33 Had to replace this on mine a year or so ago as the bearing was maing a god awful noise. 15 minute job with a 15mm spanner....probably 30-40 minutes if you need to replace the whole tensioner as getting to the bolts is trickier... FWIW, Camberley Autofactors were by far the cheapest place I could get the kit from at the time.
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rpont Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 272 Tadcaster Gender: Drives: 97 2.5v6 CD Auto	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #27 - 07. Jan 2007 at 20:09 I'm sure I've seen a torque setting for the idler pulley retaining nut but I can't find it in Haynes. You have to lever the idler with the nut and it always tightens up so I loosen and re-torque the nut after fitting a new belt. I can't imagine a dealer would bother doing that but it won't do the bearing any good.
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JamesV6CDX Ex Member Gender: Drives: 2002 (02) 3.2 Retail MV6 in Star Silver with Leather	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #28 - 08. Jan 2007 at 00:24 Good point. All being well we're arranging to tackle this Thursday evening. We'll post up when we get it sorted
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Omega111 Newbie Offline Posts: 38	Re: Fanbelt tensioner? Reply #29 - 10. Jan 2007 at 21:58 JamesV6CDX wrote on 08. Jan 2007 at 00:24: Good point. All being well we're arranging to tackle this Thursday evening. We'll post up when we get it sorted I pmd you m8
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