??? Idle tensioner

[lukieboy]

Hey guys how common is it for the idle tensiner to stuff up on a vp i noticed a nocking noise from the engine got a long screw driver and put it every place put it on the bolt in the middle of the tensiner and the reved it a bit and bingo knocking definatly comming from there??????? is it the belt or the tensioner or something worse

[COMMY VP 666]

where is it knocking from?

[Morton]

It's entirely possible that the spring is not so good anymore. Grab one from a wrecker (cheap) and throw it on, see if it fixes anything. If not, you can move on

[centy]

it happens.
It would be worth looking at the balancer before spending your cash.
When my balancer went i thought it was the tensioner to.

[Morton]

It's true. Knocking from anywhere on any of the pulleys would travel through the belt and sound like any other pulley

[Pub247]

take the belts off and test each pulley see if any bearings feel stuffed

[Emackulation]

take the belts off and test each pulley see if any bearings feel stuffed

Thats a good idea!

[wildss]

It's entirely possible that the spring is not so good anymore. Grab one from a wrecker (cheap) and throw it on, see if it fixes anything. If not, you can move on

^^^^do this^^^^.

was at a mechanics one day and he had a vn v6 there with a knock when you gave it a quick rev.
you could see the belt flex when he did this too.
turned out to be the harmonic balancer

[lukieboy]

yeah thanx guys took the belt off and no noise from the tensioner just the lifter noise lol replaced it all good now