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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: brendan1983 on 19 May 2015, 08:13:04
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Hi All,
I have been getting a bit of an odd whirring sound from the 2.2 lately - after much worrying if it was the torque converter or something serious last night I had a proper look, took the Aux belt off and the sound went.
From turning everything pretty sure it's the tensioner that's to blame - turning it by hand feels like the bearings have gone.
My main question is though (as I cant see them easily) is this held on with any special bolts - or any special tools required for removal?
Thanks
Brendan
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Three bolts IIRC
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z257/belisensis/P1050076_zps84a5bef3.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/belisensis/media/P1050076_zps84a5bef3.jpg.html)
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Nothing fancy about it, but a bit fiddly iirc... certainly not the hardest of jobs :y
And as Robs pic reminds me... the tensioner needs locking in position in order to undo all three bolts... use the dowel location on the new replacement as a visual reference :y
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Awesome - thanks guys
I don't suppose you know if they're torx bolts or regular?
(Just so I know if I'll need to get some Torx sockets before I start)
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Torx iirc :y
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Awesome - thanks guys
I don't suppose you know if they're torx bolts or regular?
(Just so I know if I'll need to get some Torx sockets before I start)
Most cars these days mainly use Torx bolts ;) Both Torx sockets & Torx bits will be useful to anyone working on their car .... you can get a decent set of each fairly cheaply. Just be careful of some Torx sockets if they're all 3/8" as the body of the smaller sizes can get in the way, the set from Machine Mart has 1/4" 3/8" & 1/2" drive
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Most cars these days mainly use Torx bolts ;) Both Torx sockets & Torx bits will be useful to anyone working on their car .... you can get a decent set of each fairly cheaply. Just be careful of some Torx sockets if they're all 3/8" as the body of the smaller sizes can get in the way, the set from Machine Mart has 1/4" 3/8" & 1/2" drive
Time to invest in some I think - I've never had a need for any before, I guess maybe my bikes/cars have just always been too old
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Maybe your tensioner just needs a little grease. ;) :y
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Maybe your tensioner just needs a little grease. ;) :y
If it feels notchy, as opposed to just dry, I'd replace.
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It is attached by 2 long E14 male torx screws. I put mine back on this morning after changing the cam belt.
There must be lots of spares on this forum. When I strip my dead 2.5 down I shall have one!
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You could replace the bearing on its own tho :y
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It is attached by 2 long E14 male torx screws. I put mine back on this morning after changing the cam belt.
There must be lots of spares on this forum. When I strip my dead 2.5 down I shall have one!
Four pot tensioners are different in design and are mounted using three bolts :y
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I picked up a new one from ECP yesterday - fitted it last night :y
Surprisingly it was just two 13mm bolts - the old one was very rough to turn by hand, also I hadn't realised just how noisy it had become...
Thanks for everyone's input :)