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Re: 3.2 Auxiliary belt.
« Reply #15 on: 14 March 2020, 09:42:22 »
Quote from: terry paget on 13 March 2020, 11:32:11
Thanks for this instructive thread, gentlemen. Some years ago I struggled to get a new belt on my Omega, and had a similar battle getting a new belt on my Vectra. I bought the belts online, presumed they were the correct belts, and would stretch in use.
Modern belts don't really stretch.
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Re: 3.2 Auxiliary belt.
« Reply #16 on: 14 March 2020, 09:45:01 »
Quote from: JamesV6CDX on 13 March 2020, 00:23:18
A 6PK240 is not less effective. It sits bang in the middle of the tensioner range and is serviceable for the life of the belt, with the added bonus that it doesn’t wear / dry out the bearings in the tensioner pulley, as the 6pk2020 often does .....
Depends on the car, sometimes, as the tension weakens with longer belts, it can slip*, so always get the most suitable one for your specific car. As none of these cars are 1 owner from new now, we don't know what differences there are.


*no need to ask how I know this fact ;D
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