Re: V6 cam belt tensioner

[Mark Denovich <mark@domain.elided>]

Ben Ament wrote:
> Are these mechanical tensioners junk? 
There seem to be two kinds of mechanical tensioners...  ones that have 
failed, and ones that haven't failed, yet.

I had one fail, luckily causing no other damage.  My friend had two 
tensioners fail on him in less than 1k miles, on both occasions causing 
valve damage.

I threw in the towel and went with a Tom Zat Staybelt tensioner. 
Problem is that you need a hydrualic tensioner to canabalize.  I didn't 
have one, but I have enough of a machine shop to improvise the parts I 
needed.   I have a few thousand miles on mine with no problems.   If you 
have a hyrualic tensioner you can always use it as a static tensioner if 
the oil feed is plugged.

For more on this topic check the gtv6.org forum:
http://www.gtv6.org/discus/messages/200/10.html?TuesdayAugust2020020630am

	--Mark
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