Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I imagine the idler pulley is there for a reason, and if you removed it you'd also have to get a shorter belt... But it has to be there for a reason,, not sure what the reason is though... and belt dressings are a bad idea and only a temporary fix.




No the serpentine belt runs under the idler pulley only, not on top of it. I dont use belt dressing either.