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#1529376 03/18/06 02:25 AM
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hey guys today i noticed a sound under my hood so i took a look and noticed that it was comming from under the timing belt cover. i opened it and i noticed that the belt was very loose and thats what was making the noise.
i gto new timing belt less than 1000 miles ago and i dono why its doing this? is there anyways to tighen it? how bad is the problem?
let me know please

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#1529377 03/18/06 02:39 AM
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yea retighten the tensioner. or check to see if its broken.

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#1529378 03/18/06 03:01 AM
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Sounds like a bad job of putting on the timing belt. When it was put on did they replace the tensioner and idlers with new ones and did they loosen the cam pulleys to get the slack out?

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#1529379 03/18/06 01:57 PM
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Originally posted by Dec1000:
Sounds like a bad job of putting on the timing belt. When it was put on did they replace the tensioner and idlers with new ones and did they loosen the cam pulleys to get the slack out?



if they installed the timing belt, chances are they gave you a warrenty. dont touch it and take it back to them. if they didnt give you a warrenty, chances are they might be ready to take you for a ride.

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the job was done by a private mechanic who did it in his own garage. im thinking about calling him and find out whats up.
if the tentioner is loose you guys think its possible for me to fix it or replace it on my own with out taking apart whole engine?

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#1529381 03/18/06 05:13 PM
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On my 98 Zetec, I can remove the top timing cover and get to the tensioner. You should turn it after you adjust it to make sure there is no slack in it anywhere. The proper way to adjust it is to loosen the cam sprockets while doing the tension.

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yeah i think 98 tours are easy to get into the tentioner
in the hanes manual it sais that i need to remove top cover
mid cover, and loosed the gears. i dono looks like PITA but her hands on experience never hurt anyone

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#1529383 03/22/06 02:00 AM
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It is easy once you do it. Did you find out if that person replaced the tensioner and idler when they put that belt on? If not they could be bad. If you loosen those cam gears you need to make sure the cams are in time with each other and make sure the number 1 is at TDC. If not it won't start. Doesn't take much to be off. Need metric tools to work on it.

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#1529384 03/23/06 01:21 AM
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Shouldn't be too much to get to that tensioner. Take off the serpenine belt, and the top and middle timer cover (atleast on my 95). Should be able to get to it from there. Also taking off the motor mount might make it a bit easier to access, along with the coolant overflow resovoir.

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#1529385 03/24/06 01:19 PM
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Yeah, sounds like all he replaced was the belt.....Bad idea on the Zetec.....

Speaking from exoerience of course

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