didntn help at all.. 6 months later they were replacing the belt again...
they said if it does it again they are going to have to look into what is
causing it to eat belts..


"Gordo" <woodbug1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> So the new tensioner didn't help then? The new belt failed too?
>
> G
> "Pete & Cindy" <range1@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:MvEoh.593720$R63.347711@pd7urf1no...
>> oh, they replaced the tensioner pully on mine too.. just after they
>> replaced the belt the 1st time
>>
>> "Rev. Tom Wenndt" <trwenndt@grics.net> wrote in message
>> news:enpqdi02pci@enews2.newsguy.com...
>>> What was the condition of the belt you took off? My gut tells me that
>>> this is not really a belt problem at all.
>>>
>>> My first hunch is that your belt tensioner isn't working right. But it
>>> could be 100 things.
>>>
>>> Take the belt off, and inspect it carefully, and inspect and move the
>>> tensioner. That's where one has to start.
>>>
>>> BTW, I'm not an expert, but I have a hunch you're going to "hear it"
>>> about using water rinse in your engine compartment. I'm pretty sure
>>> that there are more than a few places in the engine compartment where
>>> water should not be going.
>>>
>>> Tom Wenndt
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gordo" <woodbug1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:QTZnh.560316$5R2.439855@pd7urf3no...
>>>> OK, lets try this with a message ... oops.
>>>>
>>>> At 12,000 km I had to replace the surpentine belt because of major
>>>> squeaking. Now at 21,000 the squeaking is coming back. The sound is
>>>> immediately silenced with the new belt. Dayco belt.
>>>>
>>>> What gives? Misaligned pulley? Crap contaminating the belt? I keep
>>>> the engine bay clean with water rinse. No belt dressing, of course.
>>>> Anyone else have this issue?
>>>>
>>>> Gord
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

Just for clarity, I'll restate that the pulley I was instructed by Hyundai
to replace was the idler pulley, not the tensioner pulley.

 

that the one that just looks like a thick hockey puck with a lil hole in the
middle??


"hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
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> Just for clarity, I'll restate that the pulley I was instructed by Hyundai
> to replace was the idler pulley, not the tensioner pulley.
>

 

Yep. It's held on by one 17mm bolt.

 

Who needs pulleys when we have hockey pucks!


"Pete & Cindy" <range1@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> that the one that just looks like a thick hockey puck with a lil hole in
> the middle??
>
>
> "hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message
> news:0759e1e90c2bf4322f39398bed6c1361@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>> Just for clarity, I'll restate that the pulley I was instructed by
>> Hyundai
>> to replace was the idler pulley, not the tensioner pulley.
>>
>
>