[slick]

hey, could anyone tell me how to tighten a alternator belt on a 93 tdi? I have had a quick look and the belt is looser than a 50 pence hoe's chuff. Also getting quite sick and tired of having two batteries on rotation at the moment, so the sooner it is done the better.

Cheers all.

 

[audidriver99]

its a spring loaded pulley wheel on mine so sounds like the spring has gone, my belt was a right pig to change took about 3hrs

 

[turbodieselhead1]

It is a spring loaded pully.

Take the radiator fans of the radiator to give extra room

If the spring has gone then you will need a new pully The whole pully bolts on to the engine block

The pully itself has a bolt on the front of it for releasing the tension. Us a spanner to release the tension remove the belt, replace belt, release tension. It's dead easy.

You can remove the radiator for additional space

Undo jubilee clips holding pipes on, remove pipes, 2 10mm bolts at to of rad hold rad to front cross member. once these are removed the radiator falls backwards towards the engine and is then lifted out from the two rubber bungs that it sits on.

If you do remove the rad, remember to bleed it when refilling (Bleed screw on one of the two pipes going to the heater matrix at the bulkhead.

All the best david

 

[merkerguitars]

Could you guys email me some pictures of your TDI's, i'm doing a tdi coversion and they never sold tdi 80's in the states. Email me at [email protected]