Well, Need some advice on tensioner rebuilding
09-14-2010, 06:02 PM
#32
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I don't have anything against the stock tensioner. It's just that the PK really cleans things up and I trust Ken.
04-16-2011, 05:34 PM
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To close this out: when the leak happened I didn't want to risk getting some on the belt, so I put it away for the winter. Today I finally had the chance to take the car out of storage. I said to heck with it, pulled the fuel pump fuse, crossed my fingers and turned the key. Engine cranks, oil pressure gauge goes to 5 bar. Put the fuse back in, hit the key again and vroooom. Just like always. 5 bar pressure, 14 volts. Everything peachy.
04-16-2011, 07:39 PM
#34
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Has anyone had a PKtensioner failure? I think they've been on the street since 2008. (not counting Audi's...) The way the pulley flops around on the tensioner, it doesn't seem like it would take much to put a sensor that would ground if the pulley moved too far. Maybe that will be on the new and improved model when we all replace them in a couple years. 
