All- I had to replace my battery cable to get around the issue with the hot start after a quick trip. Did everything and buttoned it up nicely.

Car started up and seemed to work fine but after a quick check out drive I got a battery warning light. I went back home and I opened up the back and immediately noticed the belt was out of place.

I took out the air box and noticed that the tensioner pulley must have somehow blown it's bearing as it shredded the internal plastic and I had bits all over the car and in the belt. All I did was move that tensioner with a longer 24MM socket that was a PITA to work with (too big and bumped into the back of the car as it loosened). I recall the tensioner did a minimal amount of spinning and wasn't free spinning.

I had bits of plastic shaving throughout the drive belt and i'm going to be cleaning it all and have a new belt with the new pulley on order.

Just curious if this has happened to anyone before? The tensioner seems to work fine so I'm at a bit of a loss to figure out how it happened.
(I also have to replace my oil filler neck - so fun!)

Thanks

 

Do all three pulleys, the other two idler pulleys are grooved from wear. Suncoast sells a kit including the belt, others do too.

 

'07 C2S. Idler failed. When it failed the belt broke. The belt then hit the oil fill tube breaking it in half. Best advice is when you replace the belt do the same to the tensioner and idler pulleys.

 

Thanks - did you do the tensioner yourself? Looking like it is a repeat of the process for the replacement of battery cable with moving the alternator and ac and the other items to get access.

Chris