Seized Belt Tensioner Pulley - Buick LeSabre
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Date: 2020-08-05
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TransientTears
can anybody give me an answer, i no this is an old video but maby someone will see it, so my pully siezed the same one from this video on almost the same make mines a regal, but when you take the pully off the hoop thing on mine got so hot it melted off, like so heres the bolt and to all directions is a circular wal surrounding the inside of the pully the bolt hole is free of obstructions do you need that piece there 100% even if the pully still spins?
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can anybody give me an answer, i no this is an old video but maby someone will see it, so my pully siezed the same one from this video on almost the same make mines a regal, but when you take the pully off the hoop thing on mine got so hot it melted off, like so heres the bolt and to all directions is a circular wal surrounding the inside of the pully the bolt hole is free of obstructions do you need that piece there 100% even if the pully still spins?
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ROD
I my car to the mechanics because the temperature goes high. So they change the water pump and Thermostat and also change the belt. The car was fixed but next day I heard a noise from the engine. I bring my car to the mechanics again and they said is the belt tentioner. I think they damage that when they put the belt. So now they said to fixed will me cost 150. What you think? They damage the part or just want to do the labor because will be a new job?
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I my car to the mechanics because the temperature goes high. So they change the water pump and Thermostat and also change the belt. The car was fixed but next day I heard a noise from the engine. I bring my car to the mechanics again and they said is the belt tentioner. I think they damage that when they put the belt. So now they said to fixed will me cost 150. What you think? They damage the part or just want to do the labor because will be a new job?
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Rex
When routing the belt, start at the alternator and run the belt around. Look at the smoorh sides to help route it correctly. If you don't start at the alternator, you'll end up with the belt too loose or too tight. Don't go back to the store about a wrong belt. Replace the tensioner if it's old. They get loose. Check the timing belt tensioner and water pump. Replace timing belts regularly. Check the timing and codes.
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When routing the belt, start at the alternator and run the belt around. Look at the smoorh sides to help route it correctly. If you don't start at the alternator, you'll end up with the belt too loose or too tight. Don't go back to the store about a wrong belt. Replace the tensioner if it's old. They get loose. Check the timing belt tensioner and water pump. Replace timing belts regularly. Check the timing and codes.
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Tim
I have a 05 Buick LeSabre with a 3. 8 last week I started to smell coolant when I walked by the front of the car. Yea it has that cheap plastic manifold on it. Hoping it last till the spring time. It only has 38 thousand miles on it: -/ I don't like the cold and it seems that's when my cars need maintenance. Have you ever considered making a how to video on this. The ones here on you tube are not too informative.
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I have a 05 Buick LeSabre with a 3. 8 last week I started to smell coolant when I walked by the front of the car. Yea it has that cheap plastic manifold on it. Hoping it last till the spring time. It only has 38 thousand miles on it: -/ I don't like the cold and it seems that's when my cars need maintenance. Have you ever considered making a how to video on this. The ones here on you tube are not too informative.
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Chevy
So i think my car has a stuck pulley. Its not starting. The starter is just clicking. The starter tested good. So did the battery. All the connections are good as well. Body and chassis ground are good. The car all of a sudden not started one day. No crank. Could a stuck pulley be my problem? Its a 2004 sc3. 8 gtp. Also i have smelled burning before this happened, like rubber/plastic burning smell.
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So i think my car has a stuck pulley. Its not starting. The starter is just clicking. The starter tested good. So did the battery. All the connections are good as well. Body and chassis ground are good. The car all of a sudden not started one day. No crank. Could a stuck pulley be my problem? Its a 2004 sc3. 8 gtp. Also i have smelled burning before this happened, like rubber/plastic burning smell.
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FrugalPrepper's
Guess GM fixed the whole having to take the passenger tire and inner fender well out to remove a bolt and spacer to put a belt on sometime after the 1998 LeSabre. That was nice of them. I had to change a couple of belts on the side of the road on that car, what a pain in the but with semis wizzing by at 70 mph.
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Guess GM fixed the whole having to take the passenger tire and inner fender well out to remove a bolt and spacer to put a belt on sometime after the 1998 LeSabre. That was nice of them. I had to change a couple of belts on the side of the road on that car, what a pain in the but with semis wizzing by at 70 mph.
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TransientTears
This just happend to me today, i have a 2001 buick regal and my power steering stopped working i checked to sew what happend and my idler/tensionee pully siezed, nice to see it an easy fix, but regals are waaaaay tighter, it took me ten min just to get the old belt off
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This just happend to me today, i have a 2001 buick regal and my power steering stopped working i checked to sew what happend and my idler/tensionee pully siezed, nice to see it an easy fix, but regals are waaaaay tighter, it took me ten min just to get the old belt off
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lawnmowermanTX
Kudos and shout out! Thanks for the instructions on this. This worked on my 1990 Buick LeSabre Limited 3800 v6. Old pulley was blue and worn. The belt looked tired and swapped them out. Would you have a video on swapping plugs and OBD-I code reader? Thank you!
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Kudos and shout out! Thanks for the instructions on this. This worked on my 1990 Buick LeSabre Limited 3800 v6. Old pulley was blue and worn. The belt looked tired and swapped them out. Would you have a video on swapping plugs and OBD-I code reader? Thank you!
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Lukes
i did an alternator on a. bonneville? it may have been an olds. I don't remember. Just that it was a 3. 8
but the left hand threads threw my off so much. it literally took me 5 minutes to get the bolt to thread properly. I felt so dumb. haha
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i did an alternator on a. bonneville? it may have been an olds. I don't remember. Just that it was a 3. 8
but the left hand threads threw my off so much. it literally took me 5 minutes to get the bolt to thread properly. I felt so dumb. haha
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