auxiliary belt tensioner

Hi all, it would appear that VW have changed the torque setting for the aux tensioner bolt from 50Nm plus 90deg to 50Nm plus 180degrees. See below from member SimonS today. Can someone confirm the tensioner torque settings please, I have found 50NM and 180 deg and 90 deg. I assume they changed...

Spanner size please. Ridiculous spot to get at !

I was wondering if anyone can help me with what is possibly a squeaky belt. When driving along everything is fine. As soon as I take my foot off the accelerator, it sounds like a belt is squeaking. When I put my foot down it goes. It also disappears if I press the clutch in. I've had the...

Help and advice please, my camper went in for an Mot and it was a little noisy, the man said it’s possibly the V belt and tensioner. He suggested taking it back to VW as recently had new cambelt and water pump fitted. The van runs lovely, albeit a little noisy, VW said they would recommend a...

Hi T6 Forum, My 2021 T6.1 done 1000 miles from new to find auxiliary belt squealing and out of line, took it to VW and the mechanic said that don’t look right or sound right, and as you guessed, we have never seen this before. We will book you in for warranty work in 3 weeks, a week later at...

just got 2 new tensioners from VW, one has the plastic wheel, the other has a 2 piece metal wheel. other than that they're identical. is the metal one an upgrade and a better option than the plastic?

VW workshop manual section for removal and replacement of the V-Belt and V-Belt tensioner.

My 68 plate 199 has an intermittent load belt squeal noise when manoeuvring. I’ve had van for 2 weeks and today was the 5th time this has happened. has always happened when turning in first or reverse I.e 3 point turn. Sounds like aux belt slipping? I've read the posts on cam belt tensioner...