New serpentine drive belt is loose in 98 cavalier z24 - Maintenance and Repair Forum

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New serpentine drive belt is loose in 98 cavalier z24
Sunday, April 12, 2009 3:28 PM
does anyone know what would cause the serpentine belt to be loose how do you tighten this up?

Re: New serpentine drive belt is loose in 98 cavalier z24
Sunday, April 12, 2009 3:31 PM
wrong sized belt, improperly routed, or bad tensioner.



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Re: New serpentine drive belt is loose in 98 cavalier z24
Sunday, April 12, 2009 3:36 PM
auto-tensioner not doing its job, it could be seized. mine was at around 90k. easily replaceable.



Re: New serpentine drive belt is loose in 98 cavalier z24
Sunday, April 12, 2009 3:52 PM
i would say its the tensioner i have around 112k miles on the car just replaced the water pump and while i was at it i replaced the timing chain. while i was at it i replaced the belt too. how tight should the belt be its not too loose but it is loose if that makes sense?
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