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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: 745 turbogreasel on April 28, 2011, 03:42:46 am

Title: ALH Serpentine tensioner noise?
Post by: 745 turbogreasel on April 28, 2011, 03:42:46 am

02 Golf has a rattle where the top bolt of the tensioner shock goes through.
I can hush it up with medium fingertip pressure.
Anyone fixed this without buying  a tensioner assembly?

(http://www.metalmanparts.com/images/product_106_zm.jpg)

Title: Re: ALH Serpentine tensioner noise?
Post by: redneck_vdub on May 02, 2011, 08:30:29 pm

Mine does the exact same thing, and ive checked to make sure the bolt is tight. Must be the design. Oh and it is a new tensioner.

Title: Re: ALH Serpentine tensioner noise?
Post by: 745 turbogreasel on May 02, 2011, 10:52:22 pm

I'm not sure that's what I wanted to hear :-\
But I suppose I can hold off on buying another.

Title: Re: ALH Serpentine tensioner noise?
Post by: 8v-of-fury on May 03, 2011, 10:52:23 pm

its a diesel shes supposed to have some rattles ;)

Title: Re: ALH Serpentine tensioner noise?
Post by: redneck_vdub on May 06, 2011, 09:43:26 pm

Quote from: 8v-of-fury on May 03, 2011, 10:52:23 pm

its a diesel shes supposed to have some rattles ;)

True enough lol.

Title: Re: ALH Serpentine tensioner noise?
Post by: the caveman on May 06, 2011, 11:01:58 pm

did you try to just remove the shock. They leak and end up useless. The real problem is if the spring is soft, and not keeping enough tension on the belt. Not as critical as on an AAZ, but can still damage the crank if left for a long time.