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SD1too · 21st June 2022, 06:45

Hi Malcolm,

It was the ancillary belt tensioner I was asking about!

From memory, if you remove the OSF wheel arch liner you can observe it whilst an assistant revs the engine. I once did this on a friend's Saab 9000 and the loss of belt tension was very apparent.

Simon

21st June 2022, 06:45	#4
SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,337 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Hi Malcolm, It was the ancillary belt tensioner I was asking about! From memory, if you remove the OSF wheel arch liner you can observe it whilst an assistant revs the engine. I once did this on a friend's Saab 9000 and the loss of belt tension was very apparent. Simon __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.