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LJFREELAND
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1990 CHEVROLET CORSICA
4 CYL
FWD
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I started the car this morning and heard a strange clicking kind of noise. Thought a bird got caught in the belt or something. Then realized I had no power steering. Looked under the hood and the belt is so way loose, but not broken. How do I tell if its the belt or the tensioner. The belt is real loose. It's old but not frayed. Some cracks in it. Could it have stretched that far? How can I tell if it's a bad tensioner?
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Monday, November 19th, 2018 AT 5:36 PM
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WRENCHTECH
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If it's the correct belt, routed correctly and none of the pulleys are bad, then all it can be would be the tensioner.
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KOLEC94
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1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA
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V6
2WD
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135,000 MILES
My drive belt is going bad, and I have been putting oil on it and it slipped off and now I cannot figure out how to release the tensioner on the belt.
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HMAC300
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Worse thing you can do is to put oil on a belt. Clean all the pulleys with choke cleaner or brake clean then replace the belt and tensioner. See picture arrow shows which way to move tensioner.
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KOLEC94
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How do I move the tensioner?
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HMAC300
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I already showed the direction in first reply with the picture move it in the way of the red arrow.
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KOLEC94
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Ok so I have to unbolt the tensioner?
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Only if you replace it which you should due to age and replacing belt as well.