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Before I complain, Is my terminology correct on this part?

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hotstang_46

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My car had smoke coming out of the engine bay and strange enough it was idle pulley that bolts to the block, bearings went bad. Though not that strange I suppose because the car is 12 years old and it's first few years lived in salt.......so anyway I ordered an "idle" pulley from a shop online only to discover the part they sent was for the tensioner.

I looked at the ad again and it does say idle pulley. Is the one on the tensioner arm considered an idle pulley too? If not I want them to get me the right one asap on their dime because my car is down.
 

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Both are called idler pulleys. The one on the tensioner arm is sometimes referred to as a tensioner pulley.
 

fshawn50

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You have three of them. Idler pullies. One is a ribbed pulley the other is a smooth pulley both of these bolt to your timingcover. and then the third is usually referred as the tensioner pulley which will be a smooth pulley also. And these come usually with the tensioner arm?
 

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Some people call that an idler pulley too, but most do call it a tensioner pulley.
 
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