Hey all! I've had a squeal that's progressively gotten worse and lead me to replace the idler pulleys recently. I took another look with the belt off and can obviously see that it's rubbing the engine block when it's running over the tensioner, as in it doesn't stay on the tensioner enough and moves toward the block. It's clear this is the issue because I can physically push the belt away from it and the squeal goes away in addition to the blackened spot on the block where it has contacted. Any idea what causes this?
My initial reaction would be a bad tensioner but I replaced it last fall, is it still likely I bought a bad tensioner? I can also notice the tensioner jumping around quite a bit whole running, I'm not sure how much is normal. As a sidenote, I did the 'water test' and sprayed some on the ribbed side of the belt; the squeal went any immediately. This lead me to believe the only issue is this rubbing, caused by a faulty/deformed tensioner or misalignment in some way. Though I didn't see any misalignment when I looked for this briefly.
My initial reaction would be a bad tensioner but I replaced it last fall, is it still likely I bought a bad tensioner? I can also notice the tensioner jumping around quite a bit whole running, I'm not sure how much is normal. As a sidenote, I did the 'water test' and sprayed some on the ribbed side of the belt; the squeal went any immediately. This lead me to believe the only issue is this rubbing, caused by a faulty/deformed tensioner or misalignment in some way. Though I didn't see any misalignment when I looked for this briefly.
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