Xantia fan belt noise

bigbossa · Post by **bigbossa** » 02 Jul 2011, 13:45

Hi all
How do you tighten the fan belt on a 96' Xantia 1.9 TD ?

HDI · Post by **HDI** » 02 Jul 2011, 16:29

You don't, it's tensioned automatically by a spring tensioner pulley.
If the belt is slipping despite the auto tensioner then it needs replacing.

bigbossa · Post by **bigbossa** » 02 Jul 2011, 16:57

Thanks HDI
Is this a big job then...I only just had the cam belt done. They never said it needed doing , the guy that did it also said the tensioners were fine

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 02 Jul 2011, 17:51

A 96 Xantia may have a manual tensioner.
Haynes manual covers the manual one in the 1.9 section and auto in the 2.1 section

wotwot · Post by **wotwot** » 02 Jul 2011, 19:22

My 96 xanty has a manual tensioner about a 6mm allen key a long one would be good,O/S wheel turned full lock lay on your back look to the right of the bottom pully and you should be able to see it and adjust it without jacking the car up.
Mine was stiff and rusted so a squirt of plusgas maybe required.

Xantidote · Post by **Xantidote** » 02 Jul 2011, 22:53

If yours is manual adjustment, you will see that the adjuster faces downwards.

Before adjusting the tension, you need to slacken the 2 allen bolts which hold the tensioner pulley against the block. One bolt is obvious, but the second is within the centre of the pulley itself and will not be immediately obvious if the pulley has a plastic cover over the centre, which I assume is to prevent water ingress to the pulley's bearings

Old-Guy · Post by **Old-Guy** » 02 Jul 2011, 23:07

That's slacken as in just un-tighten enough to allow the pulley to move. The bolt in the pulley is pretty invisible unless you look for it.

bigbossa · Post by **bigbossa** » 03 Jul 2011, 12:50

thanks for your replies guys , my cars parked up at work over the weekend so will check when I get it back.