Been doing some spannering at the weekend. Long time since.
It was on Sylv's ZX so not sure if this apply to Xantias.
She has a terrible noise coming from the engine offside
Luckily because she lost one of her offside wheel arch liner access is easy.
Took the alternator belt off and the tensioner is not in a good way.
Engine is only 107k.
The tensioner sits quite low and can be seen clearly.
Moral of the story. Leaving wheel archs off encourages rapid wear through water jet washing the bearings as does adjusting tensioner too much.