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"spamalicious" <spamalicious@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Bruce L. Bergman wrote:
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>> I'll second that - they should give you a big break at the least.
>> The mechanic that did the work should have inspected the pump and the
>> tensioner idler very carefully while in there doing the belt, and if
>> there were any questions /at all/ suggested that you have them swap
>> out the pump and/or idler while the timing cover was open.
>>[/color]
>
> Well, as it turns out it was the idler pulley and they said that they
> don't normally check it when changing the belts. The person my husband
> talked to said that they'd never seen a timing belt burned/melted so
> badly. So because they apparently don't ever check this idler pulley
> thing when they replace the timing belt/accessory belts, it's not their
> fault and we are out another $400 plus whatever the towing charges are on
> top of that.
>
> Does this sound right to you? Is it standard practice to check the
> tension idler?
>
> My husband said that if we hadn't gotten the car fixed, this never would
> have happened, lol. Of course, maybe worse could have happened
> eventually...
>
> N.[/color]

I do not know if it is standard practice to check the idler pulley or not,
however, a competent technician should at least give it a cursory check when
threading the new belt around it. I do not have a copy of the factory
repair manual for that car, but my guess is that it does mention an
inspection of the pulley.
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Ray O
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