I recently had to remove the belt on my 2001 volvo penta 3.0GSP-A so I could remove some remaining pieces of impeller that were wedged in my circulating pump housing, in doing so I discovered that the 1/2" drive slot was broken (port-side facing)...when I read the steps in the SELOC manual on releaving the tension, it makes it sound so simple "loosen the tensioner pulley bolt, then insert a 1/2" drive breaker bar and "swing" the pulley up to loosen the tension" wasn't so easy, and nothing seemed to "swing" as much as I would have hoped, and the broken square hole made it much more difficult and I basically had to relieve the tension by pulling the alternator.
once everything was complete and put back together, i managed to man-handle the belt tensioner enough to slip the belt back on, but now there is about an inch and a half of play, and if I push down on the belt with moderate force, the tensioner pulley swings up the whole way...not good because now obviously I have a lot of belt slips and squeals, and a new symptom of pretty rough idleing (once up on plane squeals pretty much stop and engine sounds great) but not putting the boat back in the water til I have sufficient tension.
could rough idling also be caused by a bad tensioner? If i can figure out how to force the tensioner back enough without using the square breaker bar slot should it stay there? Can't seem to find enough information on how these 2000+ auto belt tensioners are supposed to work, but I know mine isn't doing a very good job as it had previously done before I touched it.
Have a new tensioner getting shipped today, but was thinking maybe a ratchet strap around something outside of the boat and a few clicks at a time would pull that tensioner back far enough to hopefully "reset" itself so I can get on the water this weekend but don't want to waste my time if the consensus is that the tensioner is just junk and a new tensioner is the only thing that is going to fix it...just seems like there should be a way to "unlock" these auto-tensioners, and then "lock" them to supply adequate tension after you have done what you need to do and have the belt back in position.
any thoughts or tips for replacing this tensioner pulley or comments about rough idling? biggest pain is my back seat is not removable and i have about 5 inches between belt and seat and the absence of leverage is a HUGE disadvantage...
once everything was complete and put back together, i managed to man-handle the belt tensioner enough to slip the belt back on, but now there is about an inch and a half of play, and if I push down on the belt with moderate force, the tensioner pulley swings up the whole way...not good because now obviously I have a lot of belt slips and squeals, and a new symptom of pretty rough idleing (once up on plane squeals pretty much stop and engine sounds great) but not putting the boat back in the water til I have sufficient tension.
could rough idling also be caused by a bad tensioner? If i can figure out how to force the tensioner back enough without using the square breaker bar slot should it stay there? Can't seem to find enough information on how these 2000+ auto belt tensioners are supposed to work, but I know mine isn't doing a very good job as it had previously done before I touched it.
Have a new tensioner getting shipped today, but was thinking maybe a ratchet strap around something outside of the boat and a few clicks at a time would pull that tensioner back far enough to hopefully "reset" itself so I can get on the water this weekend but don't want to waste my time if the consensus is that the tensioner is just junk and a new tensioner is the only thing that is going to fix it...just seems like there should be a way to "unlock" these auto-tensioners, and then "lock" them to supply adequate tension after you have done what you need to do and have the belt back in position.
any thoughts or tips for replacing this tensioner pulley or comments about rough idling? biggest pain is my back seat is not removable and i have about 5 inches between belt and seat and the absence of leverage is a HUGE disadvantage...
shoulda paid for the next day air, lol