November 21, 200916 yr Stopped in at a friends house tonight, and when I went to leave the driver side timing belt came off. Didn't break, just was so loose that it was doing nothing. So I put it back on, and all seems good. But, what has me scratching my head is what could have even caused this? The tentioner seems fine, and everything looked ok yesterday when I was poking around. I had just filled her up with gas, so maybe it was just messin with me.
November 21, 200916 yr Thats the old rule dont ever fill a Suby to the top with fuel................... Or something goes wrong. Jeff Edited November 21, 200916 yr by one eye
November 21, 200916 yr Author Well, checked everything out, everything seems good. I guess the belt stretched just enough to come off. I had a tire go down on my earlier in the week also, for some unknown reason, nothing in it, no leaks at all. I had also just topped off the tank then also. Maybe I should just fill the tank to 3/4's from now on.
November 22, 200916 yr I filled mine all the way up a while ago. no problems. - drove slower with the added weight. haha
November 22, 200916 yr They do stretch and the EA82's don't have hydraulic tensioners..... GD this. I don't leave tbelt covers off or carry spare belts on my EJs, or my ER27. but I did on every EA82 I owned. because they fail, and you'll be changing them on the side of the road. and I 100% blame the tensioners.
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