alaskabear99687
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- 2002 Explorer XLT
Hello, I asked this before and with your suggestions thought it was fixed but it's back. First I have a 2002 (door tag says 03/01 but the dealer says according to the VIN it is an 02) exploder xlt, 4.0 SOHV 4x4. I have replaced the idler pulley, complete tensioner arm and pulley and have gone thru 2 belts from NAPA (both to long) and have now gone thru a belt from the Ford dealer located via the VIN#. The dealer says that the belts can't stretch and something else is wrong. After I installed the new belt the chirp went away and the marks on the tensionor was inbetween the far right and the middle marks (according to the mechanic the far right is good/new, the middle is time to replace and the far left is look out it's coming apart). Now one week later the chirp is back and the tensionor is back to the middle mark. I am at a loss here and not sure where to look next. Should I get a new tensionor from the dealer this time and make sure everything is torqued to the exact ftlbs? Any help would be great.