Cambelt tension

[HulmeR87]

Changing my cambelt at the weekend, how tight should the belt be once it’s on? Cheers

[Jonathancilia]

I was always tought, that a good rule is that you should be able to twist the belt a 90 degrees<br><br>Sent from my SM-T560 using Tapatalk<br><br>

[dt_]

^^ I've heard the same, that you should be able to deflect (twist) the belt 90 degrees or so on its longest part between cam and crank. Change water pump also as a new belt with a slightly different tension will almost guarantee that it starts leaking

[Jonathancilia]

Yeah great advice, good idea to replace the water pump, as if it starts leaking youll have to do the job all over again<br><br>Sent from my SM-T560 using Tapatalk<br><br>