My belt suddenly became loose yesterday, and I'm fairly familiar with how to work on cars. However when i try to get my belt back on and tight I can't get the tensioner to stay taught. Is there a trick to getting it to stay because I've heard they're self adjusting so maybe my tensioner is just bad? somebody help! im frusterated and about to drive the thing into a lake! haha. thanks. chris
Most likely a bad tensioner. They are self tightening. Just replaced one on my 97 SL1. New, made in the US Dayco tensioner was a little over $50 bucks. Don't delay replacing it or you may have other problems. May as well replace the idler pulley also, if the SL2 has one, especially if you have high miles. MR
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