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Originally Posted by Illusive
Well there goes my joy. The serpentine belt is now touching between the auto tensioner and the water pump. The auto tensioner is pushing the belt against itself where the water pump is and is making an awful sound when started. We moved the alternator half way forward yesterday, gained 1/8" clearance or less, was able to get home, but tried starting it up now and that sound is back. Anyone else have this problem? The image from the instruction manual shows the belt should have 1/2"-1" of clearance.
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Was the Rotrex unit adjustable at all? Or is it fixed position, just curious. Email KW tech support directly...
The tensioner must be pressing on the middle pulley on the right (from the install pdf):