Help!! Engine belt tensioner worn...

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Help!! Engine belt tensioner worn...

January 12, 2007, 01:42:15 PM

Hello everyone,

First time posting here. I have a 1988 Mercury Cougar 3.8L and the engine belt is being cut on the sides. Been through 2 belts this month. I took it to my trusted mechanic and he says the belt tensioner is pen 15ed to 1 side, no longer straight, and needs to be replaced. Problem is, he's jumping through hoops on fire in order to locate 1 and it's been 5 days and he hasn't been successful.

Please, someone on here has to know what I can do in order to replace this tensioner.

Thanks!

Help!! Engine belt tensioner worn...

Reply #1 – January 12, 2007, 10:17:20 PM

Factory Air brand Idler Pulley/tensioner assembly
Part Number: 45964

36.96 list price at http://www.partsamerica.com (advance auto)

Dayco Idler Pulley/tensioner assembly
Part Number: 89031
25.94 list price
http://www.partsamerica.com (advance auto)

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Reply #2 – January 12, 2007, 10:27:53 PM

Hello there Sleeper T-Bird 87,

Thank you for your help and reply. Unfortunately this is not the belt tensioner I need. The belt tensioner I need looks more like this:

http://www.goodyearbeltsandhose.com/cars/tensioners.html

The part you supplied it the idler tensioner.

Thanks again!!

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Reply #3 – January 12, 2007, 10:33:20 PM

Quote from: c0ugar2;123452

Hello there Sleeper T-Bird 87,

Thank you for your help and reply. Unfortunately this is not the belt tensioner I need. The belt tensioner I need looks more like this:

http://www.goodyearbeltsandhose.com/cars/tensioners.html

The part you supplied it the idler tensioner.

Thanks again!!

try this, it is by chance the right part. it showed these when i looked up 88 thunderbird 3.8 insted of cougar

Dayco Belt Tensioner
Part Number: 89247

Goodyear Belt Tensioner Assembly
Part Number: 49227

Help!! Engine belt tensioner worn...

Reply #4 – January 12, 2007, 11:25:52 PM

Okay bud, will do! I'll check them out tomorrow and print that out for my mechanic to see. But before I do, I see that reference in the table they feature under the link I gave you and the year they list is 89-99.

Make/Model Year Dayco Goodyear
Car 3.8L 89-99 89247 49227

Can you confirm that you found the tensioner under the year 88'

Thanks a whole lot for your time. Really appreciate it.

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Reply #5 – January 13, 2007, 12:44:13 AM

The two belt tensioners on an 88 are a one year only thing. Its very hard to find anything to fit the 88 v6.

Help!! Engine belt tensioner worn...

Reply #6 – January 13, 2007, 01:24:10 AM

Quote from: CougarSE;123480

The two belt tensioners on an 88 are a one year only thing. Its very hard to find anything to fit the 88 v6.

The belt tensioner that SLEEPER T-BIRD found will not work? If that is the case, what do you recommend I do? This car can't move without a belt tensioner. Seems it getting harder and harder to hold on to this car.

Help!! Engine belt tensioner worn...

Reply #7 – January 13, 2007, 01:49:40 AM

I duno.. I'll be at the junkyard tomorrow where there is an 88 3.8 tbird. if it has a good tensioner I'll take it off.

Help!! Engine belt tensioner worn...

Reply #8 – January 13, 2007, 10:46:10 AM

Thank you so much for offering to do that.

Help!! Engine belt tensioner worn...

Reply #9 – January 13, 2007, 01:42:34 PM

Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87;123448

Factory Air brand Idler Pulley/tensioner assembly
Part Number: 45964

36.96 list price at http://www.partsamerica.com (advance auto)

Dayco Idler Pulley/tensioner assembly
Part Number: 89031
25.94 list price
http://www.partsamerica.com (advance auto)

that is for the 87 and earlier 3.8 and 85 or earlier 5.0.

tray also the 4.2L equipped vehicles like the winstar. the 4.2 is a stroked 3.8 and different airflow setup.