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Re: repairing the tensioner Well....
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:37:11
In Reply to: repairing the tensioner, Simon S, Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:30:12
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Several years ago the oil leaked out of the tensioner on the '95 CS we'd gotten for our eldest daughter. I ordered another one but never got around to putting it on. Fast forward 5 years and 35K miles and it was still on the car working fine when we sold it at 173K. The A/C didn't work in that car, so maybe that helped, but the oil didn't seem critical. It's just a lightweight oil to give the spring some lube. But the shock had never come apart, which may have helped.
Last summer, putting that new shock I had in inventory on the car that replaced the '95, I had it blow apart when the holding tool slipped. When I have time will see if it can be repaired, but I just stuck a new shock on there. That car died last month and I pulled parts so now I have a spare shock to put on my '96 when I do the belt and pulleys when the good weather comes.
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