[alfa] Re: Mechanical tensioners

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I disagree.  While low hanging sumps and possibly-inadequate synchros are 
things that we have to live with and/or work around, there are clear cut 
solutions to the tensioner issue.  Namely the original hydraulic tensioner 
that works fine on thousands of V6 Alfas outside of North America.  If you 
fear oil leaks, you can block off the oil feed and have what is in my 
opinion a much more elegant mechanical tensioner than the oft-discussed 
USA-market replacement part.  If you fear dynamic belt tensioners in 
general, Tom Zat offers his static tensioner, which worked fine for me for 
the 26,000 miles that I tried it.

Joe Elliott
'82 GTV-6

--On Monday, December 22, 2003 5:34 AM +0000 alfa-digest 
<owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided> wrote:


> Mark asks "is this horse dead yet?". Well... the information we have been
> discussing is no different than low hanging oil sumps on 105/115 Alfas,
> less than robust 2nd gear synchomesh, or any one of the other issues
> inherent with owning Alfa Romeos. We love these cars, but they have
> certain problems, and it doesn't do any good to make believe they don't
> exist. As John Hertzman says of Alfas: "enjoy yours", and good luck.
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