Integrale1
ClioSport Club Member
2003 Clio 172
My 172 phase 2 has started to make a squeal when turning the steering to full lock when the car is stationary. Last weekend the car suffered an alternator failure. I replaced this and also replaced the aux belt with a genuine renault one.
The car had a new tensioner and idlers 14 thousand miles ago plus a new water pump/PAS pump ten thousand miles ago all genuine renault ones.
My question is does anybody have any ideas why its just started to do this? Also does anybody have an idea exactly how tight the belt should be. when i reach underneath the car i can feel a slight deflection in the belt, I'm beginning to wonder whether the new belt has stretched or the tensioner is starting to fail.
The car had a new tensioner and idlers 14 thousand miles ago plus a new water pump/PAS pump ten thousand miles ago all genuine renault ones.
My question is does anybody have any ideas why its just started to do this? Also does anybody have an idea exactly how tight the belt should be. when i reach underneath the car i can feel a slight deflection in the belt, I'm beginning to wonder whether the new belt has stretched or the tensioner is starting to fail.