mwg
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my mate has just rebuilt his X14XE.
its running nicely but the cambelt is whining as its a bit too tight?
Will it slacken off a bit with time or does he need to do something about it? Its a brand new cambelt and everything is new on the engine
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mwg
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and I know fuck all about engines 
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Joe
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It will slacken off a tad, but best just to get it slackened off now. Could cause premature snappage.
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Robin
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fuck knows how you over tighten it, its got a springloaded tensioner. wouldnt have thought you could do it wrong 
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Joe
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They have manual tensioners on 16v's i think robin, turn the little tab with the hole for the alan key. 8v's are self tensioning.
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Robin
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mine was spring tensioned. the allen key hole thingy was to slacken it to remove the belt, but it would spring back if you took it out
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Joe
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Yeah but you have to wind the allan key hole back round to tension it back up. Anyway tell him to get it tensioned up properly.
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mwg
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right ta ladies
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