Aux drive belt tensioner

[D3f1anCE]

Hi ,

does anyone here have any experience of aux drive belt tensioners going up the creak? My xtype has a really bad sounding rattle, did some investigating yesterday and found that it can be moved side to side just by pushing it with my fingers and the aux belt can be moved about 3inchs just by pulling on it a little. I'm guessing that it shouldn't do that. I'm hoping the rattle is being caused by the tensioner moving about on a slack belt.....does this sound plauseable? Has this happened to any one else?

[david moore]

i had a similar issue when i first went to buy my jag? thinking it was the daulmass flywheel, got the car at a bargin price, but then found that it was the pulley tensioner and crank wheel. so brought a complete kit off ebay  got it fitted.  now runs great.( cost of kit then £130 ) 4yrs ago....