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Originally Posted by Diesel911
Others might know what belt tensioner you have but there is more then one type. Without knowing what you have it is a head scratcher.
Do they show a belt tensioner gauge in the FSM?
Are the belts you used SAE or metric. Continental makes Metric Belts which is what I have on mine.
I have always just adjusted belts with the imprecise deflection method and drove enough with them to get them hot and stretched and rechecked them. Functionally that has normally worked for me on all of the vehicles I have owned.
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The krickit is shown in the fsm. IIRC for a 240d, all belts get 50kg initially then 40-45 after. My observation, having just done 240D belts, is that the krikit is a great, simple and valuable tool, but sensitive to placement location on the belt, and how it’s pressed.
Was very easy to get exact on my 240d the other day. Getting the right sized belts over the pulleys was the bigger issue.
OP, was your adjuster bolt well oiled? I’ve found they need to be. Also need to be doubly sure that the other bolts are actually sufficiently loose that the alternator can move in it’s adjustable range.