Tensioner ford ranger sport

Asked by Deanna Mar 05, 2018 at 05:01 PM about the 1998 Ford Ranger

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I had a new surpentine belt put on 1 yr and 4
months ago... and now the tensioner is bad..
Would there have been signs back then of the
tensioner of going bad

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The tensioner could have gone bad in the intervening time. Not that hard to swap out.

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