1st Gen R53 Cooper S Tensioner belt bushing missing

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    #1 RuiSVasconcelos, Mar 1, 2013
    I have a 2002 mini cooper-s and my tensioner belt lost one of the bushins(the black shock) and start making a raddle noise.Looks like the belt has normal tension.Can I buy only the bushin and where can I get one?Second question,can I still drive the car till get this fix?Since I realized the bushin was missed looks like a have some kind of motor oil leak:is there any connection?Thanks for your help.
     
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    #2 AliceCooper, Mar 1, 2013
    Contact Way Motor Works on the replacement bushings. The oil leak you are noticing if I had to take a guess is your motor mount on that side, if it is one of the old oil filled ones. Way can help with it also.
     
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    #3 RuiSVasconcelos, Mar 1, 2013
    Thank you very much,AliceCoper for your info.
     
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    #4 ScottinBend, Mar 1, 2013
    It is more likely that the tensioner damper is shot and leaked oil out. The early cars didn't have the explosive leaking motor mount. I would suggest that you replace the whole tensioner assembly as the new bushing will not solve the problem of a failed damper.
     
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    #5 Crashton, Mar 1, 2013
    RuiSVasconcelos, how many miles on your MINI. If it is high on miles you may want to replace the tensioner. While at it those bushings from WAY would be good to add to the new tensioner.

    Welcome to M/A :)
     
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    #6 JMC40, Mar 1, 2013
    ^^^^^+1 My bearings were shot in mine, it is a fairly cheap easy fix to replace the whole thing. While your at it check your idler pulley, mine was also shot...
     
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    #8 RuiSVasconcelos, Mar 2, 2013
    I really appreciated all the info you guys are given about my problem.CRASHTON my car have almost 120.000 miles.Thanks a lot to all of you!
     
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    #9 BMWR53s, Jun 5, 2013
    Does the alta adjustable tensioner stop fix all the tensioners problems? Or are there other parts on the tensioner that go bad..?
     
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    #11 CHKMINI, Jun 5, 2013
    From what I understand the tensioner stop does nothing unless the belt breaks. Some are saying that simply replacing the belt every year and inspecting the tensioner for wear when replacing the belt is the best preventative maintenance that you can perform with regards to the belt/tensioner.
     
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    #12 ScottinBend, Jun 5, 2013
    Actually the Alta product will take care of most of the tensioner problems because it actually replaces the damper with an adjustable turnbuckle. The damper and associated bushings are what fail 99% of the time.
     
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    #13 Dave.0, Jun 5, 2013
    The ALTA part is complete piece of junk. It's just an adjustible end link type turn buckle. It has no damper and it does not self adjust. The OEM one has a damper and a spring as part of the tensioner for a reason and its called harmonics.

    I think I will put my money on BMW engineers over the back alley sell anything to make money know as ALTA's new product development team.
     
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    #14 Jason Montague, Jun 5, 2013
    :lol::lol: Don't candy coat it like that DaveO. Tell them how you really feel.:lol::lol:

    Jason
     
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    #15 Dave.0, Jun 5, 2013
    I can't on this site out of respect for Nathan and language limitations.

    Alta should just stick to selling "actual size" stickers.
     

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