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Originally Posted by tlow98
Thanks for the comments on the tensioner. Gates is a pretty good brand and in a lot of cases is OE/OEM on many Japanese vehicles. I went with INA as it was coming from FCP with all the other bits/bobs. I do have a soft spot for RockAuto - great site. I'm mostly buying the belt kit bc I'm assuming the OFHG has already been done but they did not do the belt and likely it's oil-contaminated.
Bummer about the stripped oil pan drain bolt. I always have that fear. This car was dealer maintained from what I can, so hopefully that's not an issue, but honestly it can happen anywhere. You do a timesert then?
With the crank seal protector do you have to pull the harmonic balancer?
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Sorry, I missed your reply/questions.
I just tapped the oilpan for a larger bolt. Didn't see that a timesert or helicoil etc was necessary as the drain bolt isn't under any kind of tension.
I haven't done the crankseal protector yet ,but from the YouTube instructions the crankshaft pulley has to be removed. It is held on with 6 (maybe more) smaller bolts rather than one big torque monster bolt.