Important! : If I over tightened the cambelt, should I replace it?

  1. #1
    Just done my first cambelt change on my SOHC saxo furio, I overtightened it and have run it idling for about 20 mins to see if the whining noise it was making would disappear as it wore in. It didn't, so I need to take some of the tension out. Should I now buy a new belt? Will it have stretched? As a rule I would just replace anything I wasn't 110% sure about, but they're expensive and I wanted to finish my car today
  2. #2
    You should be able to slacken it off and it will be fine!