M57 Belt Tensioner

paulbrem · 09-07-2021, 05:01 PM

Quick reassurance please, I am in the middle of a timing chain replacement and would like to get the belt tensioner off, I am struggling, I would like to know if it somehow bolts in from the back, It will not budge, I have removed the 2 screws , that's all I can see. Do I need to give more pressurization? I am trying to turn it anti clockwise more and pull out, it moves and works as it should but it won't pull forward. The pic is of the same tensioner as mine. Thanks

Yozh · 09-07-2021, 10:01 PM

Is yours an X5? 335d has a different one. One pictured is for the X5.

paulbrem · 09-08-2021, 12:17 AM

Yes, sorry never mentioned, is a 2008 x5 e70 3.0d

09-07-2021, 05:01 PM	#1
paulbrem New Member 3 Rep 8 Posts Drives: 2007 330d e92, 2008 x5 3.0 e70 Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: uk iTrader: (0)	M57 Belt Tensioner Quick reassurance please, I am in the middle of a timing chain replacement and would like to get the belt tensioner off, I am struggling, I would like to know if it somehow bolts in from the back, It will not budge, I have removed the 2 screws , that's all I can see. Do I need to give more pressurization? I am trying to turn it anti clockwise more and pull out, it moves and works as it should but it won't pull forward. The pic is of the same tensioner as mine. Thanks Attached Images
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09-07-2021, 10:01 PM	#2
Yozh Colonel 870 Rep 2,615 Posts Drives: 2011 335d M-Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Wet Coast iTrader: (4)	Is yours an X5? 335d has a different one. One pictured is for the X5.
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09-08-2021, 12:17 AM	#3
paulbrem New Member 3 Rep 8 Posts Drives: 2007 330d e92, 2008 x5 3.0 e70 Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: uk iTrader: (0)	Yes, sorry never mentioned, is a 2008 x5 e70 3.0d
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