The Yaris sucks.

[firemachine69]

Right. I only tore apart (and rebuilt) the last engine in my last car. But like hell I know what I'm talking about, right? My absolute bottom-of-the-barrel ex-Sunfire came with an automatic tensioner.

Scott:

Shop re-tightened it once, a few days after getting home from the initial repair. They recommended I do it at every oil change, and consider 30k belt swaps. Of course, this is nowhere in the service intervals online.


I'll add, it squealed one final time this morning, I'm under the impression that it's finally at it's full-length stretch. I'll check the service manual...


<EDIT>


Manual does call for a tension bar, and to loosen two bolts: One is the "pivot point", the other the top bolt on the alternator to adjust tension (Please refer to EM-8 in the Service Manual). If she squeals tomorrow, I'll re-adjust the belt myself. The specs for deflection seem quite low, I'm also very unsure how one goes about measuring that with any sort of accuracy...