Dayco or OEM Belts...
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Dayco blows
I bought one from Advance and put it on. Went back and fourth tightening it becasue there isnt a spring loaded tensioner on these cars. You don't want the belt too loose or it'll squeal, but if you over tighten the belt you could damage your idlers and other accessories. Anyway I got mine as tight as I felt comfortable with and after much frustration I ended up taking it to a shop to adjust the tension. Now it still squals at start up here and there when it's cold. I'd go with OEM or at least a Good Year, or Gates belt put it on and if needed have a shop adjust the tension unless you have access to that weird belt tension gauge device.
I bought one from Advance and put it on. Went back and fourth tightening it becasue there isnt a spring loaded tensioner on these cars. You don't want the belt too loose or it'll squeal, but if you over tighten the belt you could damage your idlers and other accessories. Anyway I got mine as tight as I felt comfortable with and after much frustration I ended up taking it to a shop to adjust the tension. Now it still squals at start up here and there when it's cold. I'd go with OEM or at least a Good Year, or Gates belt put it on and if needed have a shop adjust the tension unless you have access to that weird belt tension gauge device.
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5150DS (12-02-2011)
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Not sure about Dayco, I have used other non-oem belts on other cars and they seem to stretch more than stock. If the car used a auto tensioner for the belt(s) would be fine with non-oem, but cars like the G that have adjustable tensioners I would stick with stock other wise the belt might require readjustment in the future.
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Update. I went ahead and order the belts from infiniti and installed them. Everything went well but after i installed them in the morning i get a squeak and ever sense i installed the new belts wen i open the hood i smell something weird like maybe belt burning. I don't have a belt tension gauge. But i notice that this belts do have to be pretty tight. I Order a gauge hopefully wen it comes in that will help. It seems that this car is very picky about how tight the belt is cause i have adjusted and adjusted and still squeak and smell. ANY IDEAS.... ?
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Update. I went ahead and order the belts from infiniti and installed them. Everything went well but after i installed them in the morning i get a squeak and ever sense i installed the new belts wen i open the hood i smell something weird like maybe belt burning. I don't have a belt tension gauge. But i notice that this belts do have to be pretty tight. I Order a gauge hopefully wen it comes in that will help. It seems that this car is very picky about how tight the belt is cause i have adjusted and adjusted and still squeak and smell. ANY IDEAS.... ?
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