Colm_g

BTW the bolt was right tighty Cheers

Thanks Keith, it's a 2003. Whoever assumed it was for the Auxiliary belt was correct. It was hella awkward to do the repair of the tensioner and pulley. Access is really tricky, with a 13mm deep socket through a hole on the oil filter side. Due to the positioning of the dip stick it was not possible to align the socket whilst attached to the ratchet, I had to carefully using the smallest amount of duct tape fix the 60mm M8 bolt So it would remain in alignment with the socket and towards the front of the socket. After lots of careful, gentle stabbing blindly I managed to get the bolt through the hole at the back of the tensioner pulley mount, at which point I was able to attach a ratchet with a short extension bar. I was worried that the duct tape method may come back to bite me in the but and I thought with the turning motion the tape may have gotten tightened onto the bolt and socket but to be fair after a few failed attempts at releasing the assemblage it did eventually wiggle free. BTW I did not remove any other parts although I would have considered draining the cooling system to get some of the pipes out of the way to improve access from above the engine bay,but instead I persevered with accessing from below lying on the ground(in the wet muddy woodland track where it died) Now to hopefully repair my intermittent starting issue(probably a dodgy battery but need to get it drop tested before deciding). For now I am just getting by using a jump starter pack from Halfords in the mornings. Thanks everyone Sorry for the late responses I wasn't getting my email alerts for some reason Colm

Hi there everyone, I'm new to the forum. Hope you are all well. I have been very unfortunate with my vehicles recently and could really do with some helpful advice on my latest issue: skoda Fabia mk1 tensioner pulley has come adrift due to the bolt shearing off. I have the new part but I don't have the bolt, could one of you fine people tell me the length M8 bolt I need. For now I am going to attempt to bodge it on with some high tensile bar and as many nuts as necessary to fit it temporarily. Many thanks in advance Colm