Your lighting and camera placement made this video extremely more helpful than the ones your counterparts have generated. THANKS!

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you for you comment.

@928pcar

Ай бұрын

Another +1 for the camera angle and lighting. Best demonstration yet. Thank you

Man. Thank you. Making difficult stuff easier for us simpletons! Made it a breeze for me to do

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

Your very welcome I am glad my video was helpful and easy to follow. Thank you for watching.

This helped so much, thank you! After replacing it got rid of a clicking sound I was having at WOT and it felt like I got a tune for my car because it was running so much better!

@beniciokai5656

3 жыл бұрын

You all prolly dont give a damn but does anyone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly lost the account password. I love any assistance you can give me.

@beniciokai5656

3 жыл бұрын

@Corey Jared Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and I'm in the hacking process now. I see it takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.

@beniciokai5656

3 жыл бұрын

@Corey Jared It worked and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy:D Thanks so much you saved my ass !

@coreyjared8813

3 жыл бұрын

@Benicio Kai No problem =)

Hey guys I was able to do this job with a 17mm box wrench. I only changed the belt and did it from the top. You will need to jack the engine up a little from underneath. Then take out the coolant reservoir (which is super easy, just two clips that you pry and remove the coolant reservoir but don’t take off the hoses just move it over). Then use a 17 deep socket to remove the motor mount bolts and nuts and take the motor mount out, if the engine moves too much then tighten back the bolts and nuts and the reposition your jack. If you take off the mount and your engine doesn’t move then you are good. That will give you enough room to get a wrench down there and release the tensioner. For me I got the belt to finally go over the smooth surface of the tensioner for the finishing point of installing the belt. I tried putting it over the alternator last but there wasn’t enough room for me. The smooth part of the tensioner let’s you just barely slide the belt on to complete the job! Hope this helps, I didn’t wanna go underneath the car and I didn’t wanna buy an extra tool that I will almost never use again..

You’re giving me faith and confidence to do the same thing on my 2018 Mazda 6. To change water pump belt, drive belt and tensioner. Hopefully I can do it at least in 4 hours because I am not a mechanical guy. Thanks for this video!

@TDLDIY

6 ай бұрын

That awesome, I glad you have found confidence to try it. Let me know how it turns out and roughly how long it took you. Thanks for watching.

@Gabriel.Jarelys

6 ай бұрын

@@TDLDIY I replaced it! I took me two hours from the very beginning to the very end. (Taking the tire out and putting it back on) I am not mechanical and I am a little slow and impatient. But it is done, water pump belt, serpentine belt and tensioner. The problem was the serpentine belt wrench tool I bought from harbor freight didn’t work. So the tools I have weren’t the best. That was a delay I had. Maybe 1 hour with the rights tools? It was a little uncomfortable under the car using the car jack. Do you have videos replacing the transmission fluid? Drain and fill?

my belt has been squealing for awhile and this helped a lot. great video, thanks!

@TDLDIY

7 ай бұрын

I am glad my video helped you! how did you find the replacement of the belt? Thanks for watching.

excellent vid and just what I needed to tackle this job. thanks for being so descriptive!

@TDLDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thats for watching and giving positive feedback. I am glad you liked the video.

Great Job!!! Please make more videos on Mazda 3. We really appreciate your work.

@TDLDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I am glad people are liking the videos on the mazda 3. Do you have any recommendations on possible videos? I kinda due what ever comes up on my wife vehicle. Thanks for watching if you haven't subscribe please consider.

@shhhdontshout

4 жыл бұрын

@@TDLDIY any leaks repair? my mazda2 got oil spot on top of the alternator.

@bullittman991

3 жыл бұрын

Replacing the alternator would be a good video. I don't see a good video anywhere.

Thanks dude. Wife's '13 Mazda3 Sky is due for a belt. Glad to know it's easy, and another excuse to use the QuickJack!

@TDLDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Lol yep sure was easy. Of course we all need reasons to use the sweet toys. or the wife's might be like well you bought and never used it. lol Thanks for watching and enjoy your day.

Thank you! Very helpful and informative! Especially, that part, of bleeding process!

Great video able to see the belt and pulleys and a great view on the tensioner which will be the next step later

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Thank you for the feedback this is what will add to growing my channel knowing I am doing stuff right or possibly areas to improve. Thank you for your support.

Best video on this! Thank you

@TDLDIY

Ай бұрын

@@928pcar Your welcome I am glad you enjoyed it!

Mazda is trying to charge me about 570 in late 2022, imma do it myself now, thanks brotha!

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

That is very expensive, I am glad my video was helpful. I hope it makes your replacement somewhat easy.

@Dipp182

Жыл бұрын

@TDL DIY I agree, funny thing is I went in to get my Bluetooth looked at and they want to do more than is asked...smh. I will try to follow up with my results

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

@@Dipp182 oh ya thats normal. If they tell you whats broken and need replaced then take that information if your handy enough and fix your self. Yes, that would be great to hear the outcome of your repair.

Great video, it help me a lot, makes it easy for me , you are the best, thank so much

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Thank you, sir, I will be doing this on my wife's 2013 M3. Have you done a coolant flush? That's next on my to do!

@TDLDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Your Welcome and hey that is great to hear. No I havent done one yet although i probably should have by now. Last time i checked my coolant strength it was good.

I didn’t ask you on my first comment days ago, but do you recommend using torque wrench for the tensioner bolts? I read somewhere that needs certain torque. What I see there is no enough room for a torque wrench there. Thanks!!

I bought the same cheap Chinese belt tensioner from RockAuto and was replacing it again inside of 6 months with one from O'Reilly and haven't had an issue since (over a year). Don't cheap out!

@BokeyJake

20 күн бұрын

By the way, if you take the RF wheel off, there's an access panel on the inner wheel well. Take that off and you can look virtually straight in on the tensioner pulley.

Do you know what part # for the Serpentine Belt for mazda skyactive engine? Thank you for the video.

You saved me $400, the dealership wanted $525. I ordered from rock auto as well.

@TDLDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Wow awesome to hear i was able to save you $400.00 on this job. Rockauto.com is a great place to get parts, might not be the best for everything but i personally have saved 1000's of dollars buy parts from their.

So clear , excellent video

Nice video. What kind of a socket handle is that?

@TDLDIY

2 ай бұрын

It's serpentine belt tool. If you google that you will see them.

Hey TDL, just a shot in the dark here, but i have the same 2013 Mazda 3 skyactiv as you and now I hear a squeal again and figured out it's one of the pulleys, the alternator pulley, do you happen to know the part number for the skyactiv version?

What are the specific parts that you used? What size of belt?

Just replaced mine with exact the same Gates tensioner. One thing I noticed that the belt slips off its position a little. Whether it happens at the start of engine, not sure. But there is no squeaking noise from the belt or the pulleys bearings. Have you ever noticed that? I was afraid this tensioner over-tensions the belt, so it slips a little.

on here because my 2016.5 CX5 i believe the tensioner is going bad because I'm hearing noises around the area you worked on. Ima see if harbor fright has that skinny serpentine bar tool for sale. Thanks for video and by the way, you didn't buy an expensive tensioner did you??? because I'm looking on eBay for some below 50 bucks. Oem mazda wants around 180ish

@TDLDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Hi the serpentine belt tool should be cheap I think I bought my for 15 - 20 canadian. as for the tensioner i got it from Rockauto.com from the states got it for around 80.00 canadian so ball park 60 ish dollars American. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching my video. feel free to give it a thumbs up and subscribe if you haven't done so.

I have a 2012 Mazda 3 MANUAL....Does the car have to be in neutral to turn the crankshaft pulley with a socket wrench?

Awesome. Thanks for the video. How do you know if its time to replace the tensioner? Is it fairly obvious physical damage or no longer holding tension? I just bought a pulley and belt. Is it easy to replace the pulley instead of the full tensioner?

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

It will no longer hold tension. The pully bearing can go. Oil leak from the cylinder.

is the replacement of the tensioner really necessary when changing out the belt?

@TDLDIY

11 ай бұрын

No, you can change the belt without changing the tensioner. In my case i needed to change the tensioner due to the tensioner wheel was groved and prematurely wearing out my belt.

@tdkx

11 ай бұрын

@@TDLDIY gotcha. do you happen to know the part number of the belt you purchased from rock auto? thank you for your help and all the diy 2012-2013 Mazda 3 skyactiv videos.

hello, where can i source that tensioner from? , can it work on the mazda axela 3 2013 1.5L engine

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

I use www.rockauto.com. You can check against your make and model.

I have a 2016 CX-5 with a leaking tensioner. Is the procedure more or less the same for it?

@TDLDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, sorry for the late response as far as i understand and some thing i have seen online, it appears to be the same process or very similar i want to go as far as saying the part are the same. But just check with the dealer the correct part number for your vehicle. I hope this helps. Good luck with changing your tensioner its fairly easy process.

Very good video

@TDLDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am gald to hear good feed back and it was helpful to you.

Hey TDL, at around what mileage did you swap the tensioner?

@TDLDIY

8 ай бұрын

it was around 150k kms.

great video! did you try replacing the water pump belt too?

@TDLDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet! It appeared to still be good. I might change it out this summer.

1 belt or two

Gonna use this when I go to change mine! Which belt did you end up using? I ordered one but I think it’s the wrong one. So many options!

@TDLDIY

3 жыл бұрын

I just checked my order from Rockauto.com and for the belt i believe i went to the dealer as i didnt buy my belt from rockauto. I did however get Gates 39390 belt tensioner.

Great video...Thanks..

@TDLDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, Thank you for watching.

The tensioner design is slightly different than the old one. Is it original mazda parts or oem? Or revised parts by mazda? Mine is mazda2, i assume everything is same as yours as is with the parts involved? Thanks!

@TDLDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sorry i just saw your msg. I replaced mine with an oem spec part from rockauto it fits and does the same job. I would assume the mazda 2 would be very similar to the mazda 3 but there can be some differences. I havent looked at a mazda 2 to know if it is or not. I would look at yours and see if it looked like in my video and take lots of pictures of how the belt is place on and what not. It was an easy process for mine. You can always search if anyone has a mazda 2 video they did. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching and good luck.

why not renew other belt as well

@TDLDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Your right i should've, it looked good so i left it but i would recommend changing it while your in there.

Are these cars reliable meaning the sky active 2013 auto or manual transmission I’m looking at a car 2013 Mazda 3 sky active engine manual transmission 6 speed are they Reliable as my 2012 Honda Civic

@TDLDIY

3 жыл бұрын

This could be a hard question and everyone has there own experiences. I haven't had any issue with my transmission. I know honda's make good vehicle that last a long time hard to kill them. I would do a google search to see what others say about them might give you a better information to help you make a decision.

Do you need to replace the tensioner ?

@TDLDIY

4 жыл бұрын

sorry just saw your message no you dont as long as it still good. With mine I had got a rock or something between the belt and the tensioner which put grooves in my tensioner then it was translating then to the belt. so if I put a new belt on it wouldve just done it again. so in my case I had to replace both. if your just doing the belt its quick and easy. but while your there just on the tensioner wheel see if its grooved or has play in the wheel if it does replace it. Thanks for watching.

Wouldn’t it have been easier to take off the front passenger tire and the plastic protector?

@TDLDIY

2 жыл бұрын

That is a way to do if you feel you need more room for sure. In this video i was trying to keep it somewhat simple with removing the least amount of things and still make the job easy... now maybe it wouldve been a 100% better camera angle for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting i am always interested in hear new or different ways of doing something. Honestly though i didnt even think about removing the tire and plactis.

@BluRadoZ71

2 жыл бұрын

@@TDLDIY gotcha. Still enjoyed the video. Need to do this myself. when the weather warms up.

@TDLDIY

2 жыл бұрын

@@BluRadoZ71 i am glad you enjoyed the video. its a pretty simple and fairly quick process.

@BluRadoZ71

2 жыл бұрын

@@TDLDIY it looked like it. Looking forward to it.

Hi there-Is this belt and tentioner the same on all models, i.e. a 2016 CX-5? My local dealer wanted to bend me over for $533 on a Belt and tentioner, no clue what these are or do. I'm at 48k odometer.

@TDLDIY

4 жыл бұрын

You would have to check with you model. and or vin # you can call the dealer parts area and get part number and then shop around to get the best deal. Belts are fairly cheap for mazda 3 roughly 45.00 and less. the tentioner for mine car ranged from 85 - 255.00. I just checked on rockauto.com they have a tentioner for 2016 cx-5 for about 100.00 looks to be the same as the mazda 3 which is what i installed on my car i dont know how long they will last. But at the time i choose this one. I hope this helps you in some way.

How long does a Mazda 3 serpentine belt typically last?

@TDLDIY

4 жыл бұрын

depends I have had mine changed twice the video was the second time. first belt at around 75 - 80kms second belt about 50 ish kms. you might get 80 to 100kms just have to check for wear. I hope this give you an idea. Thanks for watching

@camm8326

4 жыл бұрын

That definitely helps my wife is approaching 110 kms, and the dealership has been recommending the replacement the last two times we have taken in. Thanks for this video and the feedback.

@TDLDIY

4 жыл бұрын

@@camm8326 Hey That's awesome i was able to help. I have used the dealers recommendation at my dealer for work after there inspections. we had free oil change package we paid for when we bought the car. So sometime when they recommended something i would double check and then most of the time i did the service at home. This would save me some money and still get the service required. Now its now for everyone but use some tools/ services at your disposable to educate and get work done. I dont want to discredit the dealer or say never go to them But sometime we have to go to the dealer because 1 it might be something only a dealer can do like reprogramming keys or whatever. I am just like everyone else that wants quality work for the best price. sometimes you have to pay good money for top quality work and i am all for it. But small simple things i think most people can tackle i want to help out and save some money where I can. I wish you the best of luck the belt is fairly easy process that takes under 30 mins. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Pretty easy job, I had a retail "steal from you shop" the other day quoted me 474.00 do do this job..I laughed and walked off.

@TDLDIY

Жыл бұрын

Very easy job. Almost 500 ya that a bit much. hour many hours were they going to charge lol takes like 30 mins.

Mazda sedan belt alternator

@TDLDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Hi I am not sure what you quite mean. but are trying to find a belt that also get connected to the alternator?

Turns out the cheap replacement tensioner lasts less than 20,000 miles before it has problems

@TDLDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Did you get the gates tensioner?

U talk to much and by the way there's a lot faster way to do it than the way you're doing it

@TDLDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thank for your comment, without comments like this i will not improve. This is the way i did it does mean this is the only way to do it. This is the way that works for me and i found it easy so i wanted to share that with people. If you have a better way by all mean you can let people know on here or create your own videos to display easier ways. I am all about trying to find an easier way to do something if it work. Thanks for your comment and watching my video.

@randomdestructn

Жыл бұрын

What's the faster way?

@staceyt778

Жыл бұрын

For what it’s worth, I really appreciate your video!! Awesome camera angle and lighting on the tensioner so I can tell which bolts are which and what I need to look for