Hello , i recently picked up a alfa 75 right hand drive as i am in australia. The car has been sitting for over 10years so i thought i would change Timming belt water pump thermostat etc.
Now i have read alot of post on tensioners , and at first glance of mine i assumed it was a hydrolic tensioner(sorry about the spelling). But with closer inspection i belive the hydrolic tensioner should have another piston on the bottom (black tube thing) which would be located under the tensioner. and the top piston seems to be a threaded stud. So not real sure whats going on . Has this been converted to a mechanical tensioner ?? I have attached some pics and hope someone can give me some advice... Thanks for reading
Ps. I have not removed any part of the tensioner , the belt is still tight and the car seems to run fine. I dont want to remove anything untill im sure of what type of tensioner this is.
Now i have read alot of post on tensioners , and at first glance of mine i assumed it was a hydrolic tensioner(sorry about the spelling). But with closer inspection i belive the hydrolic tensioner should have another piston on the bottom (black tube thing) which would be located under the tensioner. and the top piston seems to be a threaded stud. So not real sure whats going on . Has this been converted to a mechanical tensioner ?? I have attached some pics and hope someone can give me some advice... Thanks for reading
Ps. I have not removed any part of the tensioner , the belt is still tight and the car seems to run fine. I dont want to remove anything untill im sure of what type of tensioner this is.

