Power Steering Pump Issues

[Coupe_Devil]

My pump is fine... but it's loose... like main street hooker loose. it will be ok until I'm on throttle and if I turn while on throttle, I feel like it's going to pop off... I need to know how to put tension on the belt... but on my car, it doesn't seem to have a tensioner and my mount for the pump is solid... so I don't know how good it would do if it had one. I'm really confused. any advice?

[Coupe_Devil]

the belt is loose... not the pump itself... excuse me. the belt is loose. I can't get tension on the belt.

[bentvalves]

is the tensioner maxed out?

get a slighty shorter belt if so, not an issue at all.

[Coupe_Devil]

I don't know how... I don't know how to make it tighter... lol. I bought the car with the engine. I'm not sure how to tighten it... I just got it running. I'm good with engines. though. not much after that. pumps and belts and crap like that I'm not too knowledgable in "belts". so I'm clueless.

[Coupe_Devil]

Still need help!

What kind of mechanism is on a CA18DET to put tension on the Power Steering Pump. I'm not sure how to do it. I'm not sure i have the tensioner at all. I really need to figure out how to tighten this belt up.

[sjbsuperman1425]

check the FSM it should tell you. the FSM is posted in the FAQ sticky IIRC