Was the tensioner the actual source of the leak? On my 2004 Vibe GT Fusion (same as yours) my leak is from the timing chain cover! Tensioner area is dry ... no oil leaking there. Reply back in a few months to verify that you REALLY fixed the proper leak! Thanks ;) Exactly as you say. The oil was in...

I recently bought a filter cutting tool and inspected 3 oil filters from my personal fleet. All 3 oil filters were in service for ~5,000 miles. 1 came out as the clear loser! Pretty shocking. How does one get away with putting a small filter element in a large can and pretending all is OK? I will no...

Did this job to fix a slow but persistent oil leak. It was much harder than I expected. Seriously, do not underestimate it. Required: skill, patience and good quality tools. The access around the belt tensioner is awful to put it lightly. Removed belt with special tool. Trying to loosen the belt ten...

After careful consideration I decided to proceed with my plan and I cut the BLUE /WHITE wire on the instrument cluster harness (all the way on the right) thus removing permanent +12V supply from the instrument cluster on the DOME circuit. I then insulated both cut ends with heat shrink tape. I'm hap...

I have a weird instrument cluster problem in my '04 GT 6sp. Hoping someone can shed some light on what could be causing it and maybe suggest a workaround fix. Started as no illumination, no ODO, no gauges (speedo, tach, temp, fuel). Everything else worked OK including the instrument panel indicators...

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