That tool and many others are designed to do two things, show wear and tension on the belt. Your vehicle has an auto tension arm that unless you broke it or it has 100k on it should be fine.
stay away from cheap belts go with BMW, conti, gates, or the Goodyear gator back only.
replace the tensioner, idler, and belts at 100k plus as they performed their life expectancy
Last edited by StephenVA; 05-26-2017 at 07:34 PM.
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