{"id":7600,"date":"2022-09-22T12:54:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T17:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2022-09-22T12:54:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T17:54:19","slug":"2001-to-2006-acura-mdx-drive-belt-auto-tensioner-idler-pulley-replacement-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/?p=7600","title":{"rendered":"2001 To 2006 Acura MDX Drive Belt Auto Tensioner &#038; Idler Pulley Replacement Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been hearing a squealing, screeching, grinding, tapping, rattling, jingling or chirping sound coming from the engine bay of your 1st generation (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 &amp; 2006) Acura MDX with the 3.5L V6 engine, you may need to replace the serpentine accessory belt, the auto tensioner assembly and\/or the idler pulley. Check out the DIY tutorial for the procedure (with the compatible replacement part numbers) by clicking on the text link or thumbnail image below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/Acura-MDX-Drive-Belt-Auto-Tensioner-Replacement-Guide\/index.html\">2001-2006 Acura MDX Serpentine Belt Auto Tensioner Replacement Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/Acura-MDX-Drive-Belt-Auto-Tensioner-Replacement-Guide\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/Acura-MDX-Drive-Belt-Auto-Tensioner-Replacement-Guide\/tn_Acura-MDX-Drive-Belt-Auto-Tensioner-Replacement-Guide-034.jpg\" alt=\"2001 To 2006 Acura MDX Drive Belt Auto Tensioner Replacement Guide\" width=\"166\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been hearing a squealing, screeching, grinding, tapping, rattling, jingling or chirping sound coming from the engine bay of your 1st generation (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 &amp; 2006) Acura MDX with the 3.5L V6 engine, you may need to replace the serpentine accessory belt, the auto tensioner assembly and\/or the idler pulley. Check &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/?p=7600\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2001 To 2006 Acura MDX Drive Belt Auto Tensioner &#038; Idler Pulley Replacement Guide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7601,"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions\/7601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulstravelpictures.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}