Well, update when you find out anything.

This belt was an exact replacement installed with ribs down, right ?

 

Yes, exact replacement ribs down. Took it off and put it back on, and now the smell is no longer there. Must have done something wrong the first time. Idk.

 

[QUOTE=95RAM360;1884110]the thensioner pulley could be to far back. did you let it tension itself when you changed thebelt or did you pull the tensioner back?

HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, I PULLED THE TENSIONER PULL BACK. IS THIS NOT HOW YOU DO IT? "HOW WOULD I LET IT TENSION ITSELF BACK"? PLS AND TY!!

 

[QUOTE=Purebliss68;3556513]The tensioner is spring loaded, you don't really have any say over what it does once you let off it. They can get weak and not return to enough tension, but that's about it.

I had one on a '98 just kinda get stiff and where ever you cranked it is where it stayed, but that's not how it's supposed to work and not reliable because enough force would back it off and then absent any spring pressure it wouldn't return to proper tension.

 

It's because the belt is new but it will stop stinking later