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Bought my new idler pulley today and noticed it was metal. the old one was plastic is there a reason that the new ones are metal?
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Wait a minute. Are you trying to tell me that you replaced an OE idler pulley with something better?!
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i went to napa and took my plastic idler in and asked for a new one for my car and they gave me a metal one so i guess that is what i'm saying.
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Great. You will probably not have to worry about this part again. Did you replace the Serpentine Belt or was it in good condition before you replaced the idler pulley?
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i replaced both
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