Q: Belt drive kit - tension assembly 2008 Nissan Sentra

asked by on January 14, 2017

Hi, I was told that I need to replace ternsioner assembly and belt.... I bought a "belt drive kit" it looks like the tensioner and comes with a belt so I thought I bought the right thing..... pleeeease tell me if these are the same things or if I bought the wrong thing.

My car has 123250 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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