Before I complain, Is my terminology correct on this part?

[hotstang_46]

My car had smoke coming out of the engine bay and strange enough it was idle pulley that bolts to the block, bearings went bad. Though not that strange I suppose because the car is 12 years old and it's first few years lived in salt.......so anyway I ordered an "idle" pulley from a shop online only to discover the part they sent was for the tensioner.

I looked at the ad again and it does say idle pulley. Is the one on the tensioner arm considered an idle pulley too? If not I want them to get me the right one asap on their dime because my car is down.

 

[Noobz347]

Both are called idler pulleys. The one on the tensioner arm is sometimes referred to as a tensioner pulley.

 

[fshawn50]

You have three of them. Idler pullies. One is a ribbed pulley the other is a smooth pulley both of these bolt to your timingcover. and then the third is usually referred as the tensioner pulley which will be a smooth pulley also. And these come usually with the tensioner arm?

 

[HorsePower03]

Some people call that an idler pulley too, but most do call it a tensioner pulley.