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A serpentine belt is a belt that starts at your crank pulley that routes through all of your pulleys such as water pump,power steering pump,A/C pump,alternator,and some vehicles even come with smog pumps. But not a lot of them do.
A serpentine belt is cheap and easy to replace but is a very important part on your vehicle. If it brakes from wear or anything else you will be stranded do to your water pump not working (over heating) and your alternator not (charging). Your car will shut off or just overheat and ruin your engine.
All belts (except timing belts) should be replaced every 30-45k miles.
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How do replace a belt tensioner in a 1999 Chevy Malibu?
Remove surpentine belt,then take out bolt that goes through tensioner to engine.
Does timing chain on dodge caravan need replacement?
doesn't have a timing chain- has a surpentine belt
What are all the pulleys on surpentine belt?
Water pump,A/C,Power Steering,Alternator,and sometimes a smog pump.
How to install surpentine belt 1987 cadallic deville?
attach a 1/2 wratchet to the tentionerb pully and press downward. Once you do this the belt will lossen. Draw a quick scetch on how the belt is currently on there so you will know how to place the new belt on it.
Wining noise while engine running from right side of engine 1995 Cadillac Deville Sedan?
Tensioner pulley for the water pump belt on the opposite side of the motor the other side, not the side with the surpentine belt.
Where do you loosening surpentine belt on 90 4.0 Cherokee?
At the steering pump. There are 4 bolts to loosen, if I remember correctly. Then one at the bottom near the steering gear to adjust the tension.
Replace surpentine on 1997 Buick Skylark?
can i do this at home
Does anyone know what the timing mark for a 1988 ford thunderbird 38 v6 is?
Get a timing light, they sell them in an auto parts store about 30 bucks, shine it on the surpentine belt, and you should be able to see the mark.
How do you loosen the belt tensioner on the surpentine belt on the 1998 Ford Contour?
use a closed end open end wrench 16mm. Put the closed end on the bolt in the center of the pulley.Cupple a larger wrench boxed end to the open of the wrench on the pulley. Be carefull that your wrenches are in line with and push in a straight down motion.Then slip the belt off the alternator pulley. that should be a 15mm wrench
How do you replace the fan belt on a 1989 Buick Riviera?
There is a small braket at the bottom of the engine that needs to be removed to slip the old belt off and put the new one on. Remove it or loosen one end so you can get the belt around it. One of the pulleys is a spring loaded idler/tensioner for the belt. Use a wrench on the center bolt of this pulley to remove enough tension to allow the belt to slip off. Save this pulley for last when you put the new belt on and repeat the same operation with the wrench. There should be a diagram in the engine compartment to show how the surpentine belt goes around all the pulleys. If not, note how the belt runs before removing it.
How do you loosen the tension belt on a 2001 Oldsmobile Alero to replace the alternator?
There's an idler wheel in the surpentine belt circuit along with the AC compressor, the main crank pully and the alternator. The purpose is to keep tension on the belt, and this idler is spring-loaded. If no serpentine belt diagram is available create one before beginning the steps below. In the center of the idler is a 15mm bolt head. Place a closed-end wrench on this bolt head with the free end pointed towards the front of the vehicle and pry the idler in an upwards motion. Hold the ider in the "up" position and slip the serpentine belt off of the alternator pully with the other hand. Release tension on the wrench slowly and allow the idler to lower to it's bottom stop.
Installation of surpentine belt?
Depending on your vehicle there will be a sticker on your radiator shroud (cover/fan housing) or Under your hood. The sticker will tell you how it is routed through the pulleys. On most cars with a V6 or Bigger have spring tensioners that need to be pried the opposite way of the tensioning. You can use a pry bar or some tentioners have a square hole that you can stick a ratchet in to pry. Once you pry the tentioner far enough you can remove the old belt. And replace with the new. But on smaller cars usually cars with 4 Cylinders have a adjusting bolt usually where the alternator is. In this case you just loosen the bolt until you can remove the belt. Replace the belt tight enough to where the belt can only be twisted half a turn from side to side. Do not over tighten or you can have long term engine problems. Have fun be safe!
