[s-cars] Serpentine Belt Tensioner

[Bjørn Eirik Ødegård]

Shouldn't the generator (no charging) symbol light up long before you loose the pressure from da bomb??

Take care!

Bjorn  :o)
'92 S4


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Forgie" <forgied at direct.ca>
To: "s-cars" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 6:53 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Serpentine Belt Tensioner


> S-gruppees:  I don't know if I am just "lucky" or what.  Last night, on
> my way to teach a night class, the power steering/power brakes failed
> just as I was pulling into the school's parking lot. (Good news/Bad
> News).  I immediately thought that I had broken the serpentine belt
> (which seemed odd because it didn't look to be in bad condition).  The
> lighting was poor and all I could tell with the motor off was belt was
> loose.  After the class, I had the car flat bedded to my mechanic,s
> shop. (A cold dark place at night).  This morning I phoned for the
> verdict:  broken serpentine belt tensioner.  I haven't seen it yet but
> apparently the bracket broke (cracked) and the assembly wouldn't give
> any tension to the belt.  Parts had to come from Toronto (to Vancouver)
> (Won't get the car until Friday afternoon).
>
> Have any others had this problem??  What bothers me is there doesn't
> seem to be a way to tell that this is going to happen, i.e. you can
> inspect the belt and figure "Okay, no problems" and then, WHAM,
> effectively no serpentine belt. No power steering.  This would not be
> fun at speed in the twisties in the mountains  somewhere away from the
> big City. They might find the "remains" in the spring, sort of deal.
>
> Comments, BTDT's, preventative actions, etc.  welcomed.
>
> Dave F.
>
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