[s-cars] t-belt change surprise

[Steve Marinello]

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Just a heads up, and maybe a query as to anyone with similar experiences...

The car is an S6 avant with about 98k on it.  I wasn't sure that the t-belt=
 hd been replaced by the PO; supposedly, but no records, and the water pump=
 occasionally sounded iffy, so I decided to do the service a few months ago=
.  But, as traveling has kept that from happening, I finally just dropped i=
t off with Keith at Crescent City to have Charlie do it.  Glad I did.  Appa=
rently the crank bolt was hell to remove, but he scariest thing ws that the=
y found the serpentine belt losing chunks of rubber.  What is the life expe=
ntancy of that belt?  Although the t-belt looked like it had been replaced =
relatively recently, I would have thought that any problems with the s-belt=
 could have/should have been seen back then, or does it happen really sudde=
nly?  Any experiences down that line?

Steve
Feelin' lucky I decided to change the t-belt...
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