[s-cars] Serpentine Belt

[Andreas]

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Brian,

I blew my belt 2 weeks ago. And still drove another 50 miles. (The
battery ran out of juice for the fuel pump). The hardest part was trying
to get the old belt chunks from where the fan joins the engine without
taking anything apart. It took about 10 mins to install the belt the
lazy way.

I took off the top cover that runs across the front of the engine
between the lights (6 bolts). That gives you access to fan from the top.
I just aligned the outside of the belt with the outside of the fan and
slowly turned the fan with my hand until the belt loop was at the 5
o'clock position on the fan. Then just slid the belt on all the pulleys,
and used a big set of chain locks to relieve the tensioner and slip on
the belt. (there is a special tool for relieving the tensioner but a
previous owner broke the piece that it fits to)

Voila.

My mechanic recommended to change the belt every time you do your timing
belt (every 60k miles). It doesn't add much to labour and the belts here
are $31 Canadian. It just happens to be the exact same belt Chevy uses
on their 5.7 litre engines.

Hope this help

Andreas Schneider
92 S4 290k km

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Brian Montgomery
Sent: October 21, 2002 19:40
To: S Car List; Steve Marinello
Subject: [s-cars] Serpentine Belt

When I was under my car changing the Samco hoses (glad I don't do that
change all the time) I found the serpentine belt looking very worn,
cracking all along the length of what I could see. I just ordered one
from Rod at the Parts Connection for $21, p/n 054-903-137B.

Now, I just have to figure out how to replace it. I'm sure there are
some tricks to doing it. I have Mr. Bentley for reference but any
pointers on this job would be helpful. Also, for future reference, is
there a scheduled replacement interval for the serpentine belt?

Thanks!
Brian Montgomery
'93 UrS4


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From: "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at telocity.com>
To: <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:51 AM
Subject: [s-cars] t-belt change surprise


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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t-belt hd been replaced by the PO; supposedly, but no records, and the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 it off with Keith at Crescent City to have Charlie
do it.  Glad I did.  Apparently the crank bolt was hell to remove, but
he scariest thing ws that they found the serpentine belt losing chunks
of rubber.  What is the life expentancy 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 suddenly?  Any experiences
down that line?

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