[s-cars] Serpentine Belt popped - do I need to take the front endoff?

[Fred Munro]

Paul;

In addition to the other listers' comments, pull off the t-belt cover and
look inside for fragments of your s-belt. When my s-belt failed it jammed a
bunch of belt bits inside the t-belt cover. You really don't want a chunk of
s-belt getting between the t-belt and the crank pulley.

Fred Munro
'97 S6
'94 S4


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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Paul Heneghan
Sent: July 5, 2006 2:40 PM
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Subject: [s-cars] Serpentine Belt popped - do I need to take the front
endoff?


Hello chaps,

My serpentine belt has just snapped - 110k miles.

I've looked through the archives, and I've found lots of reference to
replacing the S-belt at the same time as the T-belt (there's a great
write-up from Fred Munro), but nothing about replacing the T-belt on its
own.

Do I need to remove headlights, crossmember, etc.?

Should I do the T-belt while I'm in there (10k miles early?).

Can I leave the S-belt tensioner, or should I replace it?

Thanks,

Paul

1995 S6 Avant (serpentineless)
1996 S6 (serpentined)
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