[V8] Serpentine belt disintegration

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Yup! In my case the A/C compressor seized.  What some and what a  
sound. :-(

Fix:  New Compressor

Ingo

On Jul 17, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Coleman, David wrote:

> Has anyone had their serpentine belt shred apart?  After a week or  
> so of
> sqealing with the A/C switched on, my belt gave up completely last
> Friday.  I was meaning to check the tensioner mechanism, but  
> weather was
> so bad I was hoping to make it to the weekend... fell short by half a
> mile.  Man, no power steering is tough.
>
> The belt is only a few months old.  With a quick look while extracting
> strands of shredded rubber from around the fan, all the pulleys  
> seem to
> spin as they should.  Still haven't inspected the tensioner.  Just
> wondering if anyone's had a belt go in such a manner.
>
> Thanks all!
>
> -DaveC.
>
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