[V8] Serpentine belt disintegration

[Coleman, David]

Well, the compressor was fairly new too...

But I guess that's the situation.

At least I've already converted to R134.

 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ingo Rautenberg
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 3:39 PM
> To: Coleman, David
> Cc: V8
> Subject: Re: [V8] Serpentine belt disintegration
> 
> 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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