[V8] serpentine belt

[Ron Wainwright]

Sorry to laugh, but..........
 You know this exact thing happened to me the 1st time I did the serp belt... & I have the shop manuals. 

 Ron


--- On Sat, 9/27/08, Seamus O'Carey <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Seamus O'Carey <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] serpentine belt
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 9:19 PM
> Well, I figured it out and I have to say I feel kinda
> stupid.  I stared at
> the routing for about an hour yesterday and could
> absolutely not find
> anything wrong.  I just went and looked and within 30
> seconds realized my
> mistake:  the belt was not going under and around the
> idler, but over the
> top of it.  ><
> 
> I guess if you stare at something long enough you just go
> cross-eyed and you
> have to walk away for a while.
> 
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Ron Wainwright
> <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I would suspect eather the tensioner damper... or the
> bearings in the
> > tensioner behind the P-side t-belt cover's are
> sticking. You hope it's just
> > the tensioner damper.
> >
> >  Ron
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 9/27/08, Seamus O'Carey
> <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Seamus O'Carey
> <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [V8] serpentine belt
> > > To: v8 at audifans.com
> > > Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 4:26 PM
> > > I can't get tension on the serpentine belt. 
> I finally
> > > got it around all the
> > > pulleys, but there's a ton of slack in it.  I
> can move
> > > the tensioner to the
> > > "more loose" position, but when it
> springs back
> > > it doesn't seem to go far
> > > enough to tighten up the belt.
> > >
> > > I've checked several times that I have the
> correct
> > > routing and I know I have
> > > the right belt because there is a diagram for the
> Audi 3.6L
> > > routing
> > > configuration on the packaging.
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