Re: 875KTQ list of problems

[zing@gnn.com (Martin Slotterback)]

>Date:	Sun, 28 Jan 1996 19:42:51 -0500
>From:	"Richard Klein" <rklein@cris.com>
>Sender:	quattro-owner@coimbra.ans.net
>To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject:	Re: 875KTQ list of problems
>
>On 27 Jan 96 at 23:49, ScottB2460@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Rich, your suggestion about spraying the alternator belt begs a 
question.
>>  The top "pulley" (next to timing belt plastic cover and first 
one you
> see)
>> which I believe my A/C belt is attached to; often, not always 
makes a
> noise
>> usually starting on cold mornings.  Sounds like it needs 
lubercating. 
> Well,
>> sure enought I sprayed lubercant (wd40 one time another type the 
next)
> and as
>> soon as some stayed on the pulley, noise went away.  This lasts 
for a few
>> days, sometimes weeks before having to do it again.  What is 
belt
> dressing
>> and do you think it could help me in my situation better than 
the
> lubercants
>> I have been using?   TIA,
>> 
>Belt dressing isn't a lubricant.  I think it makes the belt 
surface 
>somewhat tacky (similar to sticky) and/or swells the belt a bit to 

>keep it from slipping on the pulley.  If your belt is slipping on 
the 
>top pulley, maybe the WD-40 is letting the belt slip, albeit 
without 
>squealing.  If that's the case, the WD-40 isn't fixing the problem 
at 
>all, it's just keeping things quiet for a few days.  Then again, 
>maybe the pulley really needed lubrication.  I'd doubt it, but...
>
>Can anyone else comment on this?
>
>   -Rich
>   '85 Audi 5ks
>   '85 El Camino
>   '72 Suzuki GT380 w/ front disk retrofit
>   '73 Suzuki GT550 in pieces
>    member Teamsters local 486


It sounds like the belt needs to be adjusted to the proper tension. 
I bet after adj. the belt will not make noise.
 The belt slips when you start the car because its cold after the 
car runs a while the belt heats up and you have better grip. So 
adjust the BELT. 

     Marty S.