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how do you remove the serpentine belt?

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Old 03-07-2004, 01:03 PM
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Default how do you remove the serpentine belt?

pretty sad i cant figure it out...and im in the middle of chanign my water pump.
Old 03-07-2004, 01:11 PM
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Well removal is no problem, but putting the new one on is the trouble...
off= -edit for people that would actually cut off there belt...
on= put it around the pullys, and pull back the tensioner and slip it on...
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You have to support the motor with a block of wood and a jack, and swing that motor mount out of the way (unbolt it). Series 1 doesn't have that problem, but Series 2 does.
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Originally Posted by willwren
You have to support the motor with a block of wood and a jack, and swing that motor mount out of the way (unbolt it). Series 1 doesn't have that problem, but Series 2 does.
Your kidding me?
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No, I'm not. Sorry. And ignore Trofeo. We do
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willren, i dont want to completely remove just get it out of the way to change the water pump
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Then simply release the tension on the idler pulley and pull the belt away. Use a ratchet and socket, and force it downward with one hand, lift the belt off with the other.
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I have to do that too (the block of wood thing) because I have a motor mount in the way, and yet you people still think I have a series 1...
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Tofu, you do have a Series 1, but you can call it whatever you want. Your problem is your tight engine compartment space, not the Series of motor.

Our Series 1'* don't have your problem.
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but I have series 2 motor mounts?


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