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How Difficult Is It To Change A Serpentine (Alternator) Belt ?

jmurray01
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The belt is slipping (making a chirping noise that gets closer together and faster the higher the engine RPM's), and it needs changing, so, is it hard ?

I know the answer I'd give to a thread like this: Read a Haynes manual!

But I don't have one just now :(

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    The belt is slipping (making a chirping noise that gets closer together and faster the higher the engine RPM's), and it needs changing, so, is it hard ?

    I know the answer I'd give to a thread like this: Read a Haynes manual!

    But I don't have one just now :(

    cant speak for your engine but generally speaking that are quite easy - providing you have enough access.

    do you know what kind of tensioner your car has? some have an auto type where as some have a manual type.

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    Being a pre-2000 car I would assume it would be a manual tensioner ?

    If so, is it easy to tighten the belt after fitting the new one ?

    Or will it be hard to adjust because of the tension of the belt itself ?

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    UPDATE:

    The chirp/squeak has gone!

    It was damp when it made the noise, and after sitting in the dry garage for 6 days the squeak has gone! :)

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    Wait till it rains :P

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