Where can you find an illustration - diagram for serpentine belt routing on a Mercury Sable?

Answer 1

There 'should' be a diagram sticker somewhere inside the engine compartment.

- free online diagramsDayco.com offers a free online comprehensive serpentine belt reference tool - including routing diagrams and tensioner information.

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Installation notes:NOTE: See "Related Questions" below for more information on installing serpentine belt - Taurus information equally applies to the Sable

Replace the belt by fitting it around the pulleys and lastly loosening the tension with the tensioner/idler pulley to allow the belt to fit over the last pulley.

1. Attach a 15mm socket or wrench to the bolt in the middle of the tensioner pulley.
2. On all 3.0L (OHV) engines, rotate the drive belt tensioner clockwise to relieve belt tension and slide the belt off the pulleys.
3. On 3.0L (DOHC) engines, rotate the tensioner counter-clockwise to relieve belt tension and slide the belt off the pulleys.

Replace the belt by fitting it around the pulleys and lastly loosening the tension with the tensioner/idler pulley to allow the belt to fit over the last pulley.

Go to the Autozone website and put in the information on your car and they will show you a diagram.

Put a wrench on the (spring loaded) tensioner/idler pulley and take out the tension. You can then remove the belt. Replace the belt by fitting it around the pulleys and lastly loosening the tension with the tensioner/idler pulley to allow the belt to fit over the last pulley.

Should be located on the underside of the hood.

Hey Nikki==It should be on the fan shroud. If it isn't and you don't have an owners manual, go to a used car lot and find a like car and draw a schematic or if you haven't taken it off yet, draw your schematic before you remove it. GoodluckJoe