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How do you replace the serpentine belt in 1997 sunfire
The belt is self adjusted by way of a tensioner.
Remove belt and tensioner should just be bolted to engine
Put the serpentine belt on to the pulleys of your 1994 Chevy engine. Tighten a serpentine belt with the tensioner pulley.
Belt routing is on a decal in the engine compartment. Some are also in the owner's manual.
Tension is accomplished with a belt tensioner, it is probably defective and needs replaced.
Yes, the serpentine belt runs the peripheral components on the engine. The timing chain is inside of the engine.
The serpentine belt tensioner is spring loaded. There is no adjustment.
Look in the engine compartment for the "serpentine belt" path & tensioner diagram. Release the belt tension at the tensioner, remove & reverse operation.
All 1997 Chevy Cavlier Z24 (2.4 Litre engine) have a timing chain, that typically never needs to be replaced except in case of engine damage. On this vehicle the timing chain also runs the water pump.
It is the belt driving the water pump, power steering pump, alternator, & A/C Compressor. I think on this engine it is located on the passenger side front of engine.
Almost every car ever will not start without a serpentine belt. The serpentine bell acts similarly to a pulley. It's movement causes everything else to rotate and move. If you look at an engine, there's a number of circular shapes where the serpentine belt goes. It uses traction to rotate them.