Serpentine Belts

No need to remove the engine mount. You are able to remove the right. front lower motor mount bolt and sleeve though the wheel well. Just turn the wheels far to the right, remove belt from alternator with tensioner, remove the plastic inner cover in the wheel well and use two long extensions on a breaker bar to remove the lower bolt only on the motor mount. Pull the bolt out and remove the sleeve next to the engine. With the sleeve removed you can install and route the new belt. Reinstall sleeve and bolt.

there are 3 belts the alternator and power steering belts can be accessed from the top right sideloosen the adjustment bolts. the a/c belt is easier with car jacked up from underneath, remove the right plastic splash pan.

Open the hood and look around the hood latch mechanism on the metal frame in behind the radiator. You'll see a sticker with the belt routing on it. If you get stuck, remember that the back of the belt goes on smooth pulleys and the inside of the belt goes on the grooved pulleys.

call the Pontiac delearship or sometimes find them in the owner manuals

serpentine belt is located to the to the left side of the engine when standing in front of the car. locate the tensioner (it looks like a pulley with a short metal arm attachiing it to the engine. in the center of that pulley you take and wrench that fits that nut(i think a 15mm)then pull the wrench towards you taking tension off the belt, making sure you reroute the belt in the right way, do the same with the tensioner to allow slack to put the new belt on.

Sounds like your A/C pump is seizing try removing the belt and turn both the center and outer wheels on the front of A/C pump by hand with ingnition off the outer wheel should spin free and inner wheel should have slight resistance (not hard to turn)if ok check any jockeys if all ok try replacing belt. Hope this helped.

NISSAN MADE 2 DIFFERENT MOTORS STARTING IN 92 LOOK ON THE FIREWALL AND FIND A LITTLE ALUMINIUM PLATE IT WILL TELL YOU IF IT IS A VG30E OR A VG30DE THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERANCE IN IDLER PULLEY AJUSTMENT.THE CHILTONS MANUAL IS THE BETTER MANUAL TO HAVE FOR LOCATING THE TENTION RELIESE BOLT ON THE IDLER PULLEY CHAPTER 1 # 19 . LOOK IN YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR A COPY OF THE MANUAL AND PHOTOCOPY THIS PAGE.ITS NOT A HARD OR LONG JOB BUT YOU HAVE TO RELIESE THE TENTION ON THE BELT THEN REPLACE AND RETIGHTEN THE BELT...............HOPE THIS HELPS...BUDDY MACK

Tighten it.

loosened means that like if your shoe is tangled up you loosen it with something

Yes it can be done, you're going to have to measure with a string basically and tie a knot at the string once you've ran it around all the pulleys you want to turn. Take that string to the parts store and have them go through their belt assortment and find the closest one. Then you will have to take the slack out of by adjusting your alternator in or out

On a 2001 300M you use and 18" ratchet extension, or combination of extensions, to loosen the tensioner. You can loosen it by loosening the center pulley bolt from the top. Then from under the car, use your ratchet and extension and turn counterclockwise in the tensioner bolt. This will allow you to remove the old belt. Do the reverse to replace the belt. I also remove the bolts from the crossmember body piece, like you do to replace your headlights.

The belt has worn on the edges and creates friction which causes squealing. Also, sometimes when a belt is cold it will squeal.

Find the serp belt (on the front of the engine, which is not necessarily at the front of the car, depending on whether it is a transverse mounted engine). Look for the end of the engine opposite to the transmission.

Roll the belt over far enough to see the underside, where the teeth are. Use a strong light. Look for cracks that are at least half way through the belt, usually at the corners of the teeth. Missing teeth is a real bad sign.

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There is a diagram in the owner's manual that shows the proper routing and sequence. With a lot of skinned knuckles, it can be done w/out any tools. Chris

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go to "Jaglovers.com" they will have an answer, Art

I'm confused. I can tell you how to change the tensioner on a 7.3L Powerstroke. The problem is Ford did not make a Powerstroke until 1994. Is your truck a 1992? What is the 8th digit in your VIN Number? If it's an F you have a Powerstroke. Let me know so I can help you with your question.

I bought a 17mm ring end wrench to apply to the belt tensioner pulley nut. When you bear down on this, the tensioner pulley moves out of the way and the belt can be replaced or removed much more easily. I suggest you check the necessary wrench size before you buy one, just to be sure for your application.

On the front around pully's

Actually the diagram for the serpentine belt installation should be on a sticker under the hood. Possibly on the underside of the hood or on the radiator support.

Applies to all Oldmobile Achievas with a V6 3.1 liter engine.

Looking at the belt system of the Achieva you notice right away that a piece of the engine is blocking the path. That is the motor mount.

To take the belt off the pulley system, pull up on the idler pulley to take tension off the belt. Then slip the belt off and release the idler pulley.

Next you have to remove that pesky motor mount, but you cant just unbolt it! Then Engine would fall over, or worse. Instead, place a jack under the engine near the pulley end. Lift the jack to take tension off the mount and THEN unbolt it. The gap between the mount and the engine is where you have to slide the old belt out and the new belt into.

After sliding the belt into place reattach the motor mount. Make sure to torque the bolts. I noted that the engine will lean toward the rear of the vehicle when released. It may require a second person to push / pull the engine back into alignment with the motor mount. Get all of the bolts started before tightening.

Lastly, lift the idler pulley and put the belt back onto the pulleys, making sure you have centered the belt on the alternator. If you don't get it centered, it will get chewed up quickly.

--mark

Everything you could want to know about Windstar serpentine belts is in the "Related Questions" ... from installing to finding online diagrams.

Release the pressure on the belt tensioner and belt should slide off pulleys

Its probably your water pump, which pumps coolant through the engine block to cool it down.