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Re: Wild first month with my 9-3!
Posted by Paul B. (more from Paul B.) on Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:23:56
In Reply to: Wild first month with my 9-3!, Ryan H., Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:36:54
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Any of the pulleys that are driven by the back side of the belt are smooth. The waterpump is one of these. It is unlikely that someone has out the wrong pulleys on your car.
As others have said, the idler and tensioner pulleys failing is usually what cause the serpentine belt to fail. The belt will rarely fail by itself. You would be wise to change both of these now since the idler pulley is not reliable beyond 60,000 miles and the tensioner about 120,000.
If you ran for 20 minutes with no belt I'd be surprised that you didn't cause headgasket problems due to overheating. If you got lucky and did not, I would be sure to change the engine oil ASAP since your engine was probably hot enough to cause it to break down.
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