marcodant

anyone ever replace their serp belt? Looks like a PITA. Any help would be great thanks again

PaulW

Take off the belly pan, then put a socket on the tension to relieve tension, then put a torx bit or equivilant to hold the tension off:

<img src="http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/enginemechanical/tbp75.JPG">

Or follow the procedure below, it has everything on it. It only takes a few minutes.<ul><li><a href="http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/enginemechanical/oilcoolerremovalreinstall.html">http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/enginemechanical/oilcoolerremovalreinstall.html</a</li></ul>

marcodant

thanks for both answers buddy I am glad I did not have to take the front of the car off

PaulW

Why do you need to change it? They essentially never go bad, do it with the TB change out

marcodant

happen all the time but does happen most of the time on hot humid days. I want to rule out the A/c.. Like I stated before that when I turn the ac off the noise stops. But again the noise is not all the time. and when I rev the eng it goes away after a few revs. then it may or maynot happen when I drive. On hot days but not humid there is no noise. I used belt dressing but seems not to help.. the other option would be to tighten the belt. any other thoughts??

PaulW

Belt is tightened automatically by the tensioner, cannot adjust

marcodant

I am thinking the belt because of this reason.. get humid; little oil, grim etc...