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Old 08-10-2011, 12:36 PM
PatKaufer PatKaufer is offline
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Default Serpentine belt replacement?

I have a 2000 XLT 3.0L with 84,000miles on it. I brought it in for an oil change today and all was fine and dandy, but the tech said i needed to replace the serpentine belt because it was "cracking." I looked at it myself and the cracks he was talking about seemed to be engineered into the belt? They are running diagonally across the belt (width wise). Any advise as to whether these are really cracks or are engineered into the belt and should I replace?

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Old 08-10-2011, 12:59 PM
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Default Re: Serpentine belt replacement?

Over time, serpintine belts do start cracking. I just checked my belt, and I do not have any "cracks" running "width wise" across it. Your belt could have a different design, or they could actually be cracks? I would have to look at it to be able to tell for sure. If it was me, I would probabely just go ahead and replace the belt, like the tech is recommending. It is a very cheap and easy thing to replace. (I did mine about a year ago.) Hope that helps a bit!
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Old 08-10-2011, 01:34 PM
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Default Re: Serpentine belt replacement?

Stealth is right as if you look at the new belt , it will be different form the old one . ask the tech to see the belt and you will see the difference . better to replace now than to break on you later . I always change mine on all my vehicles before the recommended tiome as part of regular maintainance .
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Old 08-10-2011, 03:36 PM
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Default Re: Serpentine belt replacement?

Call me ignorant, where is it in the engine bay?
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Old 08-10-2011, 04:35 PM
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Call me ignorant, where is it in the engine bay?

The serpintine belt? It is in the front of the engine compartment/bay, in front of the raditator. Hope that helps!
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Old 08-10-2011, 04:38 PM
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Default Re: Serpentine belt replacement?

You could have a gatorback belt, look it up on google images
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Old 08-10-2011, 11:08 PM
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Default Re: Serpentine belt replacement?

I ended up just replacing it today as you all recommended and it was surprisingly easy! kind of funny actually cuz as I was checking out at O'Reilly, there was a flyer right there asking if I had replaced my serpentine belt recently and had diagrams of what a good and bad belt looked like haha mine was definitely bad :P thanks for the advise!
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