Well I didn't directly, but on Saturday two of the belts snapped. I think they are the PAS and water pump belts, but I haven't looked in detail yet. The car still runs, but obviously without any coolant or PAS, I won't be going anywhere in it!
Its my fault for not inspecting the belts, so I still regard the car as the most reliable I've owned
Anyone know what the cost of these belts is, and how difficult a job it is to replace them?
very straight foward replacement, they all loop
over the fan, just need to remove the upper cowling
and engine undershield.
I replaced the tensioning racks when i did mine (on the alternator)
and pas pump as they were worn & wouldn't tension up.
On my previous 1992 3.8, I accelerated quite hard onto a dual carriageway. After a few seconds there was a loud bang and I had no power steering. I managed to get to work (the steering is near to unmoveable when you are going slow) and closer inspection showed that all the belts bar the water pump had snapped/were missing. So I'd got no PAS, no alternator, no air pump and no air conditioning.
I purchased the relevant belts from my local BMW dealer (quite a bit less than £10 each as I remember), and a BMW Technician friend of mine fitted them at my house within 20 minutes. Not a major job. I think just one of the belts had snapped, and that took the others off..........
Had no belt problems on my 1995 6 speed yet......
All the best
Mark
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1999 Land Rover Discovery Td5 ES
Last edited by dronfieldm; 9th October 2002 at 18:38.
Well I replaced these belts last night, and although it may be a 20 minuite job for a BMW technician, on a cold dark monday night in my front garden, I needed a couple of hours.
Still, not a difficult job, and one worth undertaking if you're unsure when your belts were last renewed.
Yes, I'm sure I'd have taken more than 2 hours.......initially I wouldn't have been exactly sure which pulley had what belt on.
I suppose it gets easier when you are looking at it. I did have a picture of the front of an S38 engine out of the car from someones rebuild article. This showed the correct belt paths.
I would have needed that.
Pleased you got it sorted.
Kind Regards
Mark
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1995 3.8 6 speed - gone, but not forgotten.
1999 Land Rover Discovery Td5 ES
Oops I broke it
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