Whew, repairs on car done.
I started having this problem on my mini van and found out this is a common one.
The serpintine belt slipped off the pulley's and I had to stick it back on out in the cold and snow. This happened again a few hours later and I searched the internet for an answer and found a really good one.
It seems on many Caravan's, Voyager's and Town & Country mini van's of certain years, about 1993 to 2000, the serpintine belt comes off easily and will continue to slip off freely once it starts doing this.
The fix is installing a different pulley and tensioner that is ribbed instead of a smooth one, Gates has both sets, as well as a new double sided serpintine belt. The belt and parts is about $200 and the job will cost about that much or less depending on where you are. I did it myself and found it quite easy but it is a bit of a difficult job.
A few hints that may help are using the old belt to hold the wrench that pulls the tensioner with your foot. This way you have both hands free to work inside the engine to put on the belt. Several people said you have to use the alternate method to get the new belt on of putting the belt on the water pump last but I found it easy enough to put it on the idler pulley last as long as you use a ratcheting wrench to pull back the tensioner.
It worked like a charm after I bought all the parts and the proper tools to get the job done correctly. You can always do a good job with the correct tools and having them handy and where you can find them makes a big difference.
If you have a problem look on the internet for an answer, you never know what you'll find.
The serpintine belt slipped off the pulley's and I had to stick it back on out in the cold and snow. This happened again a few hours later and I searched the internet for an answer and found a really good one.
It seems on many Caravan's, Voyager's and Town & Country mini van's of certain years, about 1993 to 2000, the serpintine belt comes off easily and will continue to slip off freely once it starts doing this.
The fix is installing a different pulley and tensioner that is ribbed instead of a smooth one, Gates has both sets, as well as a new double sided serpintine belt. The belt and parts is about $200 and the job will cost about that much or less depending on where you are. I did it myself and found it quite easy but it is a bit of a difficult job.
A few hints that may help are using the old belt to hold the wrench that pulls the tensioner with your foot. This way you have both hands free to work inside the engine to put on the belt. Several people said you have to use the alternate method to get the new belt on of putting the belt on the water pump last but I found it easy enough to put it on the idler pulley last as long as you use a ratcheting wrench to pull back the tensioner.
It worked like a charm after I bought all the parts and the proper tools to get the job done correctly. You can always do a good job with the correct tools and having them handy and where you can find them makes a big difference.
If you have a problem look on the internet for an answer, you never know what you'll find.
posted by Jeff Gedgaud @ 12:45 PM
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