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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: loon[mv6] on 18 January 2009, 15:15:47

Title: alternator/aircon belt change!help needed!
Post by: loon[mv6] on 18 January 2009, 15:15:47

hello people,it all went a bit pete tong yesterday in the car,i have had this squeaking noise coming from the engine bay(but didnt try to find it,cos its too damn cold lol).

Anyways happily driving along at 60 when the battery light come on,then noticed the steering had gone too,i got to the side of the road ok,but when i looked into the engine bay,found bits of belt everywhere.

To cut the story short,im not sure of this part,but its a bearing and i have seen a picture of a plastic outercasing which the belt runs on(the bearing seized and has destroyed the plastic outer casing).

But what i am looking for is a pic of both the belts(alternator and aircon)in place so i can work out where they go,normaly i just take a belt off and can see where it goes,but as they where both destroyed,i can seem to figure it out.

Can anyone help me plz

ps before i forget it a v6 3.0 

Title: Re: alternator/aircon belt change!help needed!
Post by: RobG on 18 January 2009, 16:35:10

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Sounds like your tensioner is knackered. Easy enough job to do :y

Title: Re: alternator/aircon belt change!help needed!
Post by: loon[mv6] on 18 January 2009, 17:08:39

 :y Cheers for that,so is it just one belt then,cos when i pulled the belt out it looked like 2 belts,show how much attention i have paid to the car  ;D

Title: Re: alternator/aircon belt change!help needed!
Post by: Elite Pete on 18 January 2009, 17:21:56

Yep one belt which is about £21 with a trade card and £30ish without.

Title: Re: alternator/aircon belt change!help needed!
Post by: Andy B on 18 January 2009, 17:24:10

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Yep one belt which is about £21 with a trade card and £30ish without.

 :-? I've just paid £30 ish with the Trade Club card!  >:(  >:(  >:(
It'll be mentioned next time I'm in the dealers ...... maybe phone Bury St E first!  :y

Title: Re: alternator/aircon belt change!help needed!
Post by: loon[mv6] on 23 January 2009, 17:42:59

hang on a sec,right i have just picked myself up of the floor,just got the belt and the tensioner(i had to get the whole bloody thing  :'( ) and im not going to say how much it cost me for all that lots  ;D

Title: Re: alternator/aircon belt change!help needed!
Post by: Andy B on 23 January 2009, 18:44:57

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..... and the tensioner(i had to get the whole bloody thing  :'( )  .......

I believe you were had!  :-?  :y  :y

Title: Re: alternator/aircon belt change!help needed!
Post by: mantagte on 23 January 2009, 18:58:29

and the tensioner(i had to get the whole bloody thing

complete and utter bull
though vx did try that with me as well last wekk but i looked at his computer screen and pointed out which bit i wanted  part number 9157962
had to be ordered but only £24.19 +vat
he said he didnt know that was seperate (yeah right)