Aux Belt Change On R-reg 2.0 With Ac

[Guest lankytony]

I am in the basingstoke area, is it easy to change or do you know a garage, i have till friday as i really need it to go back to uni for the final term :lol: .

 

I took the whole family out for Easter sunday to find, when i got back to the car, the battery light on and no powersteering, looked under the bonnet and the belt had snapped.

 

On the way i had turned the ac on and it smelt of burning so turned it off again, any ideas.

 

I have only had it 3 weeks and intend going travelling in it this summer after i finish uni, before i enter the big wide world of work,

 

Cheers,

 

Tony

 

(poor student :ph34r: !)

[bigdaddy]

Jack up the front of the vehicle, support with axle stands, remove the undershield, Using a spanner on the tensioner pulley, rotate the tensioner clockwise to relieve the tension on the belt, remove the belt, fit your new belt, release the tensioner pulley, refit the undershield :ph34r:

[Guest lankytony]

thanks mate for the quick response!

 

do you think that the burning smell from the ac was due to the belt?

 

Cheers,

Tony :ph34r:!

[bigdaddy]

Sounds like u have a siezed A/C compressor and when u turned on the a/c, that burnt the belt and caused it to snap,,,,,,,,,,,

 

 

but i maybe wrong,,,,,other members on this forum will confirm ur problem

[Guest lankytony]

helped me identify them thanks, only prob is the AC is at the bottom and powersteering above, great for me with a ceised ac compressor but info for others reading this:)!

got some hidious quotes, but found cheapest compressor for ~