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When maintenance ain't yo thang...

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That's the serpentine belt that came off of my Fiesta
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Damn!! lucky u replaced it before it snapped
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Geeez
That belt has seen better days, out of curiosity though how many kilos did it cover?
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Makes you wonder how farked the rest of the car is....
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Yasis!

The notion with many mechanics regarding the serpentine/aux belt is that because it cant damage any engine parts when broken, they only replace it once broken.

Also , It's doesn't form part of any of the service schedules so it goes forgotten till the day it makes a noise or breaks.
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Well, this particular Fiesta has 240k km on the clock, it's been pretty well taken care of aside from the rekt serpentine belt.
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At 270000km (more or less) the alternator pulley/clutch/one way bearing thingy climbed off and together with the serpentine belt waited for me in the engine bay until I made it home...

That belt looked much better that the one above...

I replaced the belt, pulley and tensioner.
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ICE King wrote:Yasis!

The notion with many mechanics regarding the serpentine/aux belt is that because it cant damage any engine parts when broken, they only replace it once broken.

Also , It's doesn't form part of any of the service schedules so it goes forgotten till the day it makes a noise or breaks.
Agree which does not make sense at all.
Another thing that i dont understand is why would dealers replace have schedule item e.g air filter to be replaced every 30 00km instead of 15 000km.

I am impressed with the oem belt that came with the car new and I removed it yesterday to inspect it has 1 or 2 cracks that have formed which impresses me with the life span as the car has 175 000km.



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Pynoxim wrote:Well, this particular Fiesta has 240k km on the clock, it's been pretty well taken care of aside from the rekt serpentine belt.
Impressive kilos

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THANAS wrote:Mix them together to create Shellstrol, and then mix that with Winstrol to create the ultimate, maximum performance oil for your engine.
panic-mechanic wrote:When I build engines and do stuff like this I do it when there is nobody else around, No distractions, No phone nothing so that you don't forget what you should be doing. It's the little things that make them run right. Anybody can slap a basic bottom end together. that is the easy bit. It's all the little things that makes these builds a success or not.
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