Dear Experts,
I have a 1999 ES300, V6. Very similar to the Camry V6.
I'm visiting Canada now (with the car), and it's really cold.
For those of you who don't know, rubber is contrarian; rubber actually expands in the cold.
So, my timing belt has stretched. When I press my finger beside the alternator, the belt has a lot of movement and give. It needs to be tightened. (Tires need to filled with more air too, and readjusted in the spring.)
On the two Fords that I used to own, there were two different ways to adjust the belt.
One had the old style, with a belt dedicated to the alternator. To tighten the belt, you loosed an alternator bolt, levered the alternator to make the tension high, and then tightened the bolt down. Similar to this:
Questions:
1) on the 1999 Lexus es300, the belt for the alternator is actually a serpentine belt, correct? Meaning, that it connects multiple components.2) How do I create more tension on the 1999 Lexus alternator belt?
- move the alternator, or
- move a pulley into tension, or
- something else? what's the secret?
Thanks a lot!