'97 A4 serpentine (sp) belt change

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- jmgard
  
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20 years ago

Fri, Sep 12, 2003 9:03 PM

Can the 'average' person change a serpentine belt on a '97 2.8 A4? I've done brake work and some other minor stuff.... WIll it require any tools outside the normal metric sockets, etc? Any common traps/places to screw up/etc that i should be aware of?

Thanks in advance

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20 years ago

Fri, Sep 12, 2003 10:24 PM

Go here

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and look at the timing beltchange article. That will give you some idea. You do not need to strip therads etc like he did, just move the "lock-carrier" forward to get enoughworking room. I did the timing belt on my 1.8T a few weeks ago. Took about 4 hours. I expect you can do the drive belt in 2-3 hours. Have fun. Rgds Alec

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20 years ago

Sat, Sep 13, 2003 2:15 AM

Isn't the serpentine belt the accessory drive belt which is different than the timing belt? I have no clue how to change either one on any car built after 1980 but I've always used the term serpentine belt to describe the accessory drive belt.

Aar

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20 years ago

Sat, Sep 13, 2003 12:13 PM

If it's bad, how do you think the timing belt looks? They usually last the interval of the belt.

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20 years ago

Sat, Sep 13, 2003 5:55 PM

Correct, but you need to remove the serpentine belt to change the timing belt so the instructions for the serpentine belt are a subset of those for the timing belt........