I've been having trouble with premature belt failure for a while and can't figure this out. The first belt that came with the car had a section of it chipped off. The belt caused a knocking sound on the pulleys and was removed. I'd checked the idler pulley and they spin smoothly. I'd installed a new belt by the brand of Continental and it failed the same way (in the California climate) as the first one only after a year. There is another brand from the dealer which I should be using. The brand is BMW. I feel that I've installed the belt incorrectly on this BMW 96 318ti. I made a simple drawing of the belt configuration. What are some practical things I should be doing?
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18 years ago