You are absolutely correct! I take it though- that you didn't win a prize or anything for knowing this- oh...sorry- not a good way to begin the weekend :(
amy/jules... to over simplify there's a shaft through the engine. when the engine does what the engine does it spins that. one end comes out one side of the engine and goes to the transmission and eventually makes the wheels spin and the car go. the other end comes out the front and usually does a variety of things. usually there's a pulley on it, and around that pulley is a belt which spins things. in the old days, there used to be multiple belts, and when the engine turned, it'd spin the belts which would spin the a/c compressor, make your power steering work, spin your alternator to keep your battery charged. the problem with that was it was a hassle to change them if one belt broke. so then some genius came up with the idea of a serpentine belt. much easier to change because one belt spun everything. but if it breaks, you also lose everything.
Your serpentine belt shouldn't look like this. just as an fyi.
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Why is your serpentine belt in your office?
And you look like it's been a LONG week dear. Beer time!
Oh... no good. No good at all.
At least it didn't happen in the summer heat.
What is a serpentine belt?
You are absolutely correct!
I take it though- that you didn't win a prize or anything for knowing this-
oh...sorry- not a good way to begin the weekend :(
Amy beat me to my question... ? Something to do with your break down the other week?
Hmm.
What should one look like?
amy/jules... to over simplify there's a shaft through the engine. when the engine does what the engine does it spins that. one end comes out one side of the engine and goes to the transmission and eventually makes the wheels spin and the car go. the other end comes out the front and usually does a variety of things. usually there's a pulley on it, and around that pulley is a belt which spins things. in the old days, there used to be multiple belts, and when the engine turned, it'd spin the belts which would spin the a/c compressor, make your power steering work, spin your alternator to keep your battery charged. the problem with that was it was a hassle to change them if one belt broke. so then some genius came up with the idea of a serpentine belt. much easier to change because one belt spun everything. but if it breaks, you also lose everything.
That looked like my serpentine belt when Eduardo broke down!
Sadly, I've had that happen. I'm sorry it happened to you.
I don't know a lot about motors, but I'm pretty sure that sucks.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure when snakes wear belts, it becomes a tangled mess!
:o)
OH! That sucks! Hope you got it taken care of.
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