Date: 25 Sep 2003 15:54:12 -0700 From: ychennopsam30.net (Yaofeng) Subject: Re: Belt and Pully system in newer saabs
Grunff <grunff232nopsam.com> wrote in message news:<bkq3ub$4h2cs$1nopsam52899.news.uni-berlin.de>... > Yaofeng wrote: > > >>Not true - C900s and 99s don't have serpentine belts, so no > >>idler pulleys or tensioners, and very few problems. > > > > > > Not true - C900's do have an idler pulley. Although you were right > > there is no serpentine belt nor is it as problematic. > > Erm, no they don't. But you had me thinking for a while. > > There are two belts: > > crank pulley > water pump > alternator (sometimes a double belt) > crank pulley > ps pump > > > Now if you have AC (not many UK C900s do), then you have a third > belt, and an idler pulley. > > crank pulley > AC compressor > AC idler pulley That's what I was talking about. > > But this is of no consequence, since it could disintegrate > without any effect on the rest of the car. You're probably right. Don't have my '89 C900 anymore so I could not verify. Got destroyed in a car fire two summers ago after a car wash.
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