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**B3M2W5i** · 10-14-2005, 07:34 PM

ok my car was hissing at me today so i took a look under the hood and one of the belts looks snapped and wrapped around my fan.. i havent changed my ac comp yet btw.. what could have caused this?

**bmw4life** · 10-14-2005, 07:40 PM

Sorry I can't help but I hope it isn't too bad

**Dudesky** · 10-14-2005, 07:57 PM

They do have a life span. No pulleys misaligned?

**B3M2W5i** · 10-14-2005, 08:19 PM

ill have to check up on it 2m morining its pretty cold / foggy here

**Spieluhr** · 10-14-2005, 09:12 PM

yeah, belts just tend to go bad every now and then.

**Rooz** · 10-14-2005, 09:26 PM

belts are made of flexible plastic, since there is always tension on them, after a while they go bad....

**TJsBimm** · 10-14-2005, 09:30 PM

Ya I had to do my belts after 100,000kms...they were cracked and stuff.....better off doing the belts so you don't have to go through it again.

**xsperf** · 10-14-2005, 10:05 PM

again, its not a timing belt, which is actually a good thing because otherwise youd be screwed, just order new ones, loosen the tensioner, put them on(there is a pic somewhere of how they are suppoesd to go on) and then re tighten the tensioner, peace of cake trust me

**///M Power** · 10-14-2005, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by xsperf

again, its not a timing belt, which is actually a good thing

Thanks Captain, what would we do without you?

Check for alginment as someone mentioned. And then check your other belts. Probably two other belts. When one of these belts snaps in BMW's they have a tendency to take out more than one belt. Then hope you get the parts and do it yourself or hope your mechanic isnt that far.