Your Serpentine Belt is named that because of it’s shape which winds all around your vehicles engine.It is located on the front of your engine and if it wears out or breaks you could be in serious trouble.The connects the alternator, power steering, air conditioning, water pump to the part of the en

If you open the hood in a modern car with a gasoline or diesel engine, you will see at least one serpentine belt. See thisphoto. There are cars with two or three belts; electric cars have no belts. The job of a serpentine belt is to drive accessories installed on your engine such as analternator, wa

Are you hearing a squealing under your hood? If so the culprit is likely to be your automotive accessory belt, usually referred to as a serpentine belt. Though these belts last much longer than their predecessor, the V-belt, they do sometimes need replaced

People sometimes ask if there are wear differences due to the raw edge design of the notched V-belt vs. the fabric all over design of the classical wrapped V-belt. The fact is many factors can contribute to sheave wear. However, notched V-belts and wrapped V-belts have virtually identical sheave wea

That squealing sound when you start your car or rev the engine is a slipping fan belt. Besides being irritating, it could also cause more serious problems that will prevent you from driving the car until it is fixed. In most cars, the fan belt is connected to the alternator, which is mounted on a pi

In your car a majority of the important systems, like the alternator, water pump, power steering and even the air conditioning will depend on the function of a serpentine or v-belt. It keeps the components moving and functioning properly to avoid any metal on metal collisions or damages. As such, an