 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | |  |  |  | |  06-28-2006, 05:49 PM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19 |  help please, can't stop the slipping
So my AC belt popped off one day during driving and ended up somewhere down the road....yay.......
so i went and got a new belt and put it on, and i have done everything i can to tighten this belt, and reguardless when i first start up, it just continually slips....and the belt feels tight when i press on it, thats the problem....
done everything i can think of, now i figured i'de see if you guys can help...
i've tried belt dressing, when i sprayed it on the belt, it actually made the compressor slip and start screaming again...go figure...
well any advice is appreciated! thanks! |  |  | | 06-28-2006, 05:50 PM | #2 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19 |
ha ha junior member...i love it, by the way 95 318Is, not Ti....heard you guys had some good ideas | | | | | 06-28-2006, 06:20 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
Did the belt just slip on or did you put slack in the tensioner to put it on? __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 06-28-2006, 06:41 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MD/VA/DC Posts: 834 |
how did you run the belt over the tensioner or under
i think you ran it under | | | | | 06-29-2006, 01:29 PM | #5 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19 |
well thats what happened the first time i changed the belt i put the belt under the tensioner, thats why it ended up somewhere down the road, so when i finally looked at the pics i went OOOpppsss and switched it around with a new belt....still slipping like crazy though
also i slacked the tensioner to put it on and then tightened it to where there was a little play as i could possibly get out of the belt | | | | | 06-29-2006, 04:12 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 885 |
Maybe your AC compresor have a bearings problem.... __________________ BMW...MY NEW TOY  Mods: Some plastic parts, ///M Wheels and me | | | | | 06-29-2006, 04:18 PM | #7 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19 |
anything i can do about this? toss some lithium grease or some WD-40 somewhere? or is it get a new compressor kinda thing? | | | | | 06-29-2006, 04:19 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tyler, TX Posts: 1,022 |
Maybe it's the wrong size belt.
And make sure you're using belt dressing that's designed for a serpentine belt. Some belt dressings are only designed for use with v-belts and will cause slipping when applied to a serpentine belt. | | | | | 06-29-2006, 04:22 PM | #9 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19 |
definetly the right size belt, went and checked the smaller belt and it wouldn't fit
thanks for the idea on the belt dressing, but the belt for the compressor is a V belt | | | | | 06-29-2006, 05:49 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Asheville NC Posts: 669 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by jetblack95 definetly the right size belt, went and checked the smaller belt and it wouldn't fit
thanks for the idea on the belt dressing, but the belt for the compressor is a V belt | does it look like the picture here? I think that's not typically called a v-belt even though that's what realoem calls it. I'd refer to it as a serpentine belt... [IMG]file:///c:/temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]  | | | | | 06-29-2006, 05:52 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MD/VA/DC Posts: 834 |
that could be what father said might be the AC is fried try rotating the pully with your hand | | | | | 06-29-2006, 07:20 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 |
From what I remember of my 1st Scirocco, the pulley was locking up because the compressor was seizing. In the end the mechanic bypassed the AC pulley. Quote: | Originally Posted by mischief that could be what father said might be the AC is fried try rotating the pully with your hand | __________________ 
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it rotates, but its tough, how hard should it be to spin it? | | | | | 06-29-2006, 08:23 PM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 885 |
remember that the ac compresor have a cluth, it was to spinning, the best test is put the belt, star the car with the ac in on and look to find the slipping cause, if you put wax in the pulleys you can find it more easy because you see with smog in the slipping pulley __________________ BMW...MY NEW TOY Mods: Some plastic parts, ///M Wheels and me | | | | | 06-29-2006, 08:28 PM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MD/VA/DC Posts: 834 |
sound like the compresor dieded
i have a 1997 318ti im going to remove the ac compresor if u like i can sell it to you.
its coming couse the turbo is going in | | | | | |
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