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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / November 2005Applied belt dressing to serpentine, how to remove?
Hi, I'm posting for a friend with no PC. He mistakenly applied belt dressing to the serpentine belt on his early 90's Lincoln Continental (forgot which exact year he has). The car only has about 70,000 miles or so, I believe. Now there's a fairly loud "ching-ching-ching-ching-ching" sound. He says the belt contracted. What is his remedy short of getting the serpentine belt replaced? Any easy way to remove the belt dressing and it's effects? Thanks much. >Hi, I'm posting for a friend with no PC. He mistakenly applied belt dressing >to the serpentine belt on his early 90's Lincoln Continental (forgot which [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >replaced? Any easy way to remove the belt dressing and it's effects? Thanks >much. Isn't that what belt dressing is for?????? I must say that I have never found the stuff to work very well though. I'd imagine any solvent would remove it. Gasoline, laquer thinner, etc. If you want to completely get rid of it, you probably got to remove it from the pulleys too, and have to turn them a half turn to get the part the belt was touching. Mark He said the dressing is for the other belts, but not supposed to be used on the serpentine. >>Hi, I'm posting for a friend with no PC. He mistakenly applied belt >>dressing [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Mark if the belt has 70k miles on it, it should be replaced anyway. he is only playing with fire running a belt that old. > He said the dressing is for the other belts, but not supposed to be used on > the serpentine. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > > Mark >He said the dressing is for the other belts, but not supposed to be used on >the serpentine. OK, but why should that matter? Aren't all belts created equal? Curious !!!! >>>Hi, I'm posting for a friend with no PC. He mistakenly applied belt >>>dressing [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> Mark >>He said the dressing is for the other belts, but not supposed to be used >>on >>the serpentine. > > OK, but why should that matter? Aren't all belts created equal? > Curious !!!! On some belts, using some kind(s) of dressing, it will cause a noise that closely mimics a noisy p-steering pump. Needless to say, changing the pump did not help one bit! Costly, but I remember! My thinking would be that a serpentine belt should need no dressing. HTH, s The belt is now dead. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/index.html?id=2120343242 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > Hi, I'm posting for a friend with no PC. He mistakenly applied belt dressing > to the serpentine belt on his early 90's Lincoln Continental (forgot which [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > replaced? Any easy way to remove the belt dressing and it's effects? Thanks > much. >The belt is now dead. Oh My God !!! Does that mean a hearse is needed, and a coffin, and undertaker? How Sad !!! I was just about to have an enjoyable weekend when you posted this depressing news. My weekend is now ruined ! Of course there is always 911 and a team of paramedics. One never knows when there is still hope, unless there is no longer a heartbeat. I'll say some prayers !!! Where do I send the Sympathy card? >Mike >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> replaced? Any easy way to remove the belt dressing and it's effects? Thanks >> much. |
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