• First, the serpentine belt drives your air conditioning system.
• Next, the belt powers the alternator.
• The serpentine belt may also run the pumps for both the power steering and power brakes. In some Glenburnie drivers’ vehicles, power steering may have an electric drive and power brakes can be vacuum driven.
• And, on many vehicles, the serpentine belt powers the water pump (on some cars, the water pump is powered by the timing belt).

Your courteous CAR MEDICS team can perform a visual inspection of the belt to see if it has any cracks that signal the belt could fail soon and will measure the amount of belt material to make sure there is enough.

There’s a special, spring loaded pulley attached to the engine that is used to make sure the serpentine belt remains tight (at the proper tension) called the tensioner pulley and sometimes an extra pulley call the idler pulley. Their critical job is to make sure there’s a constant tension on the serpentine belt so that it doesn’t slip. The spring can become worn and no longer provide the necessary pressure to keep the belt tight. That’s why CAR MEDICS recommends that the tensioner, and the idler pulley if so equipped, be replaced at the same time as the serpentine belt.

All in all, the serpentine belt’s a vital part for the function of your vehicle. And it’s not that expensive to replace at CAR MEDICS – so it’s good to do so before it fails.

Give us a call

CAR MEDICS – GLENBURNIE
1985 Perth Road
Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0
(613) 546-6766

or

CAR MEDICS – KINGSTON
37 Rigney St.
Kingston, ON K7K 6Z3
(613) 547-8473

At CAR MEDICS – GLENBURNIE we install quality NAPA replacement parts.