i have a 1990 dodge dynasty and the serpeantine belt whatever its called is almost ripped and coming off and the motor waste a lot of gas and i mean a lot is it from the belt not being on good? And is it easy to change a serpentine belt?
Change a car belt?
Bullcrap. I just changed the serpentine belt on my S-10 pickup an hour ago and it took all of ten minutes, most of it spent collecting a tool to do the job. The only thing required was a 16mm box wrench to release the tension on the spring loaded idler. If you get confused as to where the belt goes on the pulleys, there is a chart on a tag over the radiator shield that shows how to place the belt on the pulleys.
Change a car belt?
Your best bet is to have someone do it as you may need a tensioner as well. Putting the belt on properly is critical and best left to the pros.
Um the dynasty isn't to hard to change, if you have the basic tools. As for gas consumption this could be lots of things, the belt could certainly be a contributor by causing valve openings and closings at the wrong times. It could also could cause the engine to labor to generate power.
you can find a diagram of your car and change the belt yoru self and they are only about $30. The gas maybe a time for new plugs and clean the jets
There should be a schematic for the routing of the belt on a placard in the engine compartment. The hardest part is getting your hands down between the motor and fender to thread the belt around all the pulleys. It takes a longer handled wrench than the normal length to get to the tensioner.
As far as the gas usage is concerned, the belt has no fault. You have some other problem there.
IMO, I say try to change it yourself I hate to see people pay someone to do a easy belt change and get charged dubble what it would to do yourself.
