How do you put the serpentine belt on? From underneath?

The trick is to wrap the belt around all the grooved pulleys first and leave the smooth idler pulleys for last. Then the belt can just slip on the smooth pulley

the nut that holds the tensioner on is under the alternator and would be much easier to remove with the alternator out of the way.

PUT SPANNER ON TENSION PULLEY TO PUT ON BELT

no, a timing chain and a serpentine belt

2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE - V6 3.5L 214ci GAS FI N H

Serpentine Belt routing diagram


You will need a ratchet and a strong friend. Put the ratchet on the bolt on the pulley that moves. You will know which one it is because when you turn it the belts wll loosen and tighten on the pulley. have some one hold the ratchet down so you can remove the belt from the pulley... pull it off.

Remember how it came off to put it back on. Once you pull the belt off you can let the ratchet go. Put the belt parallel with the pulley and pull the ratchet down. When it loosens the pulleys slide the belt on and let the ratchet go. Remove ratchet. Don't start the car but tap the key forward 3 to 4 times to make sure the belt is on track.

Then start it up!

More details and graphics you can find in autozone.com (free register).

Hope helped with this; remember rated this help. Good luck.

For the 3.3L:



For the 3.0L:

Use a breaker bar to release the tension on the old belt. Remove the old belt. Use the breaker bar again to pull back the belt tensioner and install the new belt following the pattern listed on the sticker that should be on the underneath of the hood or nearby.

If your Engine size, is a 2.5, you have to loosen the Alterntor, and the tighting bolt underneath, put the belt in the groove pulleys frist and then slide the belt onto the smooth pulley

first look underneath the hood... is it there on a sticker... if not i'll need the size of the motor to let you know

Robert

In response to BiTurboA6 comment, there is a full write-up at http://www.scribd.com/doc/12127197/2001-Audi-A6-Alternator-Replacement-Instructions