LOL because its always worth risking your engine to save $10 on a cheaper serpentine belt.
Some of the engines (like my n54) have a nasty habit of sucking in belt shards through the front seal, plugging up the oil pump screen, or even getting jammed in the timing chain system and pulling the valves out of time since the sprockets are pressed - not keyed - onto the crank. So if you're lucky, you just have to pull the pan and clean up the mess. If you're unlucky, your valves are smashed.Originally Posted by The Critic
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by JohnnyJohnson
LOL because its always worth risking your engine to save $10 on a cheaper serpentine belt.
Serpentine belt is not the same as a timing belt.
Unless we are talking about a BMW inline 6 engine. On those, a serpentine belt failure is just as catastrophic as a timing belt failure.
How so?
Originally Posted by Dufus2
BTW: Stay away from Bando because it don't fit right (too small) and the grooves are not formed properly.
Lately, they have been the least problematic brand for me.