How to install Serpentine Belt install on a 1998 Isuzu Rodeo? There is no chart in the car.

Question

All help is GREATLY appreciated! Thank you. The reason I am looking to do this myself is my mechanic said he would charge me $125 to install it and I reasearched the part and a good belt is about $45 and I thought $80 was high for something I've been told is quick to install.... or is that a legit price to charge to install?

Answer 1

Advance auto parts can give you a computer print out.

Answer 2

Go to auto zone or where you bought the belt and they will tell you how to route it

Answer 3

i'd have to see it to know.  some serpentine belts require bolts being loosened.  the better ones only use a spring loaded tensioner.  if it's the tensioner,  they are fairly easy to do.  

first look on line.  you may be able to find a chart there for the belt.  if not you can make your own with a pencil and piece of paper.  before you remove it, draw all your pulley's in and then a line for the rout of the belt over each of them.  now set your wrench on the tensioner, release the tension and pull the old belt off.

rout the new belt over every pulley just like the chart and put the wrench back on the tensioner.  make sure the belt is inside the wrench so that once you are ready you can actually put it on (common mistake).  apply full tension and slip the belt onto the tensioner pulley.

make sure the belt is tight and in place.  remove the wrench.  tap the key a couple times in the ignition to seat the belt correctly.  check the belt to make sure it is sitting down in all the pulleys correctly.  make sure it's not sliding off.  make sure it's tight.  

start and drive.

Answer 4

Follow this link.  It will take you directly to the page on Autozone.com.  This is the belt routing diagram for a 1998 Isuzu Rodeo.  I am guessing 4WD?

http://www.autozone.com/shopping/repairG...

Answer 5

Bocephus is on the right track, except that link;

http://www.autozone.com/shopping/repairG...

won't take you directly there. It's not possible to directly link to that page, or that particular Repair Guide. After you go there, you need to enter your Year, Make, Model, and Engine I.D., then click the link "Engine Mechanical" which defaults to the opening page, which is "Accessory Drive Belts". Once you have specified your vehicle with Autozone, then it will take you back there later, as long as the cookie remembers it and you don't change your vehicle selection.

It is however possible to link to pictures. For example, if you have the 2WD or 4WD w/V6 3.2L, this is your diagram;

http://econtent.autozone.com:24991/znetr...

If you have the 2WD w/ 4 cylinder 2.2L should use V-belts, so I'm guessing you have the 3.2L?

As far as the $80 difference to have someone else do it for you, first of all, he's probably marking up the price of the belt, which is basically excused by the fact that he has to call the parts store, which will usually deliver it to him if it's a normal shop with an account. If he were to have to actually go get it would be different.

As far as the Labor itself, I can do most cars with a single Serpentine belt in less that 5 minutes. There are some, for example where a motor mount has to be dis-assembled, that have taken me nearly 15 minutes.