911 Carrera S Cabriolet (997) F6-3.8L (2007)
Drive Belt: Testing and Inspection
Checking drive belt
Preliminary work
1. Remove air cleaner housing.
Checking
Checking drive belt
Drive belt routing:
Drive belt on engine (view with engine removed)
1 - Drive belt
2 - Generator pulley
3 - Power-steering pump pulley (plastic)
4 - Air-conditioning compressor pulley
5 - Crankshaft vibration balancer
6 - Coolant pump pulley
7 - Belt tensioner tensioning roller
Warning
Do not remove the drive belt when it is warm!
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Risk of damage or deformation!
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Only remove the drive belt when it is cold.
1. Slacken the drive belt.
Information
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Mark running direction of drive belt with a colored pen.
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Even minor damage means that the drive belt must be replaced (even if the maintenance interval has not expired).
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The drive belt can be cut if it has to be replaced.
1.1.
Fit a ring wrench (a/f 30) -2- on the hexagon on the tensioner -3-, turn it clockwise as far as it will go and hold it at that position.
1.2.
Remove the drive belt -1- from the pulley on the generator.
1.3.
Carefully allow the tensioning roller to slide back to its original position.