Broke Down E39

[I love my E39]

Sadly I just turned a corner heard a PING, battery light came on, lost power steering and engine power. Opened the hood to find the serpentine belt all bunched up and the tensioner pulley rings just hanging off. Thank god The belt didnt break the fan... just had the whole fan,rad, and clutch assembly done a year an a half ago at the dealer for 1.3k! So thankfully it wil not run me that much this time.

Anyways anyone have a good brand for tensioner/belts they would suggest if not using factory.

[YoungCR]

Sorry to hear, as usual don't buy the cheap stuff! I don't remember what brand but I've bought those parts through blunt tech for my car. 

[jc43089]

I have used Contitech and Goodyear Gataroback belts with good sucess.

[REKIII]

If you are looking for a good kit, I literally just ordered the whole accessory replacement kit from ECS tuning.  Good prices, very complete.

 

When was the last time your fan clutch was replaced.  If that wasn't part of your recent maintenence you should replace that.

[I love my E39]

I did replace the clutch fan the last service I had so 1.5 Years ago the fan clutch was replaced, Although i had road debris fly up and they broke apart the fan blades and put a softball hole through the radiator, so at that time I had it all replaced. No Cheap stuff got it

[REKIII]

OK, then you are all good there.  The accessory kit I mentioned above should be good.  Do you not run a belly pan?  How did stuff get up there?

[I love my E39]

I do have the Pan and everything I have no Idea How it kicked Up but It got  up there when we took it apart there was a good size piece of asphalt that made it's way in there somehow. ---gotta love the farm roads in dane county lol

[I love my E39]

Is this the kit you are talking about? http://www.ecstuning.com/ES517967/

[REKIII]

That is a kit, not sure if it's the one for your car.

[I love my E39]

So got it to the shop... A bit more parts being replaced..both belts, alternator belt tensioner and hyraulic, ac tensioner, idler pulley and the fan...woohoo

[REKIII]

Sucks to do the maintenance, but it feels so good when it's done.

[I love my E39]

$400 bucks later and shes alive again and still wanting her IACV cleaned...also ive noticed my power steering has been whiny lately? Fluid is filled and clean? No loss of power either?

[REKIII]

Is it whiney becasue of the cold?  Power steering in any car gets noisy in the cold.  Otherwise the bearing in the pump could be going out.  Fixing everything else on the accessory belt system will magnify another problem.

[I love my E39]

Id say more on the whiney cold as no noise when it was warm out but its been so long since then.