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Diagnose and Repair Lost Serpentine Belt

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What happens here

While driving, the vehicle's temperature gauge suddenly rises, indicating overheating. Upon pulling over and opening the hood, the participant quickly identifies that the serpentine belt has come off. The belt is located, and although not explicitly shown, the implied action is to reattach it to the engine's pulleys and tensioner to restore proper function to accessories like the water pump and alternator.

Goal: Restore engine accessory function and prevent overheating.

Tools and materials

  • Replacement Serpentine Belt — To drive engine accessories
  • SUV GMC Yukon XL — The vehicle experiencing the issue
  • Wrench/Ratchet Set — To release tension on the belt tensioner for removal/installation

What they say

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I forgot this isn't a Duramax I can't just let it button trying to get the electric fans to work I've flung belts in Elis before and you can keep driving cuz the water pump's mechanical totally didn't even register but we're getting a little hot here yeah we lost a belt I don't know why that's weird yeah we lost the belt it's not really a big deal yeah it's overheating get a little hot I don't even think it ate the belt oh you know what happened I think my locked up AC compressor belt kicked off and then it knocked off the other one yeah from the I know I was just going to drive there and then the temp gaug just starts going I'm like yeah we're going to have to stop but I think I can just put it back on brother thank you sir yep you remember I said I might take that off so it didn't make noise yeah yeah I should have should have done that oh whale well the tenser seems okay water pumps okay alternators seems okay power steering pumps free okay so none of those are locked up oh yeah the the AC pulley is um all gritty so it the AC belt definitely got kicked off and wadded up and dislodged the other one we we'll be fixed this in about 10 seconds I just got to get a wrench so that was no big deal could have been worse I'm glad that uh our turbo didn't decide to eat the belt and that the belt wasn't even harmed I just literally just put it back on pretty cool I'll take it hey that's our problem for the day that's our only problem I think we've had some kind of

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