Serpentine belt started to shred

Ihatemy135i · 10-15-2022, 07:31 PM

Based on the photos, which I know won’t tell us the full story, should I be worrying that pieces of the belt could of sucked in? It was wrapped just a little bit around the alternator. But I feel like I should be seeing more remnants of the belt as it looks to be about 1/3 of it being shredded. Worried sick.

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Silnismo · 10-15-2022, 08:41 PM

I think you should be fine, just swap it out along with the tensioner and be done with it.

My belt was way worse (shredded to bits and snapped) and I was fine.

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Ihatemy135i Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: BMW 135i Join Date: May 2022 Location: Arizona iTrader: (0)	Serpentine belt started to shred Based on the photos, which I know won’t tell us the full story, should I be worrying that pieces of the belt could of sucked in? It was wrapped just a little bit around the alternator. But I feel like I should be seeing more remnants of the belt as it looks to be about 1/3 of it being shredded. Worried sick.
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Silnismo Second Lieutenant 226 Rep 290 Posts Drives: BMW 325i Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: NJ iTrader: (1)	I think you should be fine, just swap it out along with the tensioner and be done with it. My belt was way worse (shredded to bits and snapped) and I was fine.
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