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Old 05-24-2010, 06:50 AM   #10
Oaktown 986
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Originally Posted by JAAY
It's your belt or a sticking pulley. Take your panel off behind your seats, get a new belt from the dealer if you like. Once you take the belt off just go around and spin and wiggle all the pulleys/tensioners. Just common sense, you will know if something is not right. If all is good you should be up and running in under 45 mins. PM me if you need help.
agreed; had the same smell, replaced the belt, which took about an hour (the new one was quite tight and hard to stretch) and that smell should be gone.
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