V-belt solved!!!

Hello!
On Saturday, I was driving home from Berlin to Wiesbaden, and during a stop, I opened the hood and discovered that the serpentine belt for the air conditioning had come loose and was lying on the lower cover.
Furthermore, the other belt started to fray. It was only half as wide as it had been before.
A small piece has broken off from the outer edge of the crankshaft pulley.
I then drove home at 100 km/h, and thankfully, it held up.
Has anyone ever experienced a similar defect before?
Both belts were replaced in February, along with the timing belt.
I have driven approximately 6000 kilometers.
Passat 3B engine AFN, 110 horsepower, manufactured in 1998.

Hello.
Could you please check the belt tensioner?
If you have a problem, the festival is the place to find a solution!

It's a common problem with AFN.

Hi Marc,
I've already had belt problems twice (with my A4 AFN). The first time, the tensioner pulley was broken, which caused the belt to crumble. (It really didn't take much to break it; it looked like it was the original pulley after >220,000 km).

Shortly after (a few thousand kilometers), the freewheel pulley on the alternator seized --> another belt failed. By the way, I think this free-running wheel costs around 90 euros, if I remember correctly!

I now know that the serpentine belt drives the water pump, and that you shouldn't continue driving without it fortunately, things turned out well again this time.

Regards,
Udo.

Udo wrote:

I now know that the serpentine belt drives the water pump, and that you shouldn't continue driving without it fortunately, things turned out well again this time. Regards, Udo

Better this way than to worry about the timing belt.