[Jaigon]

So as the the title says " No more chirping under the hood "

So I tackled on the DIY project of changing the Serpentine Belt and the Belt tensioner. Overall it wasn't too bad. At first I was thinking to myself, this is going to be a tough one. I had never done this before, but Im up for the challenge.

I bought the belt from Canadian Tire "Prestone" ($41) and the Belt tensioner also Prestone ($45). So with taxes it came out to under $100 dollars. I check out my old belt and it seamed okay...the tensioner was pretty seize up.

The dealer wanted $37 for the belt which was good, but the tensioner was around $98 dollars. So I ended up buying the parts at Canadian Tire. Hope it lasts a while. This was the original at 185,000km. I know Im crazy...I should have changed it way earlier.

I saved myself atleast $100 in labour. Not sure what the Dealer would have quoted me on the the job, never-the-less I feel that satisfaction of getting it done on my own.

Total time around 2hrs.

So what did I learn...patience goes a long way..