Making an assumption that a serpentine belt would be used on a "old" engine to drive all those accessories except the oil pump.
New engine uses one belt to drive the alternator, so the number of belts has not changed. Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300 '87 300TD '73 Balboa 20 relng...@aol.com wrote: >> ...So, let me get this straight. One belt drives the alternator. That >> alternator provides the electricity to run the electric motors, which turn >> the oil pump, water pump, compressor and power steering pump. And this >> saves horse power, converting torque into electricity and then back into >> torque >> again? The number of belts has stayed the same, the number of electric >> motors has increased by four, so I don't think any weight has been saved... >> >How do you figure the belt count is the same? The pumps are driven by >electric motors. When I referred to pumps, that's plural. There is more than >one >oil pump and I don't know how many water pumps there may be because the >technical descriptions of the engine are not detailed enough, yet. > >RLE > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
