Large belt off engine came off !!!!! CL 600.

[njkmr]

Hi All ,
have had my car for two weeks .Just hoovered and washed it and went for a quick spin to dry (yes usual excuse I know ).
Any way got down the road and ABC light came on dash display followed by charge battery .
Power steering stopped working ,so I pulled over .Car was rocking a bit also .
Decided to return home asap ,and managed to get on my drive where it was making a bit of a racket .
Switched off and lifted bonnet to see the belt was off and a pully wheel was in pieces .It is the top left hand side one as you are looking at the car engine from the front .

Whats the damage do you think .Can I move it at all ,say into my garage or will starting the car wreck anything ?.I have removed the belt and the bits of pulley wheel .
Is this a common occurrence ?Am I likely to have damaged anything already .
Any guidance will be appreciated .
Many Thanks .
Rob .

 

[njkmr]

Anybody know where i can find a diagram of how the belt goes back ??

Found out its a common problem .

Will get a new pulley ,but putting belt back may prove difficult ,unless someone can advise on an easy way .

Regards
Rob.

 

[lynall]

Not 100% this is your engine but have a look and see

 

[njkmr]

Thanks lynall ,
I will see if that looks anything like mine .

 

[Adam230K]

You wont have done any damage to it, but obviously dont drive it until you've secured a new pulley and its been put on by someone who knows what he's doing. Let us know how it goes.

 

[njkmr]

Ordered the part from Mercedes £37 .
Will put it on on Weds when part arrives .

So is putting the belt on a difficult job ,or is it possible to fit myself with some technical ability .??

Has anyone done it themselves ??

Regards
Rob.

 

[Adam230K]

I've done similar things but not this particular job, i'm not a mechanic and with the right tools it still took me 3 hours to replace my water pump for example! If you've done something similar before then you can give it a go, otherwise find an Indy that will come to your house.

 

[njkmr]

Putting the new pulley on wont be a problem as its only one torque bolt .
Its deciding which way the belt goes on that I need to get my head around ,and I am hoping it has a bit of give in the belt and will pull over the last pulley when I get to that stage .!!!
Thanks Adam .
Regards
Rob .

 

[mattc]

Putting the new pulley on wont be a problem as its only one torque bolt .
Its deciding which way the belt goes on that I need to get my head around ,and I am hoping it has a bit of give in the belt and will pull over the last pulley when I get to that stage .!!!
Thanks Adam .
Regards
Rob .

Hopefully someone here will confirm but one of those pulleys will have a tensioner attached to it which you can release before attempting to 'stretch' the belt over it??

 

[219]

Hi , didn't you get an owner's handbook with the car ?

Assuming you have it , look up 'Poly-V-Belt' in the index at the back - there should be diagrams showing belt layouts and location of the tensioner .

 

[njkmr]

Thanks Pontoneer .

I have the book so I will see if it has a diagram in there .

Will also look for the tensioner ,might make life a bit easier ,although its a bit tight for space down near all the other pulleys .

Thanks Fellas .

 

[njkmr]

ummmm, couldnt find any pics of the belt layout in the handbook .

 

[amwebby]

It wasn't in my handbook either. Luckily I have a PDF of the American handbook, which does feature it.

 

[njkmr]

Thanks amwebby .

Much Appreciated .

I think its number 8 that broke off on mine .
Doesnt look to difficult looking at that pic .
Thanks Again
Regards
Rob.

 

[njkmr]

ummmmm ,toiling a bit here to be honest .

Got the new pulley on no probs .

Tried to match mine to the diagram above ,but mine seems to have 9 wheels/pulleys to go round .(not 8 as in picture above )

Also ,there is very little room to manouver .

Does anyone else have a diagram of the front of cl600 engine ,showing the pulley arrangement .

And how easy is it to remove the radiator fan/surround that I keep trapping my hand on .!!!!!!

Any help appreciated .

 

[lynall]

Pic above is for cl500 which is a v8 not that it should make any difference but it obviously does.

Viscous fan or electric?

If viscous google viscous spanner, once fan removed should be enough room.



Lynall

 

[amwebby]

The picture above has diagrams fro both CL500 and CL600. It is from model year 2002 so I can only assume some change after that, adding the extra pulley.

Edit: I've just checked my 2000 CL50 and there's only 7 pulleys. Cearly MB adds one every two years.

 

[njkmr]

The picture above has diagrams fro both CL500 and CL600. It is from model year 2002 so I can only assume some change after that, adding the extra pulley.

Edit: I've just checked my 2000 CL50 and there's only 7 pulleys. Cearly MB adds one every two years.

Lol .
You could be right amwebby .!!!

Problem now sorted .Called on a bloke I know with a garage .He came and sorted it this morning .BJ Motors in Heywood (near Rochdale Lancs.Recommended .)

He had a book with all the configuration in .
I have now copied the page also for future reference !!!!

Happy Chap again .

Thanks All for the responses .