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Mazda Protege Serpentine Belt
Hi-My serpentine belt has just broken for the third time. The car will seem sluggish and squeel quite loudly before the belt breaks. It only happens when it's cold out. Its a 98 Protege and has been a perfect car besides this really annoying problem. All pullys appear to spin smoothly and freely and seem to all be in line with each other. Does anyone have any other advice? Has this happened to anyone else? I can't keep sinking money into this problem, it's frustrating.
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Good luck - hope we can help.
Gonna get it replaced tomorrow. I'm assuming there's nothing else I can really do about this?
If you have never replaced the water pump, the answer is likely yes. By the way, the water pump is a part that is buried in the engine compartment, so don't be surprised of the cost of labor to replace it. Also, you may want to consider replacing the timing belt at the same time as it is located close to the water pump and it needs to get replaced every 5 or 6 years.