OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I think you're on to something Gaibertard!!!! I never thought to run it from the AC, around the idler and then to the Alternator. I think that move will take up the slack I get with every other configuation I've tried! It's like Christmas morning! I want to go out and attempt it now, but it's 3:03 AM and my neighbors would love me making noise. I'll let you know if it worked later. Thanks for the effort on the picture too! I wouldn't have minded if it was on the back of a snickers wrapper. If it works I'm doing a Snoopy dance in my driveway!!!

From your pic, I can't tell whether or not you have a pulley underneath your PS pulley. I assume you do, or SHOULD, and that is your tensioner pulley (marked "BELT REMOVAL"). If it's missing, that would certainly explain the lack of tension. Either way, here's a cell phone pic of the diagram on my fan shroud.



Looks to me like your 2.5 has a pulley next to the alternator that mine doesn't have, so this might not even help you. BUT, this is how my 2.5's belt is routed...

Your drawing was CORRECT Gaibertard!!!!! Thanks so much for your help and I thank everyone for their insight!!!

Who would have guessed, free advice that was actually good advice.


Glad you got it back together.