Are O'Reilly Masterpro V belts any good?

[Jason1377]

Quick update, if it really matters.

My power steering started squealing when turned to the end one way or another. The belt stretched some finally and had a lot of slop. Ac belt was sloppy too. Alt belt wasn't too sloppy but was looser than it was. So i took the time to retension them all.

I really hate tensioning the ac belt, its the worst one. It seems to require loosening 3 bolts and trying to tension it in a van chasis is tough. I'm really debating just pulling that belt off and doing without it. The fan/wp still has 2 to run it without the ac belt.

Sorry to sound a bit dumb I have read all thru this and your ac belt I assume is air-conditioning are you in a state that needs the air-conditioning or does that help keep the engine cool, I am not familiar how that works in a van or rv

 

[IDIBRONCO]

IIRC the A/C doesn't work right now. I know that he lives full time in the RV and usually goes north in the summertime and south in the winter.

 

[Cubey]

Sorry to sound a bit dumb I have read all thru this and your ac belt I assume is air-conditioning are you in a state that needs the air-conditioning or does that help keep the engine cool, I am not familiar how that works in a van or rv

It's no different from trucks. V belt setups have 3 belts linking the crankshaft and water pump/fan: alternator, power steering, air conditioning. I think alternator gets 2 belts from cs/wp if there's no ac. So in theory it helps keep the engine cool. But not if i can't get the belt to tension properly, which I can't seem to do.

IIRC the A/C doesn't work right now. I know that he lives full time in the RV and usually goes north in the summertime and south in the winter.

Correct.

I still end up seeing some hotter temps (90-95) no matter where I go, but I don't purposely stay anywhere its 100+ for several months.

There is zero pressure in the ac system. I need a new blower motor too it seems, since it blows the glass fuse in a weird way (at the end, not the middle) and only randomly. So i don't have vent/heat either. Well, I can get a tiny amount of vent/heat without the blower. I just slide the temp from cold to hot. I can feel the difference if its a warm day and i left it on hot, or a cold day and it's set to cold.

I bought an $8 "truck fan" at Atwood last year and mounted it up near the rear view mirror, so I do have that to help keep me cooler. The doghouse cover provides radiant heat, no matter the season.

While the cheap $8 fuel pump I put on the generator lasted (not very long, hours wise), I was capable of running the roof ac while driving or when parkrd. I did that a few times last year.

 

[Jason1377]

Your roof a/c can that be converted to a solar type set up or would that be defeating the purpose since you said your generator fuel pump did not last long