why does the serpentine belt keep shredding on my 1996 chrysler town and country?

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avonmom

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I have had my van for 4 years now. It just hit 200,000 miles about 4 weeks ago. Within 50 miles my serpentine belt broke into shreds. we replaced it but still heard noises. My husband replaced it and removed a guard near it thinking that the guard was bumping the water pump and it was cutting it. It drove fine for a few weeks, then today it shredded while I was driving.
 
could be a bad idle tensioner, or maybe some other type of pulley. Maybe you have a bad water pump, somehow wearing the belt down quick, or something. Check the tension of the belt when cold. That might show or eliminate something wrong with the tensioner.
 
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