1995 Lincoln Continental My Belt keeps breaking

Tiny
TACKLEBERRY28
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  • 1995 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
  • V8
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 157,000 MILES
I know my belt is breaking from one of the many pulleys but how do I find which one it is. After the belt broke the first time I noticed that the coolant light would keep coming on. I drove it about a month and it broke again. I replaced the belt a third time and the belt broke within 5 minutes of running the engine. My power steering pump is also bad so I dont know if its the power steering pump pulley or the water pump pulley. Any Ideas?
Thursday, November 11th, 2010 AT 9:11 AM

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Tiny
MERLIN2021
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  • 17,250 POSTS
On a car with this mileage it could be any one of them, but remove the belt, then spin the idler, tensioner, A/C, and alternator pulleys by hand, they should spin freely and have no roughness or binding. Did you change the tensioner with the belt?
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010 AT 9:15 AM
Tiny
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No I didn't when I turned the power steering pump pulley I could hear a noise every 3 or 4 turns
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010 AT 9:47 AM

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