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snapped fanbelt
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:29 am
by jonny_d
Could a snapped fanbelt make my car appear to overheat through electrics. my fan belt snapped an i didnt notice my car was over heating and 3 lights were on in the dials. then last night my car died obviously due to the fan belt not bein able to power the alternator!
why else could it overheat n please dont say head gasket (im dreadin it). there was also a slight leak in the rad but ive put radweld in now an it doesnt appear to b leaking.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:31 am
by tylerma
check the fan belt mate i had exactly the same problem on mine about a month ago
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:41 am
by jonny_d
my car is exactly the same as yours actually. well weird that. did ur car overheat when the fanbelt had gone?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:48 am
by tylerma
yeah mate
overheated bang over into the red
three lights sort of mid dash came on and stayed on
and when i opened the bonnet
i got that strong coolant smell kind of like fish
proper nasty
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:50 am
by jonny_d
ahh u are a legend well happy to hear that. i send u sum pics of my mota later it is exactly the same.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:52 am
by tylerma
jonny_d wrote:ahh u are a legend well happy to hear that. i send u sum pics of my mota later it is exactly the same.
cool
go for it
i replied to your pm by the way
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:07 am
by Karan
surely it would overheat as the fanbelt would not be driving the water pump
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:11 am
by tylerma
Karan wrote:surely it would overheat as the fanbelt would not be driving the water pump
sorry
Karan you have PM mate
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:44 am
by elliot
tylerma wrote:yeah mate
overheated bang over into the red
three lights sort of mid dash came on and stayed on
and when i opened the bonnet
i got that strong coolant smell kind of like fish
proper nasty
stagnent water smell? doesnt sound good me ole china
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:44 am
by tylerma
elliot wrote:tylerma wrote:yeah mate
overheated bang over into the red
three lights sort of mid dash came on and stayed on
and when i opened the bonnet
i got that strong coolant smell kind of like fish
proper nasty
stagnent water smell? doesnt sound good me ole china
dont think its stagnent mate
think it is just the coolant
where the belt had snapped and it overheated the water started to boil over
and started leaking out of the cap overflow
all is well now though
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:59 pm
by ouch
the belt snaped on my IS a few mouths ago it over heated and cooked and cracked the head