Thrown a belt... what damage.

[Hoover.]

Car threw a belt last night doing many leptons....... didn't realise until Welwyn junction last night approx 3 mile on when steam was coming out from all orrifices of the engine bay.....

Stopped cooled the engine down, moved down the road, and repeated until I got home.

what is the potential damage caused and how do I look for it ????

oil pressure was v low when at home, but I think (hope)this was because it was v hot.... refixed belt to help drive car into garage (new one to be sourced).... took some time to start but this probably due to engine bay just being steam cleaned

Ok ... potentially warped heads... how do i check....
and what else ????

I'll be thinking the worse all day so you lot might as make it worse

[Johno]

How far did you drive it without cooling ?

The issue beign that the water pump wasn't circulating, and you may have localised overheating which may have caused issues.

Check for mayonaisse in the oil filler cap, if none at all I wouldn't worry about warped heads at this stage . .. Maybe later if a head gaske fails . ..

Gut feel though is it'll be fine. I would get new belt, change coolant and oil, then start and check on oil pressure. Then ongoing checks . .

Likely it won't demonstrate issues until later on though . .

Edited by Johno on Tuesday 1st April 10:01

[GreenV8S]

There's a very good chance that you've blown the head gasket and/or warped the heads. Look out for coolant loss, overheating problems, any oil in the coolant, recurring water in the oil, if you get any other symptoms consider getting a block test done. The damage may not show up for a few weeks, maybe even months.

[Hoover.]

not sure if this is ggod news or not.....

part of me wants to know now what damage is done, part of me is saying oh well no imediate expense......

bloomin cars

[Podie]

Hoover. said:

not sure if this is ggod news or not.....

part of me wants to know now what damage is done, part of me is saying oh well no imediate expense......

bloomin cars

Part of me is saying "hello upgrades"

Yep, V8D I like...

[crackedfinger]

Hoover. said:

Car threw a belt last night doing many leptons....... didn't realise until Welwyn junction last night approx 3 mile on when steam was coming out from all orrifices of the engine bay.....

Did the battery light not come on?

[spend]

crackedfinger said:

Hoover. said:

Car threw a belt last night doing many leptons....... didn't realise until Welwyn junction last night approx 3 mile on when steam was coming out from all orrifices of the engine bay.....

Did the battery light not come on?

Nice to see someone appreciates the real significance of that warning, rather than having been sucked into the twilight zone of the pesky fuse

Dave

[Hoover.]

crackedfinger said:

Hoover. said:

Car threw a belt last night doing many leptons....... didn't realise until Welwyn junction last night approx 3 mile on when steam was coming out from all orrifices of the engine bay.....

Did the battery light not come on?

ummm... not sure as I was giving it some beans and concentrating on the bend in the road and keeping an eye other traffic joining motorway....

I did notice that speedo had stopped at XX , whilst I was overtaking evrything and thinking my speedo was acting up again....