Morning All,

 

Well, bit of an emotional journey home last night!!

 

Was driving along when the battery and 'lights' lights came on the dash. Oil pressure dropped right down and the engine temperature started to rise quickly. Got a nasty electrical/rubber smell and smoke through the driver footwell and a small bit out of the bonnet. :eek:

 

Turns out that the alternator belt had snapped whilst driving which had obviously stopped the radiator fan working and possibly the oil pump, if there is such a thing?

 

I probably drove for about five minutes with the engine temperature pretty high. I'm getting all the belts changed this morning before they can see if I've done any damage. :(

 

Anyone had this/done this before, and what do you think the chances are of getting away with not doing any lasting damage? In hindsight which I had stopped there and then, but thought I could limp her home!!

The belt runs the water pump, alternator and fanblade the oil pump is driven by the cranks so no worries there.

The worse case is overheat, however it is not as likely as if the water had been lost from a leak. The body of water still in the engine block would act as a heat exchanger still but ususally the pressure will rise and water is eventually lost due to this, a good inspection is required but fingers crossed you got away with it.

 

Good Luck

 

Jeff TT

Thanks for the reply Jeff.

 

Spoke to the garage yesterday (I'm not too confident of their ability!) They are going to get the belts in tomorrow, put more water in the system and start her up to see if there has been any engine damage caused.

 

Apparently they took some hoses off to have a look and there was no water in the system at all, which sounds a bit worrying!