My car over heated the other day and when I put a new hose on the car then started it I heard something shacking I look at the drive belt tension and as I drive the car it has lose power .drive belt tension is shacking what can all this mean did I blow up the engine or possible water pump blow afraid to drive it at all help please
Just because you replace hose, this should not have overheated engine. You need new automatic tensioner pulley.
Because you overheat, you need to have a pressure test done, you could have warped the heads.
Replace tensioner, get pressure test, make sure coolant level is right, check to make sure fan's come on when engine reaches temp after thermostat opens. Now after all test check ok, belt not slipping, see if you still lose power.
I over heated and then saw the hole in hose and replaced it started engine and drove and heard something shaking open hud and see the tension pully shacking it wasnt doing that before
Thank you for reply, much appreciate. A lose belt can cause power loss so fix tension, and make sure you get pressure test, overheating these engines, are known to warp heads. s
what would mess up the pully like that it just happen like that NUTS the belt is old
Just normal wear can kill the bearing on the ideler pulley. This and the tension arm are the fist things to be replaced after a few years. Usually the tension arm loses tension and causes the belt to get slack, this in turn puts different stress on the idler causing extra wear.
When you have the belt off, check all pulleys, it can also be a bad one, the power steering pump could have a bad bearing, spin all of them, every pulley, feel for play in them, any drag on them, if none of them have any play and spin freely,, it was just the bearing in the idler or the tension arm that went bad.
odiebugs thank you very much the engine has been running hot maybe thats the reason for that lose belt I was wondering .But maybe the over heating cooked the pump to .odiebugs thank you very much
Thank you. Have the fans checked, water pump, make sure your coolant is a 50/50 mix and not diluted one way or the other. You don't want this engine overheating, they are know for head warping, and your looking at around 2 thousand to have the heads planed and put back w/new head gasket.
hi guys have qwestion did comp test on cyl. did it dry and wet comp cyl 1 100 cyl 2 80 cyl 90 cyl 4 92
wet (1) 115 (2) 125 (3) 150 (4) 120 doing your math what will all this tell you???
Rich, repost this as a new question, not many will see this old question. 80 is low , but not below 15 percent of the rest, the rise you get indicate worn rings from oil test. There all above 100, so I assume the engine is sound. I think you really need a pressure test and tell them about this, could be just bad head/gasket.
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You have an air pocket in the cooling system. To bled it out you will have to park vehicle on an incline or jack up the front end untill the radiator cap is higher than the heater core. The remove radiator cap and run engine until warm then hold rpm to about 1200 rpm's and top off coolant level until you have no more bubbles.
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Hi there Rabbigrape,
Once you you know how, getting a serpentine belt on is easy. And doesn't require a prybar.
The socket size may vary, but slow force is the trick.
Additional questions? Comment me back.
Thanks for using FixYa.
Mike
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Try cleaning the tube and manifold where they connect (use small wire brush or?). I would try using JB Weld @ the fitting before i would even consider a new intake. Water pressure in the cooling system shouldn't be much over 15-18 lbs. so doing this quick fix should solve the problem.
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is the a/c working ok??? shredding the belt may be cause by the a/c compressor problems. the "chunk" maybe not, but shredding tells me something does not spin when it should. I dont know why the mehanic put a new pump on that had a problem with the pulley, it should be smooth. anyhting that the belt runs should be smooth and east to turn, make sure that all of the grooves are clean, no remnants of the old belt.
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