Disco 1 Help....serpentine belt snapped...can i still drive to get home??
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Magicgrotto
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Depends on how far home is ! It will get HOT very HOT ! If your only a couple of mile away then you could chance it
Turboman
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Fans make no difference if the water isn't going round. It could crack your head, or block, if it gets hot enough. Cant you get someone to tow you?
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As long as you don't cook it I don't think so
All you will do is flatten battery
All you will do is flatten battery
blue beasty
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With no water pump the fan won't do anything to help.
Does your temp gauge work as it should?
Does your temp gauge work as it should?
blue beasty
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I'm just gonna post 'What Turbo said...' at random from now on
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I'm just gonna post 'What Turbo said...' at random from now on
Not a good idea, on this occasion I may be right, others I may be wrong!
blue beasty
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Not a good idea, on this occasion I may be right, others I may be wrong!
What Turbo said....
Magicgrotto
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YE wot you said !!!!
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As serp belts can be inspected every time the bonnet is opened and even if found there's some wear and showing cracks in the rubber they will still last a few thousand + miles, so why did yours snap?
Hearing about them breaking is a first for me in my 19 years of interest in a "serpentine" belt among other things, only because my disco has one, they do appear to harden and cracks start to appear, so time to think about replacement sometime maybe, then it only takes 10 minutes to replace which I did once... years ago.
Hearing about them breaking is a first for me in my 19 years of interest in a "serpentine" belt among other things, only because my disco has one, they do appear to harden and cracks start to appear, so time to think about replacement sometime maybe, then it only takes 10 minutes to replace which I did once... years ago.
blue beasty
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Keep your heater on and watch for it blowing cold
blue beasty
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As serp belts can be inspected every time the bonnet is opened and even if found there's some wear and showing cracks in the rubber they will still last a few thousand + miles, so why did yours snap?
Hearing about them breaking is a first for me in my 19 years of interest in a "serpentine" belt among other things, only because my disco has one, they do appear to harden and cracks start to appear, so time to think about replacement sometime maybe, then it only takes 10 minutes to replace which I did once... years ago.
Tensioner failure is not uncommon
discool
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Okay I didn't know that the belt tensioner failure was common, first I've heard of it.
It is a recent belt about 2 yrs old (2k max mileage a year) and i do inspect but never saw any wear.
Will it help driving on tick over with the bonnet slightly open to get air in to the engine?
Annoying that there is no where safe for me to leave it and just over a mile to home
Will it help driving on tick over with the bonnet slightly open to get air in to the engine?
Annoying that there is no where safe for me to leave it and just over a mile to home
