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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: John W on May 07, 2010, 05:13:51 PM
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On Wednesday, I was driving home from work and my A/C belt snapped and also took out my power steering belt. The alternator belt is still fine.
About a mile after that the engine started getting noisy. It sounds like really bad lifter noise or perhaps the timing chaing tensioner.
I don't know how the broken belts could be related to this, but if it somehow is, please let me know.
I ordered new belts, but they won't arrive until next week so I'm driving around as-is at the moment.
Any insights into the engine noise -- or how the belts braking could have caused said noise -- are greatly appreciated.
Also, if it's the tensioner, do I need to stop driving the car now or am I okay to go about another 200 miles like this?
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check around the engine bay for any peice of strap laying around.
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loose pulley?