soulpatchfr
goat herder
but she didn't stay down for long
it was a pure "OH ****" event - 70mph on the interstate, i first thought i felt her pulling a bit to the right. then i realized - 'i have no power steering. did i lose the vac pump?'
look down & find low volts - 'lost the F'n belt & tensioner again' - then i see the hot engine & low oil pressure...
i'm guessing 3-4 miles totalatworst, but i pulled her off the next exit ramp & popped the hood. oil EVERYWHERE! the pic doesn't show how much was on my ramair & pass fender, not to mention how muc was dripping from what's left of my hood blanket
what i can't figure out is if i lost the belt because of the oil spewage (see pic 2) or did the oil spew after i lost the belt? looks like the belt was rubbing that hose a while
belt was not broken or even torn one bit that i could find. i thought i could wriggle the tensioner a bit, so i pulled the spare out of the toolbox :Sly (thing fails every 60k)
a nice walk to the chevy dealer down the street for 4' of 1/4" hose, 2 qts of oil (just in case), a few scraped knuckles & burned skin up and down both arms - i'm back on my way to work.
50 miles since then today w/ no issues.
think i should replace the belt? it's fairly new & looks good. i still need to get in ther & clean as well as i can
it was a pure "OH ****" event - 70mph on the interstate, i first thought i felt her pulling a bit to the right. then i realized - 'i have no power steering. did i lose the vac pump?'
look down & find low volts - 'lost the F'n belt & tensioner again' - then i see the hot engine & low oil pressure...
i'm guessing 3-4 miles totalatworst, but i pulled her off the next exit ramp & popped the hood. oil EVERYWHERE! the pic doesn't show how much was on my ramair & pass fender, not to mention how muc was dripping from what's left of my hood blanket
what i can't figure out is if i lost the belt because of the oil spewage (see pic 2) or did the oil spew after i lost the belt? looks like the belt was rubbing that hose a while
belt was not broken or even torn one bit that i could find. i thought i could wriggle the tensioner a bit, so i pulled the spare out of the toolbox :Sly (thing fails every 60k)
a nice walk to the chevy dealer down the street for 4' of 1/4" hose, 2 qts of oil (just in case), a few scraped knuckles & burned skin up and down both arms - i'm back on my way to work.
50 miles since then today w/ no issues.
think i should replace the belt? it's fairly new & looks good. i still need to get in ther & clean as well as i can