Car broke down
10-12-2013, 10:27 PM
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Car broke down
Start the black up and drove for 5 min, and the steering wheel tight up, a red battery light up,car have much less power.I just continue to drive home.Car feel like it have 5 horsepower .Once I got home I notice the coolant is boiling. The battery is low.Any idea guys?
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10-13-2013, 01:21 AM
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Start the black up and drove for 5 min, and the steering wheel tight up, a red battery light up,car have much less power.I just continue to drive home.Car feel like it have 5 horsepower .Once I got home I notice the coolant is boiling. The battery is low.Any idea guys?
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10-13-2013, 01:23 PM
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10-13-2013, 03:35 PM
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Changing the belt is pretty easy but if you do not have a belt routing diagram you might have some issues, belt snakes it's way all over the place in there.
10-13-2013, 07:59 PM
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DIY or tow. Wouldn't drive it. Might wanna look at the oil while you're at it. If it's fried, may wanna consider an oil change and look at tranny fluid as we'll. Not sure how long you ran it after breaking the belt.
10-13-2013, 08:32 PM
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10-14-2013, 12:22 AM
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Since you have an aftermarket pulley you might want to check into this a little further as to why this happened. Belts don't normally shread without some other pulley alignement issue.
10-14-2013, 09:57 AM
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Probably broke the plastic idler pulley. I broke a couple after I switched over to the evosport crank pulley and a couple other guys on here broke thiers even with stock pulley. I beleive Wesitec develpoed an aluminum replacement...actually I know for a fact they did, just not sure if they made it available for public sale or if it was just a one-off for Earl and I.
10-14-2013, 10:20 AM
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Check idlers for play or damage. Also check the belt for glazing. And look at the pulleys and idlers for damage or sharpness. May sure that wiring and coolant lines are ok also
10-24-2013, 03:37 PM
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Got the black back after a week in the shop. Replaced belt tensioner and 2pulley and belt., and short in circuit line , repair wiring to coolant thermostat heater , secondary air inj solenoid.Also did a oil and transmission service.
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10-24-2013, 10:50 PM
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thx for the update, but did the shop said anything regarding to what caused all these hazzards? was it really just the evosport pulley?
