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T-spark engine - and one thing led to another.
Driving my 166 T-spark locally and suddenly there's a thrashing sound under
the bonnet. First reaction, it's next door's cat been warming itself up on the engine again and failed to wake up before I moved off and it's now circulating on the end of a pulley. Next, and almost simultaneous, realisation - the steering's jammed! Then, as the panic reactions (and the car) start to slow down, I realise that the steering hasn't jammed, it's just not power-steering any more - ain't they heavy without it? - and the thrashing sound is the p/s drive belt that's shredding. Phew... relief... ....and then the shredded belt gets caught up with the camshaft belt, gets between belt and pulley, belt slips a tooth or two and you know the rest. The only bright bit is that Newark Engines (Notts) were very helpful, lent me a car for ten days and did the job for a tad over £1,000 -- PeterMcC If you feel that any of the above is incorrect, inappropriate or offensive in any way, please ignore it and accept my apologies. |
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T-spark engine - and one thing led to another.
PeterMcC wrote:
> Driving my 166 T-spark locally and suddenly there's a thrashing sound under > the bonnet. > > First reaction, it's next door's cat been warming itself up on the engine > again and failed to wake up before I moved off and it's now circulating on > the end of a pulley. > > Next, and almost simultaneous, realisation - the steering's jammed! > > Then, as the panic reactions (and the car) start to slow down, I realise > that the steering hasn't jammed, it's just not power-steering any more - > ain't they heavy without it? - and the thrashing sound is the p/s drive belt > that's shredding. > > Phew... relief... Short lived? > ...and then the shredded belt gets caught up with the camshaft belt, gets > between belt and pulley, belt slips a tooth or two and you know the rest. I think we do > The only bright bit is that Newark Engines (Notts) were very helpful, lent > me a car for ten days and did the job for a tad over £1,000 > Well, not bad. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2 Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |
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