Oh no!! Whats happend

[Martyn-172]

Driving along and all of a sudden a bang from the engine bay!! WTF!! Car starts to sound a little odd and smells like burning also i have lost power steering plus engine temp is rising. I pull over turn the car off as i dont want to cause anymore damage! I have no idea what it is as i sit here waiting for recovery truck HELP PLEASE

 

[adam1942]

timing belt/aux belt? what mileage is it etc? has it been serviced regularly? did you get any lights on the dash?

 

[Austin-182]

Were abouts in durham are you?

 

[mr.pink87]

Aux belt said good bye! DO NOT drive anymore (AUX belt may kill the cambelt if it didn't yet).

 

[Soot1e]

It does sound like the auxialiary belt as you say P/S and temperature rises. The belt drives both the water pump, P/S pump and A/C pump so have a look there first. Hopefully not the Cambelt which will be a costly repair.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I'd suggest it wasn't the timing belt as the engine would not be running for more than about 3 seconds after the bang...

Aux belt would be my best guess too...!

Oh dear !

 

[Bren Rogers]

AUX belt, exact same thing happened to me, in my old clio, same symptoms.

 

[ABOO]

Anybody with you yet mate? Diagnosis??? Been here last August mate, not nice...

 

[jenic]

Lucky lad if it is just the aux belt, which it does sound like.

Get the full kit replaced asap is my advice. (speaking from experience, i went through a fair few aux belts on my clio lol)

 

[Martyn-172]

Looks like the aux belt has gone, luckily it hasnt caught any other belts, my uncle who recovered it said its the 1st 1 hes seen that hasnt got jammed in the cambelt so i guess im lucky in a way! Austin i was right next to soccarena when it went so luckily i wasnt stranded somewhere its not moving anywhere until it all sorted, is it worth doing all the belts while im on as its on 93000 mile now and cambelt was last done at 80000 iirc?

 

[CuppyDean]

Looks like the aux belt has gone, luckily it hasnt caught any other belts, my uncle who recovered it said its the 1st 1 hes seen that hasnt got jammed in the cambelt so i guess im lucky in a way! Austin i was right next to soccarena when it went so luckily i wasnt stranded somewhere its not moving anywhere until it all sorted, is it worth doing all the belts while im on as its on 93000 mile now and cambelt was last done at 80000 iirc?

Yeah get a cambelt done while your at it, pointless just doing the aux belt

 

[jenic]

Might aswell have it all done

 

[Martyn-172]

I will do bud cheers for the help lads

 

[billybigspud]

get the dephaser done while you are in there.