So I was on my way home.............

[Kruzen]

its funny because matt and i are lolling at something else

uh oh wtf

'I think we lost the belt'

*groans*

good times.

[Charlie]

if she blew the belt that drove the water pump shed have a whole slew of other problems now wouldnt she?

On an m20? Nah. It just runs off the same belt as the alternator. Of course, if she got to the point where it's fuming out steam and such, she's probably proper fucked and looking at fun repairs.

-Charlie

[delatlanta1281]

On my '87, the motor mounts were so shot that the lower radiator hose was shredded by the alternator fan.

No new speakers for a while, huh?

Good that you are OK though.

Luke

bingo..... but usually it is the ps pump...

[DarkWing6]

its funny because matt and i are lolling at something else

Laughing because this is a "I can fix it in the BMA parking lot" type of fix? :D

[SandyEggoE30Girl]

Laughing because this is a "I can fix it in the BMA parking lot" type of fix? :D

Do share please!
I know air cooled well but all this liquid stuff sucks!

[Kruzen]

Do share please!
I know air cooled well but all this liquid stuff sucks!

r3vlimited road trip 2k6

James Criv was driving matt's turbo e30 and we threw a belt (or two? i dont remembeR) on the highway. all of a sudden shits lighting up james is like 'oh fuck' and we pull over on the highway, dick around for awhile trying to get the car somewhere safe, got it towed to BMA, bought the parts to fix it and did it in their parking lot.

[backtrail69]

That story makes me LOL!

[SandyEggoE30Girl]

That is pretty funny!
But none of my belts are gone. They are all in good shape. I kinda got under the car today to see if a freezeplug let loose, but they all look ok.
I have my friend coming over here soon to pressure test the cooling system to see where the leak is.
GOD I hope it is something easy.
But yeah I hope since the car was spewing steam, nothing major is phuked.:drink:

[Charlie]

r3vlimited road trip 2k6

James Criv was driving matt's turbo e30 and we threw a belt (or two? i dont remembeR) on the highway. all of a sudden shits lighting up james is like 'oh fuck' and we pull over on the highway, dick around for awhile trying to get the car somewhere safe, got it towed to BMA, bought the parts to fix it and did it in their parking lot.

Been there, done that. Side of the road at 8:30 at night, 12 degree weather in January about 6 years ago.

Oh so fun.

-Charlie

[MikeE30325i]

r3vlimited road trip 2k6

James Criv was driving matt's turbo e30 and we threw a belt (or two? i dont remembeR) on the highway. all of a sudden shits lighting up james is like 'oh fuck' and we pull over on the highway, dick around for awhile trying to get the car somewhere safe, got it towed to BMA, bought the parts to fix it and did it in their parking lot.

Done this too. 10:30-11 at night on a frontal road going as fast as he could. water pump pulley shredded and the belt came off. took us a while cause we dicked around, and i had to tow another E30 with mine, but with the parts in DevoE30's garage and it being freezing cold outside at 3 in the morning we did a pretty good job.

[CleanAzzE30z]

On my '87, the motor mounts were so shot that the lower radiator hose was shredded by the alternator fan.

This also happened to my eta many moons ago.


Mariano

[jajou318]

did it look like this?

[ivo316]

Like a little red x ? :)

[StereoInstaller1]

I found a little red X on mine....

[SandyEggoE30Girl]

Radiator split, water pump/alt belt was toast, thermostat was not working, and the lower hose was pretty well shot too.
OK I just hope it did not do any other harm to the engine / head?
Like I had said.................. Being a girl............... I still pulled over right away when I noticed everything going wombly. So keep yer fingers crossed that all is well wiyhing the big black iron thingy with the things that go up and down.