v8bertha Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hello loveys... The alternator belt on the Camel freebie snapped on the way to work the other day. Snapidge was caused by a ever-so-slightly siezed tensioner Obviously I had no power steering, no alternator and no vacuum assist on the breaks, but the car carried on and got me to work without any major problems. However it did get warmer than usual on a couple of occassions. The waterpump is obviously driven by some internal part of the engine rather than a drive belt... but what? Or is it electric? If it were electric I could understand things geting warm as it would probably drain the battery fairly quickly. So... anybody have any theories as to why it would get warmer? Ta Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WESTENDER Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 the water pump is fitted behind and driven through the power steering pump which is driven by the auxilary belt so it just shows how much reserve you have before they overheat,my heater starts to warm just as i go through the gates at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8bertha Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Ahhhh... interesting! They sure do have a lot in reserve if thats the case... it was another 15 miles on the motorway before I got to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Dan, Often when driving at speed the air flow is enough to cool the rad sufficiently so that natural convection takes over and the coolant flows very slowly around the system with the hottest coolant always appearing at the top of the rad............. however, local hot spots occur which do all the damage. I guess you were just lucky............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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