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| Last nite my wife called and said the car
was hard to steer and the battery light was on. So I had to go get her. Just as I figured belt was broken. We parked the car in a Walmart parking lot and left it. I have to go get it today. I called Walmart and asked how much to put the belt on if I go get one. They said they don't do that type of work. But he also said I mite not want to drive it cause the belt also turned the water pump. But we weren't sure. It was very cold last night and the short distance I had to drive it to get to Walmart it didn't have time to overheat. I couldn't drive it home last nite cause the headlights would have killed the battery fast. I figured daytime would be ok. I was gonna just go over and charge up the battery real good and drive it home to fix here. But now I don't know. Does that belt drive the water pump?
1997 Ford Escort 4 door sedan. It's 1:20 CST and I have to leave in about an hour to go get it.
Thanks. Pooh Bear |
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- Posted by poohbear2767 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 5, 07 at 15:18
| Ok, according to the belt diagram on the AutoZone website, the belt doesn't drive the water pump. So I'm safe there. Now, which one of these belts would you recommend.
Thanks. Pooh Bear |
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- Posted by blue_fastback (My Page) on Mon, Mar 5, 07 at 18:23
| What engine is it? Basicly open the hood and look for the water pump. 45 minute drive is a long time to drive a car without an alternator. Most of the time something caused the belt to go flying off like a siezed alternator or tensioner pulley. |
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- Posted by poohbear2767 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 5, 07 at 21:10
| I used a 10/30/50 battery charger for about 90 minutes and charged the battery for the drive home. Drove home normally and the temperature guage never went out of the usual operating range. I put the charger back on it when I got home. I took it off for the night but will put it back tomorrow. Not really sure what engine is in this car. Pooh Bear |
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| It's a Mazda engine. There all much the same, and the timing belt doesn't run the water pump, alternator or anything else. It sounds like the belt that runs the power steering pump and the alternator is slipping or running slow - that might be because of a loose belt or because the bearings are seizing in either of those components. There may be a separate belt for the water pump and the aircon compressor (I don't know), hence they are not affected. I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think it has a serpentine belt. |
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- Posted by poohbear2767 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 8, 07 at 23:39
| Huh?? I changed a shredded serpentine belt yesterday. Went around the alternator, PS pump, and A/C compressor. And it went around the crank pulley and two idler pulleys. Pulling the shredded belt out of all that and putting a new belt in solved the problem. Used to own an old Escort wagon Pooh Bear |
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- Posted by blue_fastback (My Page) on Fri, Mar 9, 07 at 9:09
| On some vihicle yes. |
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| AH yes, Mr. Fastback and his Crystal Ball again.HEY GENIOUS, did you ever even bother to think that the belt IS OLD ! ? What a BOZO ! ====================================================================== ====================================================================== ===================================== What engine is it? Basicly open the hood and look for the water pump. 45 minute drive is a long time to drive a car without an alternator. Most of the time something caused the belt to go flying off like a siezed alternator or tensioner pulley. |
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| I think we are on the same scenario. Last month that actually was my problem. I had ordered online for the Water Pump Housing just to keep that problem isolated. |
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