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After i started coming home from work tonight i looked at the temp gauge and it read hotter than normal, i wasn't worried about it until i looked at the idiot lights and all of them were on, i figured my alternator belt snapped off and i wanted to hurry and get home because my battery gauge was low too. I didn't want to shut the car off and not start again. For about 2 miles i drove with the hood popped to try to help cool down a little. As i was pulling in to my neighborhood i looked at the temp gauge again and it was almost all the way on the H. I looked under the hood and i was right about my alt. belt, but i also have coolant leaking from somewhere around the alt. It's dripping a lot! Now, i'm not sure if it overheated because i have an electric fan and the alt belt popped off, but my question is, did it get so hot that it built up pressure and came out the hose? Will I have a big hole in one of the hoses? What should i do? Any help would be appreciated!
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Re: Please Help!
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i figured my alternator belt snapped off and i wanted to hurry and get home because my battery gauge was low too. I didn't want to shut the car off and not start again. For about 2 miles i drove with the hood popped to try to help cool down a little.
i figured my alternator belt snapped off and i wanted to hurry and get home because my battery gauge was low too. I didn't want to shut the car off and not start again. For about 2 miles i drove with the hood popped to try to help cool down a little.
Replace the belt, clean up the spilt coolant and make sure the radiator and the overflow tanks are full. Take it for a gentle drive close to home and watch the temp gauge like a hawk. If it starts to climb go straight home, check the coolant levels and look for leaks. Pray you haven’t damaged a water seal in the engine...
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Thanks for your help Jason. I only drove it about 7 or 8 miles. Hopefully i didn't do any damage to the engine. I think i'm going to let it sit for a couple day because i'm waiting on a double alt pulley and i'm going to get my belts from MAZDA. Thanks again. Craig
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so you had no belt on the water pump? or did you still have an airpump belt on? if you drove 8 miles with no belt on you will be VERY lucky if it's still ok.
PS that's what panty hose is for spare belts
PS that's what panty hose is for spare belts
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Rotaries won't mix coolant and water when they are overheated. Do a pressure test on the cooling sysstem. If there is coolant leaking into the engine, you'll know when you start it.