How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

So the other day I bought a power steering belt cause I just outta the blue felt like having it hooked back up.

Couple days later a strange noise started, and I couldnt figure out what it was. After a few days I decided that maybe my timing belt tensioner was bad or there was something in the timing cover.

So to inspect I tore it all apart and found this hole in my timing belt, brand new belt too.

http://images-space.no-ip.org/public/575/belt.jpg




Driving after I changed it I realized that the noise was still there tho. At that point my friend Mike had mentioned that maybe it was the PS belt, so I decided to try just taking it off. Sure enough the PS belt was making the noise. Its a good thing I put that belt on though, if I hadn't I wouldnt have found that broken timing belt. Well, until it broke all the way at least, whew.

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

Wow you got lucky, that's the first time I've seen a belt look like that. Better keep an eye on the new one.

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

geez fooker, your motors don't like you... ;D

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

yeah, didnt you have a problem a year or so back with Z6 motors?

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

The Sapranos are trying to murder you. >:D

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

cool

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

too bad it didnt break :P

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

real engines dont use belts.

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

So rotaries don't use alternators? :o :l

Re: How Power Steering Saved my Engine
 

you can't count rotaries...he said REAL engines. a rotary is more like a hairdryer, or a kazooo