On the way home just now, my fan belt went as I accelerated hard off some lights. The steering went very stiff and the battery light came on. I pulled out the remnants of the belt and limped the rest of the way home, swithching off and coasting as often as possible. (Blimey, the steering is unbelievably heavy without power assistance!). The temp got into the red but I carried on - it never quite reached the top of the red on the gauge. (!) I did a search but only 2 E34 links came up, so,
Thanks KirklandM5. As far as I could see the other belt is still intact, so fingers crossed she'll be ok. I only ran for 15 mins or so in the red, and as I say, I switched it off and coasted regularly.
Thanks KirklandM5. As far as I could see the other belt is still intact, so fingers crossed she'll be ok. I only ran for 15 mins or so in the red, and as I say, I switched it off and coasted regularly.
Cheers.
Keep an eye out for oil in your coolant....running in the red for any period of time could easily blow the head gasket
Further investigation has shown the power steering pump pulley to have fractured and the 2 tensioning pulleys to be lose. This could be expensive....!
Hmm, if out of warranty, seems like a perfect time to consider underdrive pulleys!
Regards,
Jerry
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Dinan Stage3 suspension and CAI, SS jet coated headers, Evosport UD pulley kit, IATS, PC Gold 93, open brake ducts, Hamann front splitters, TEC cupholder, Euro tilt/slide armrest, 6k HID fogs, 6k super white low beams, V1/Stealth1, 2.65 diff w/40% lockup/2x dynamic, Rogue custom SSK and tranny mounts, ST 355 BBK (fronts), BP sway bar brackets, Bluetooth retrofit
Sure, a couple of vendors sell them, I got mine from Evosport. You get a smaller power steering pump pulley, and depending on kit, either a smaller alternator pulley or a lighter weight standard size alternator pulley. The pulleys underdrive the apparatus, so the components turn a little slower, thereby saving some small amounts of horsepower. I am not sure if there any real hp gains, but the engine certainly seems to rev much more easily. Take a look at :
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'01 Black/caramel
Dinan Stage3 suspension and CAI, SS jet coated headers, Evosport UD pulley kit, IATS, PC Gold 93, open brake ducts, Hamann front splitters, TEC cupholder, Euro tilt/slide armrest, 6k HID fogs, 6k super white low beams, V1/Stealth1, 2.65 diff w/40% lockup/2x dynamic, Rogue custom SSK and tranny mounts, ST 355 BBK (fronts), BP sway bar brackets, Bluetooth retrofit
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