Lucky escape

[mbell666]

Heading up the dual carriage tonite on the way home, I heard what sounded like I was running over gravel. I wasn't it was my fan belt going!

It managed to snap and wrap its self around the alternator! Luckily it hasn't touched the cambelt or cambelt covers, so it just needs a new belt (I hope)

Had to get the RAC out to tow me (~13 miles*) to a garage near where I live. I'll go around in the morning and get them to put a belt on because I can't be bother to go find one and do it myself on my own.

The fan belts only done just over 10k but I had it off at the weekend to do the sump gasket (again), so must not have got it tensioned correctly or something.

After two attempts at the sump gasket I've still got the dam oil leak

* I was lucky only meant to take me 10 miles on my cheapo cover, RAC were good only took them a bout 20 mins to get to me.

[Welly]

That was lucky, it would have been worse getting wrapped around the crank pully (if it can)

The belts normally warns you first by flicking strandy bits at things and making a noise.

And even I'm getting annoyed about your sump gasket now, the stupid thing

[mbell666]

The belts normally warns you first by flicking strandy bits at things and making a noise.

I heard the noise but just sounded like i was running over some gravel. Car is at garage no for a new belt, should get it back today, could have been lot worse!

And even I'm getting annoyed about your sump gasket now, the stupid thing

Your not the only one, i think that it may be the crankshaft seal. While i was doing the sump there was oil running down out of the bell housing, was hoping this was just oil that had been pulled up by the movement of th flywheel, but now i am not so sure.

I'll have a look under it at the weekend and see what i can see. may take it back to the garage and tell them i think the cranskshaft seal is leaking, pay them to do the sump gasket, providing that if the oil leak doesn't stop they refund me and do the crankshaft oil seal.

[Welly]

I get oil around the sump and I thought it was coming from higher up (the crank seal) and then just spreading around the sump gasket.


The oil is concentrated more to the gearbox end and, to be fair, the gasket-sealant type sumps don't tend to leak like the old type did.

I seem to get more of a leak after an oil change or a really long run and occasionally I get a drip or two off the back of the undertray

I won't do anything about it until (or if) I get the DMF done. TBH I'm more worried about the oil pissing out of the Turbo charger as when I drive fast the oil spills enough to spread to the front of the undertray and it also makes the car smell of Diesel (which I assume is the Dieselly smelling oil).

I was wondering whether to spend about £1,000.00 on my car or just move it on, thing is I really like it now but am struggling to justify the spending?????

[mbell666]

mine was the sump gasket originally i think, could see it running round the back then out through the bell housing. Now both time i ve done the sump gasket its coming from the bell housing end, i just don't know (you can't see) if its sump of the crakshaft seal.

The leak just bad enough for it to need attention, probably lossing a 1l every 5k. I am wondering if is crankshaft, because the first night after i did the sump gasket, i had a tray under car and there wasn't a drip in it (car was sat on kerb with bell housing side lowest so oil level should have been enough to make it leak, have topped th oil up sinse thou. May just let it leak and see if it stops at a certain level!

I did spend most of the way home yesterday before the belt went going "hmmm maybe its time for a new car". Don't think the 6 approved!

[mbell666]

Looks like i might not have been so lucky!

Garage have put a fan belt on but it won't start!

There going to have a look at the cam belt/timing, there was no damage to the cambelt cover in any place, but it might have cam belt going then crank stopping caused the fan belt to go. the cam belt only has done at 45k, which has mostly been long distance driving so shouldn't have been any problems with it!

Looks like the train to work tomorrow, that will be £20+ for a single day!

[Welly]

Lets hope it's something simple, maybe the belt has taken out the crank position sensor wire? I know it happens on some cars.

[mbell666]

Yup lets hope, i always tend to expect the worse..... (glass is always almost empty, not even half empty let alone half full)

could be wiring or something, not sure if that is any better or not because will be ten time harder to track. I'd (with the help of the people on here) probably stand a better chance of tracing and fixing than the garage!

The engine was still running after the belt went i think, it didn't cut out till I realized it was running and tried to see if it would pull so i could get somewhere safe to pull up. then it cut out, i don't remember any bangs or jerks, it just cut out smoothly (no fuel from injectors prob) and rev counter dropped smoothly to 0. i pulled it up on the verge and got rac out.