Doesn't sound too good.
But a "serpentine belt"? that's going to be the Aux (fan) belt eh? Doesn't men the overspeeding didn't make the timing belt jump a tooth or two though? However I'd be taking a look at the crankshaft position sensor as it may have been damaged if the serpentine/aux/fan belt caught it when it jumped the pulleys?
If you just "put the belt back on" then absolutely it's jumped timing !!!
Thanks for this. It was the "auxiliary" belt. I'll check the crankshaft person sensor. I literally just replaced it a few weeks ago.
Please do let us know the outcome won't you?
Hey ZaphodB, calling it a Serpentine belt only triggered my thinking because I got used to the chap I made friends with who was my daughter's neighbour when they lived in Southern Maryland - he would refer to a "serpentine belt" when he was referring to the fan (aux) belt.My bad , I assumed he was talking timing belt , which could also be described as a serpentine belt, just with ribs/cogs on it.
I think Bugsy Mike thought the same maybe.....
Did it have fine longitudinal ribs on it or coarser transverse ribs
Fingers crossed for you (does that mean "good luck" over your side of the pond?).
No in fairness after reading it all I knew serpentine was the auxilary belt, my concern was the banging it down through the gears bit.My bad , I assumed he was talking timing belt , which could also be described as a serpentine belt, just with ribs/cogs on it.
I think Bugsy Mike thought the same maybe.....
Did it have fine longitudinal ribs on it or coarser transverse ribs
Yes, and thank you.
No in fairness after reading it all I knew serpentine was the auxilary belt, my concern was the banging it down through the gears bit.
i always remember a novelty award at on of the Kart racing events I used to compete in around 1969, it was a complete racing conrod bent in half and mounted on a display plinth, it said flat out in third then back into second!!! Should have changed up.
I think Serpentine as on moderns cars they "snake " about all over the place.
Unfortunately I was cut off in a construction zone on the interstate. In my hurry to avoid a collision, I braked and downshifted at the same time to slow down and apparently dropped it from 5th gear to 2nd. I'm sure this didn't do the engine any good.No in fairness after reading it all I knew serpentine was the auxilary belt, my concern was the banging it down through the gears bit.
i always remember a novelty award at on of the Kart racing events I used to compete in around 1969, it was a complete racing conrod bent in half and mounted on a display plinth, it said flat out in third then back into second!!! Should have changed up.
I think Serpentine as on moderns cars they "snake " about all over the place.
It all happened so quickly I just didn't think that far ahead. I was just trying to avoid being crushed.
We all do illogical things under stress. I sympathise with you. Having driven Manual shift cars for most of my life, in the sort of situation you faced there, I'd have smashed the clutch pedal to the floor and stood on the brakes hard whilst, with both hands on the steering wheel, looking for possible escape routes if it all went Pete Tong. ABS in these circumstances would have saved me from going hopelessly out of control with all 4 wheels locked? Shifting down the gearbox or even grabbing the gear lever wouldn't have been in my head.
