URGENT If my serpentine belt breaks while Im driving... URGENT

[AdrenilineCrash]

What will happen? Does anything else break? Cuase mine broke while I was driving yetsterday. Its the belt the powers the water pump and what not. Do I need new water pump and whatever else it powers? I hope not Im really poor.

-mike

 

[leet]

Did you overheat?

If the belt didnt whip and take out something else, and you didn't overheat, you should be ok.

 

[AdrenilineCrash]

No I didnt overheat but I was running just below the red for the drive. I was 15 min from home and I limped home driving more convservatively than anyones blind, deaf, and dumb grandmother.

-mike

 

[Mike1992]

If you didnt overheat and blow the head gasket or possibly worse then all you need is a new belt

 

[AdrenilineCrash]

Anyone want to come help me put this fawkin thing on? Im having worlds of trouble!

-mike

 

[rowlex]

man, people use this "limping" the car home b.s. when their water pump is not moving any water; good god I cannot believe how many people do this!! shit I would push my car home before I "limped" it home with a non-working waterpump.

And YES you did overheat...

This had actually happened to me once, my alt/pump belt blew off when I was getting on an on-ramp, instantly (as I was coasting shut her down) I called a friend to pick me up and I swapped the belt out right there on the side of I-5 at 12:30 am . I bet in that 15 minutes of driving you put damn near 10,000 miles worth of wear on your engine.

 

[AdrenilineCrash]

So should I change the oil? I was gonna change the spark plugs and wires today but it got dark before I got the chance.

I got the belt on, that was a pain. My radiotor light is still on but its not running hot. Its normal. The bar is just to the right of middle.

-mike

 

[rowlex]

So should I change the oil? I was gonna change the spark plugs and wires today but it got dark before I got the chance.

I got the belt on, that was a pain. My radiotor light is still on but its not running hot. Its normal. The bar is just to the right of middle.

-mike

Of Coarse you should change the oil. I would also drain/refill my coolant system (I think the "alternator" light you have mixed up with the radiator/low coolant light) check to make sure your coolant is at the proper level. But I love my car and spare no expense. I also would never have driven it 15 mins w/o a water pump tho (;

Another thing I would be concerned about is the fact that 2G's are prone to crankwalk, I doubt that heat did anything good for your main bearings either...

--edit--- sorry I thought you had a 2G turbo. disregard this.

 

[mitsutuner]

Uh, 1992, that would be a 1G, so forget all that crankwalk scare.
I'm sure your motor is fine, just replace the belt.